A couple of weeks ago I was campaigning with 麻豆传媒 Weekly at our regular Friday afternoon Central station tunnel spot. It鈥檚 a pretty frenetic spot as hundreds of people bustle past every minute, eager to catch their trains and get home or out for the night.
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Australian groups have condemned the decision of US President Barack Obama to issue an executive order on March 9 declaring Venezuela 鈥渁 national security emergency鈥 and imposing sanctions on Venezuelan officials.
co-convenor Roberto Jorquera said: 鈥淲e are extremely concerned at this latest escalation in US attacks on the sovereign nation of Venezuela. We share the concern of the Venezuelan government and many others that this could be a prelude to an economic blockade or even military attack.
Western Sahara is recognised by the United Nations as the last non-self-governing territory in Africa. Between 1973 and 1991 it was at war, as the pro-independence Polisario Front fought first against colonial rulers Spain, and after 1975, against Morocco, which invaded with Spanish encouragement.
Near the heartland of New Zealand鈥檚 renowned wine country, there is a place where visitors are not allowed to go. The peculiar large white domes that protrude from the earth in the Waihopai Valley are surrounded by razor wire and shrouded in secrecy.
Grrl Fest is an independent multi-platform music and arts event, celebrating and empowering women-identified artists. This year, the Melbourne event will be celebrating its third year.
Grrl Fest will be held on March 21 at the Northcote Town Hall.
There will be an outdoor venue, markets, music, workshops, cocktails and cabaret. The venue is a change up from the dusty warehouse beginnings of Grrl Fest.
This month two reports were released in Canberra.
The first was an important analysis of economic data, the 2014 national accounts issued by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
What Australia鈥檚 national accounts show is an economy in deep trouble. As David Harvey reminds us, to function satisfactorily it is necessary for capitalist economies to achieve a minimum 3% compound growth forever.
In response to US President Barack Obama鈥檚 use of an executive order to sanction Venezuelan authorities, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro requested decree powers to pass an 鈥渁nti-imperialist law to prepare for all scenarios鈥. On March 11, a majority of Venezuela's National Assembly voted in favour. The bill, which must be approved by 60% of the Assembly according to Venezuela鈥檚 constitution, will now move on to a second reading to obtain final approval.
Some 20,000 people marched through central London on Saturday, in the Time to Act! protest, demanding that climate change be taken seriously by political parties in the coming General Election.
Time to Act!, launched by the Campaign Against Climate Change, brought together a wide coalition of environmental and left wing organisations.
The march was young, vibrant and diverse: placards from the Greens, Socialist Worker and Left Unity mixed with banners and flags from Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, the Peoples鈥 Assembly and trade unions.
Jenny Leong is the Greens candidate in the NSW seat of Newtown 鈥 an area often called the most progressive in the country. 麻豆传媒 Weekly鈥檚 Pip Hinman spoke to her about the Greens鈥 platform and approach to the election.
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What are people telling you about the proposed WestConnex tollway and Labor's response?
The government wants to dump 10 lanes of traffic on the south end of King Street and spend billions on a tollway that won鈥檛 solve Sydney's transport needs.
Staff at the University of NSW took industrial action on March 11 in response to stalled enterprise bargaining negotiations.
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is seeking a pay rise of 3.5%, employment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and greater job security, including opportunities for permanence for casual staff, some of whom have been employed on a casual basis for many years.
Classes were cancelled for the day and about 100 NTEU members and students picketed six gates around the campus.
Refugees on Nauru have defied government and police attempts to ban protesting, as the United Nations adds to the growing body of evidence that Australia's asylum policy is violating human rights.
The Refugee Action Coalition (RAC) said 300 refugees on March 11, 鈥渏ust one week after Nauruan police staged mass arrests on the island in a bid to stifle the campaign of non-cooperation being waged by the refugees鈥.
Members of the United Services Union (USU) at Liverpool City Council, NSW, stopped work on March 11 to discuss management鈥檚 attacks on members鈥 working conditions. The stopwork took place in Bigge Park in the centre of Liverpool from 10am.
USU state secretary Graham Kelly told the meeting that Liverpool chief executive officer Carl Wulff had begun talking to councillors in August last year about the outsourcing of the council鈥檚 customer services.
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