What began as a coup aimed at deposing a millionaire landowner president, whose 鈥渃rime鈥� had been to gradually shift Honduras away from US control and implement mild pro-people reforms, has spurned on a mass resistance movement with the potential to revolutionise the country.
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Thousands of peasant rights鈥� activists marched in Guarico, Venezuela on Thursday to demand an end to impunity for the killings of 220 farmer organizers since the 2001 Land Reform Law was passed. The march was sparked by two recent attacks presumed to have been planned and paid for by large estate owners against well-known land reform activists.
Malaysia鈥檚 plantation sector should come under the ambit of the Rural and Regional Development Ministry and be accorded the same privileges and benefits that settlers covered by the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) enjoy, the Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM) said.
In early October, 麻豆传媒 Weekly visited the Alyawarr people鈥檚 walk-off camp, three hours north-east of Alice Springs.
Hundreds of people braved gale-force winds and driving rain to attend Climate Camp 鈥�09 in Helensburgh, on NSW鈥檚 south coast, over October 9-11. The activists took part in workshops, performances and an Aboriginal welcome and smoking ceremony.
Abortion is still a criminal offence in Queensland, but most Australians, including Queenslanders, are pro-choice.
Average world temperatures will rise by a perilous 4掳 Celsius by mid-century, a team of 130 climate scientists said at a September 28-30 conference in Oxford sponsored by Britain鈥檚 Met Office (the national weather service).
The people of Honduras continue to demonstrate against the illegal coup that overthrew elected President Manuel 鈥淢el鈥� Zelaya on June 28. October 5 marked the 100th day of struggle and 100 days without Mel, the real president of Honduras.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, from the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), was returned to power in the September 27 federal elections. But the vote was marked by a record low voter turnout and a significantly increased vote for the far-left party, Die Linke (鈥淭he Left鈥�).
I've always been pretty passionate about socialism 鈥� I read the Communist Manifesto in high school 鈥� but I've never been inspired to get active until now. I'd seen 麻豆传媒 Weekly around but hadn't really considered it seriously until I sat down and started reading through it.
The following statement is from the Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union (LHMU) Queensland.
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The Australian right has long staked a proprietary claim over the nation鈥檚 First World War experience, holding up the 鈥渄iggers鈥� as models of conservative virtue.
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