Survival International reported on August 2 that a large group of uncontacted Indians had fled to Bananeira, a remote village across the border in Brazil. It is believed that the Indians were escaping illegal loggers, who have been destroying their lands in their search for 鈥渞ed gold鈥 (rare mahogany) in Peru鈥檚 rainforests. Jose Carlos dos Reis Meirelles Junior, head of the Indian Protection post near the Peru border, said in an urgent alert to the Brazilian government that, 鈥淲e are on the verge of disaster. Illegal logging in protected areas in Peru is pushing the uncontacted tribes into Brazil, which could cause conflicts and lead to their appearance in places where they have never been seen before.鈥 Because of their isolation, the Indians, among some of the world鈥檚 last uncontacted tribes, do not have immunity to diseases that could be contracted by contact with outsiders. Survival International director Stephen Corry said: 鈥淚f it鈥檚 not 鈥榖lack gold鈥, it鈥檚 鈥榬ed gold鈥. The Peruvian government must act now to stop the logging on the uncontacted tribes鈥 land. If it doesn鈥檛, they could be the first people to be made extinct in the 21st century.鈥 Visit .
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An estimated 8000 people rallied at South Bank and marched to state parliament on August 3 to protest the Queensland Labor government鈥檚 plan for the forced amalgamation of 156 local councils into 72. The majority of the marchers were residents of Noosa shire, who were opposing the inclusion of their council into a Sunshine Coast super-council, involving Noosa, Maroochydore and Caloundra.
On July 28, 80 people attended a public forum to hear speakers in support of state Labor MP Candy Broad鈥檚 parliamentary bill to remove abortion from the Victorian criminal code.
Eighty people gathered on the steps of Parliament House on August 4 to mark Hiroshima Day, chanting 鈥淟and rights 鈥 yes! Uranium 鈥 no! Johnny Howard has got to go!鈥
In a landmark case, a South Australian court has ordered the state government to pay $525,000 compensation to 50-year-old Aboriginal man Bruce Trevorrow for damages related to being taken from his mother and given to white foster parents.
For the last week, I聮ve woken up each morning at five to join ordinary Hanoi residents exercising in Lenin Park, which surrounds one of several huge lakes in the centre of the city. The first time I went out of curiosity, but it was such a buzz I聮ve returned every morning.
On August 2, the federal government announced it would legislate to stop same-sex couples adopting a child from overseas. The move follows the landmark adoption of a boy by two gay men in Western Australia in June.
The Illawarra Aboriginal community led more than 200 protesters through the centre of Wollongong on August 2 in a day of action to express disgust and outrage towards the Howard government鈥檚 Northern Territory intervention plan.
麻豆传媒 Weekly is taking a one-week break from publication. The next issue will be dated August 22.
聯How many more innocent lives is Howard prepared to destroy in the name of fighting a war on terror?聰, asks Socialist Alliance candidate for the Victorian federal seat of Gellibrand, Ben Courtice, following Dr Mohamed Haneef聮s release from three weeks of hell in police custody.
As striking workers at office supplies manufacturers Esselte Australia in Minto entered their seventh week of resilient action against forced Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs), their boss was getting more desperate.
When Rafael Correa was elected president of Ecuador in 2006, campaigning on a strong anti-neoliberal platform to bring about a 鈥渃itizen鈥檚 revolution鈥, one key social force seemed notably absent from his campaign 鈥 the country鈥檚 powerful indigenous movement.
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