More than 50 people protested on April 12 against the Australian government鈥檚 decision to send 300 extra troops to Afghanistan. The speakout was called at short notice by the Stop the War Coalition. Activists pointed out that the wars against Iraq and Afghanistan are part of the same 鈥渨ar on terror鈥, are both motivated by lies, and are both wars of occupation in which innocent people are being killed for US corporate interests.
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Work Choices
The first anniversary of Work Choices is marked by another employer exploiting the Howard government's feudal IR laws to reduce workers' pay and conditions
National retail chain Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops expects its 1509 casual
Official British government figures released on March 27 revealed that in the past year, the number of children in Britain living in relative poverty increased by 200,000. According to the March 27 BBC News, in 2005-06 the total number of children who satisfied the official definition of relative poverty 聴 living in households with incomes equalling less than 60% of the national average when housing costs are included 聴 rose from 3.6 million to a staggering 3.8 million.
The Socialist Alliance condemns the Australian government聮蝉 decision to deploy a 300-strong Special Operations Task Group to Afghanistan and repeats its call for a withdrawal of all Australian, US and NATO occupation forces from that country.
In the lead-up to the March 24 NSW state election, you could be forgiven for believing that the NSW Greens were drug dealers: Hysterical attacks were launched on the party鈥檚 drugs policy, which focuses on harm minimisation and health issues.
聯How did it happen that the President of Venezuela reached out to help the poor and the indigenous people of the United States?聰, Tim Giago asked in a March 19 Indianz.com article. He was referring to the provision of cheap heating oil to the US poor, including a number of Native American tribes, by the government of Venezuela聮蝉 socialist president, Hugo Chavez.
Cannot Buy My Soul: The songs of Kev Carmody
Various artists
Virgin, $24.99
Various artists
Virgin, $24.99
An April 4 Survival International article reported that a decree by Venezuela鈥檚 socialist president, Hugo Chavez, had banned the planned construction of new coalmines on the land of the Wayuu, Yukpa and Bari indigenous people in the state of Zulia, which is governed by a leader of the pro-capitalist opposition.
Darwin聮蝉 Origin of Species: A Biography
By Janet Browne
Allen & Unwin, 2006
174 pages, $22.95
By Janet Browne
Allen & Unwin, 2006
174 pages, $22.95
聯Wrapped in the Iraqi flag and chanting anti-American slogans, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Shia snaked into the holy city of Najaf yesterday for a protest rally to mark the fourth anniversary of the toppling of Saddam Hussein and to demand the ejection from Iraq of US and British troops聰, the April 10 British Guardian reported.
Organisers from the Philippines聮 biggest left trade union centre, Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP 聴 Solidarity of Filipino Workers) spoke to 麻豆传媒 Weekly聮蝉 Sue Bolton about the repression that they encounter from the state and their efforts to unify left-wing trade unions.
Nearly 700,000 people have signed an international online petition in solidarity with Vietnam聮蝉 victims of Agent Orange, which was sprayed extensively by the US military during the Vietnam War. The petition, which was launched in 2004, will be presented to the judges of the US Court of Appeal on the eve of an expected June ruling on a victims聮 lawsuit against the nearly 40 chemical companies that produced the deadly chemical for the US military.
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