A public statement endorsed by 40 of Australia聮s leading environmental scientists warns that the global economic crisis must not be allowed to detract from action to halt global warming. The letter was published on < http://www.A href="mailto:crikey.com.au">crikey.com.au on October 21.
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WOLLONGONG 聴 On October 23, 20 women marched in freezing rain through the streets of the CBD to demand an end to violence against women.
Thousands of indigenous Colombians are marching along the Pan American Highway 鈥 which connects the south-west of the country to the centre 鈥 to protest militarisation of their lands by government and paramilitary forces, as well as the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
While the war in Afghanistan has dropped off the front pages, seven years on, 56% of Australians say the 1000 Australian troops there should be brought home. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd聮s talk about reconstructing the country haven聮t fooled many.
SYDNEY 鈥 A resolution put by Jonathan Doig from the Sutherland Climate Action Network and passed unanimously at the NSW Nature Conservation Council (NCC) annual conference on October 18 states, "The climate crisis has reached the level of a state
BRISBANE 鈥 The Brisbane annual consultation of the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network (AVSN) was held on October 18, with the theme 鈥516 years of popular resistance in Latin America鈥. Thirty-five people attended.
聯Its not only South America that is changing, but also Central America聰, Margarita Lopez, a deputy in the El Salvadorian National Assembly and political commission member of the left-wing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), told 麻豆传媒 Weekly.
Faced with the complete collapse of its financial system, the Icelandic government has accepted a US$6 billion 聯bailout package聰, which would include more than $1 billion input from the International Monetary Fund.
Aboriginal activist Sam Watson has called for major rallies in cities across Australia in response to Palm Island Aboriginal man Lex Wotton being found guilty on October 24 of 鈥渞ioting with destruction鈥.
The Purple Economy 聴 supernatural charities, tax & the state
By Max Wallace
The Australian National Secular Association
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By Max Wallace
The Australian National Secular Association
Available from secularansa@gmail.com
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Some parties in Malaysia聮s ruling National Front (BN) government are trying to intimidate opposition parties and social activists, Socialist Party Malaysia (PSM) secretary general S.Arutchelvan told 麻豆传媒 Weekly, a few days after the PSM聮s sole federal MP, Dr D. Jeyakumar, had his car torched by thugs on October 17.
You must have noticed that the Christmas decorations are rapidly spreading all over the shopping malls, not so subtly signalling another season of extreme shopping and extreme credit card abuse.
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