The federal senate was bogged down in debate about Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) in the last week of November. The proposed scheme, already condemned by most environmental NGO鈥檚 and climate action groups as a sham, was 鈥渂rowned down鈥 even more after the Rudd government accepted a series of Liberal Party amendments.
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Israel's ongoing takeover of East Jerusalem shows it is trying to kill any hope of a negotiated settlement to Palestine鈥檚 struggle for self-determination.
Do you have that sinking feeling? As though you have to run faster just to stand still? Are you having increasing problems making ends meet? Well, you鈥檙e not alone. It鈥檚 official 鈥 wages growth has fallen behind inflation. While the economy goes through 鈥渞ecovery鈥, we鈥檙e going backwards.
Nearly 2000 students from University of California campuses 鈥 including Berkeley, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, Riverside, Irvine and San Diego 鈥 converged on UCLA鈥檚 campus on November 19 to confront the UC Board of Regents as it voted to increase tuition by 32% next school year.
Five years ago, Mulrunji Doomadgee was arrested by senior sergeant Chris Hurley for 鈥渄isorderly conduct鈥 and taken to a police cell on Palm Island, near Townsville. Within an hour, the Aboriginal man was dead.
The article published below is a November 25 statement by the New York City Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. For more information, visit .
Twenty-eight-year-old Malaysian activist Sivaranjani Manickam will be a special guest at the 鈥淭owards Justice, Sustainability and People鈥檚 Power: Fighting for Socialism in the 21st Century鈥 conference in Sydney in January.
Anti-coup resistance is continuing in Honduras, despite ongoing repression. There are strong indications the regime is preparing for greater repression in the lead-up to the November 29 elections, which it is seeking to use to legitimise its rule.
>This Little Kiddy Went to Market: The Corporate Capture of ChildhoodBy Sharon Beder, Wendy Varney & Richard GosdenUNSW Press, 2009288 pages, $39.95 (pb).
Officials from the Venezuelan National Land Institute, supported by the National Guard, took over 31 farms across the country on November 23, totalling 19,000 hectares of farmland. The government said the landowners did not have legal titles or were not putting the land to adequate use.
Few know the story of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who continues to endure humiliating and degrading treatment in US custody.
Twenty-five years after the worst industrial disaster in history, the people of Bhopal, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, are still fighting for justice.
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