In a January 5 statement, Bolivian President Evo Morales called on 鈥渢he peoples of the world, social movements and Mother Earth鈥檚 defenders 鈥 scientists, academics, lawyers and governments that want to work with their citizens to the Peoples鈥 World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth鈥檚 Rights鈥.
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The Indian Mail Today cartoon that has so outraged Australian politicians was a response to Australian authorities鈥 claims that the spate of murders and assaults against Indian nationals in Australia was 鈥渘ot racially motivated鈥.
The revival of death squads in Honduras has resulted in a significant increase in the abduction, rape, torture and murder of opponents of the regime that overthrew elected President Manuel Zelaya last June.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been a fantastic, energising experience鈥, Aboriginal activist and Sydney Socialist Alliance (SA) member Pat Eatock told 麻豆传媒 Weekly at the seventh SA national conference. Her sentiments were echoed by many of the more than 220 participants in the January 2-5 gathering in Sydney.
With the help of an all too submissive local media, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has crafted an image for himself as a world leader on climate change. This image took a beating at December鈥檚 Copenhagen climate change summit.
Indonesia plans to force the 240 Tamil refugees, moored on a boat in Merak, into detention at the end of this week, 鈥渁t gunpoint if necessary鈥, the January 14 Australian reported.
Ken Colbung, a long-time leader in the Western Australian Aboriginal community, died on January 12 after a short illness, aged 78.
The campaign to prevent longwall coal mining under the fertile Liverpool Plains region in NSW has suffered a setback, with a legal challenge to the mine being dismissed.
US televangelist preacher and Republican Party politician Pat Robertson's racist comments on the Haitian revolution, in which Black slaves overthrew French rule and then defeated Napolean's army.
Five Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka, held at Christmas Island, face indefinite imprisonment without trial after Australia鈥檚 secret police agency, ASIO, deemed them 鈥渟ecurity risks鈥.
My name is Sue Gilbey. I live in an urban eco-village located on the land of the Kaurna people, in what is now Adelaide. I say that to acknowledge the people who lived here first and to boldly state that I will endeavour to be as good a custodian of my little bit of land as they were.
The agreements that helped end decades of armed conflict in the six counties in Ireland鈥檚 north still claimed by Britain are hanging in the balance over a lack of progress in their implementation.
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