The Australian government is getting desperate and showing its true colours. Not long after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd personally intervened to turn away a boat of 260 Tamil refugees in international waters, a second boat 鈥 also carrying refugees from Sri Lanka 鈥 sent out a distress signal off the coast of Sumatra.
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There are three main problems with the nuclear 鈥渟olution鈥 to climate change 鈥 it is a blunt instrument, a dangerous one, and it is unnecessary.
The Australian Greens announced on October 23 that high profile economist and environmentalist Clive Hamilton would stand for the party in the upcoming by-election for the federal seat of Higgins in Victoria.
A motion calling for a halt to the Queensland ALP government鈥檚 plans to privatise public rail, port, road and forestry assets was passed with support of 70% of delegates at the ALP鈥檚 Far Northern regional conference on October 18.
On October 10, a hole was burnt in the doormat of Gunns Limited chairperson, John Gay. Some crude graffiti was also drawn on his fence.
鈥淎 revolution is sweeping Latin America, and Venezuela is at the centre of the process that is radically changing the social order there鈥, Jim McIlroy told a forum on October 22.
Can we expect decent climate policy when most of the decision-making elite are ignorant of the real scientific imperatives, or believe they can negotiate with the laws of physics and chemistry? The answer is bleak, judging by the lead-up talks to the climate summit in Copenhagen in December.
A massive protest was held on October 17 in Donostia/San Sebastian in the Basque Country to protest against the Spanish government鈥檚 new wave of arrests against the Basque pro-independence and labour movement.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in climate action protests in the Danish capital of Copenhagen during the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in December.
The mass resistance of the poor majority to the coup regime that overthrew elected President Manuel Zelaya on June 28 continues after nearly 120 days. Talks between the coup regime and Zelaya to resolve the crisis, which is costing the Honduran economy millions of dollars, were finally declared dead by Zelaya on October 23.
Before the US-Peru Free Trade Agreement was ratified in 2007, many Peruvian and international human rights and environmental organisations said the deal would lead to increased social destabilisation and drug production.
US-Venezuelan lawyer Eva Golinger points out in her books exposing US intervention into Venezuela that the constant stream of lies about Venezuela and its popular President Hugo Chavez are best seen as the leading edge of an integrated strategy of destabilisation and 鈥渞egime change鈥 for the socialist-oriented, oil-rich nation.
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