Public school teachers committed to keeping a state-wide centralised model of staffing that guarantees teachers’ transfer rights and delivers equity for students and school communities voted on April 8 for a 24-hour strike on May 22.
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Below is a May 10 article from the Earth Times. It is reprinted from http://rawa.org.
For the last four weeks, Muslim students at the city campus of RMIT have been protesting the university administrationÂ’s decision to convert the newly built Muslim prayer room into another multi-faith centre. Muslim students have held their Friday prayers in congregation in an open public space, to demonstrate their need for a dedicated Muslim prayer facility.
Stop-Loss
Directed by Kimberly Peirce
Written by Kimberly Peirce & Mark Richard
With Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum & Abbie Cornish
In cinemas August 18
Directed by Kimberly Peirce
Written by Kimberly Peirce & Mark Richard
With Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum & Abbie Cornish
In cinemas August 18
Below is abridged from a May 13 US Socialist Worker editorial, <htpp://socialistworker.org>.
@intro = Two hundred protesters from churches, unions and community groups marched and picketed outside the office of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in downtown San Francisco on May 5.
“Ten days after Cyclone Nargis, Burma faces further crisis as its military regime refuses to acknowledge the plight of its people”, according to a statement released by seven pro-democracy groups in Burma on May 14.
According to Nigel Roberts, World Bank country director for the West Bank and Gaza, closures of Israeli checkpoints and roadblocks that divide the West Bank “are the key factor behind today’s crisis in the West Bank. They have fragmented the economic space of Palestinians, raised the cost of doing business and eliminated the predictability needed to conduct business.”
The drums of war are once again beginning to sound, as US imperialism steps up its propaganda attack on Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution.
Angry at the raw deal they received in Treasurer Wayne SwanÂ’s budget, up to 300 pensioners blockaded one of MelbourneÂ’s busiest interÂ鶹´«Ã½ on May 16.Angry at the raw deal they received in Treasurer Wayne Swan's budget, up to 300 pensioners blockaded one of Melbourne's busiest interÂ鶹´«Ã½ on May 16.
Traffic was blocked for up to an hour before police moved the crowd onto the footpath; and some of the protesters stripped off to express their frustration.
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