Mass protests by indigenous communities continue to spread throughout Peru. This is despite a violent crackdown by police and military forces following President Alan Garciaβs declaration of a 60-day state of emergency in the Cusco, Ucayali, Loreto and Amazonas regions on May 9.
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With climate emergency rallies on June 13 demanding 100% renewables by 2020, itΒs important to dispel some myths about alternative energy sources such as wind power.
In Australia and the rest of the capitalist world, production is decided by privately owned businesses on the basis of the Βprofit motiveΒ. That is, companies decide what and how much is produced based on what will achieve the greatest profit and consequently the most money for the company owners.
Flawed Promises, a report released on May 25, found that the Victoriaβs state government was protecting paddocks and previously logged areas instead of 500-year-old forests.
The rightward shift of the apartheid Israeli state has continued with a new law proposed that would make it a crime to commemorate the founding of the Israeli state as al Nakba (the catastrophe β which is how Palestinians remember the event).
Below are details of just some of the 250 climate action groups nationwide organising to demand urgent action on climate change. For information on how to get involved contact your local group or visit your closest Resistance Centre (details on page 2).
The US government has nuclear weapons pointed at North Korea, a fleet of Navy vessels permanently positioned off its coast, and close to 100,000 soldiers stationed in South Korea and Japan.
The following article is based on a speech given to a May 23 rally in Melbourne.
On May 4, Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) head Don Henry said: βWe have achieved a significant step forward on climate change.β The achievement was convincing the federal Labor government to merely consider adopting a target of a 25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
As the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) appears less and less likely to get through the Senate , the Australian Greens say now it is time for real action on jobs creation and climate change.
On May 13, the Nigerian military began a military assault, including land, naval and air bombardments, on the oil-rich Niger Delta. Thousands of people are reported to have died, with entire villages destroyed.
In recent weeks, there have been a number of articles in the corporate media globally, including the Rupert Murdoch-owned Australian, on the creation of a new international union organisation β Trade Unions Linking Israel and Palestine.
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