St Mary聮s church in South Brisbane has been threatened with excommunication if it maintains progressive practices that have the overwhelming support of the parish and community.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has warned that the right-wing opposition in his country is planning destabilisation actions during the November 23 elections for state governors and mayors, according to the November 12 Ultimas Noticias.
The family of Palm Island Aboriginal man Lex Wotton say they are relieved he did not get a life sentence and they will not be mounting an appeal against his six-year jail sentence. However, there has been widespread questioning of the discrepancy in the 鈥渏ustice鈥 received by Wotton and white senior sergeant Chris Hurley.
Sean Pickard, an Indigenous rights activist, has been threatened with jail for non-payment of fines imposed as a result of convictions on five counts of 聯failing to produce a ticket聰 on Melbourne聮s privatised public transport system.
On November 15, thousands of people took to the streets across Australia to demand that governments take much more urgent and serious action to stop the global warming that is threatening life on Earth.
On Armistice Day, November 11, anti-war protesters marked the end of the war that was supposed to end all wars with 聯troops out聰 banners and placards outside the US consulate. Sydney Stop the War Coalition (STWC) is campaigning for all Australian troops to leave Iraq and Afghanistan.
On October 23, an estimated 30,000 university students took over Rome聮s streets. Marching to the chant of 聯Berlusconi is a piece of shit聰, students passed the train station, receiving cheers from young Kurdish immigrants.
From November 8-10 at least 135 detainees in Villawood Immigration Detention Centre refused to take any food or water. The hunger strike was suspended when the Immigration Department gave in to the strikers聮 demand for consultation.
Che: A Graphic Biography
by Spain Rodriguez
Verso Books, 2008
120 pages, $29.95 (pb)
by Spain Rodriguez
Verso Books, 2008
120 pages, $29.95 (pb)
Due to a sub-editing error, the article "'No VSU-lite', say students" (GLW #774) contained an error. The article implied that the new levy introduced by the Rudd Labor government is non-compulsory. In fact, the changes allow the universities to
MELBOURNE 鈥 Community radio station 3CR has released its fundraising Seeds of Dissent 2009 calendar. The theme for the 2009 calendar is 鈥減olitical poster art鈥.
The November 7 Sydney Morning Herald reported that an advisor to US president-elect Barack Obama, Jeffrey Bader, had stated that the 鈥渇irst priority鈥 of the Obama administration would be to seek a greater contribution from Australia to 鈥渨inning the war in Afghanistan鈥.
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