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People power saves national archives offices

Staff at the National Archives of Australia (NAA) offices in Adelaide, Darwin and Hobart believe that the February 23 announcement not to close down these offices was a victory for people power.

Big parties won't dance to climate tune

Campaigning group Climate Action Hobart (CAH) held a 鈥楧ancing with the 鈥渃limate鈥 stars鈥 competition on February 26 to drawn attention to the climate policies of Tasmania鈥檚 big political parties.

We are refugees

No 鈥 politeness, happiness, humanity Have 鈥 pain, sorrow, suffering Nobody is here 鈥 to love us Nobody is here 鈥 to be honesty We are suffering without love We were expecting politeness We were looking for humanity. But We couldn't

Victoria: green jobs campaign launched

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Film gets inside Venezuela's revolution

British-Chilean journalist and documentary director Pablo Navarrete presented his new film Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of Venezuela at the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts on February 25.

Redfern's radical priest

Ted Kennedy, Priest of Redfern By Edmund Campion, David Lovell Publishing, 2009 201 pages, $24.95

Greece: Thieves fall out, workers suffer

The Greek economic crisis has an aspect of ancient tragedy (for the Greek people) mixed with a bad theatrical farce (staged on behalf of the European and the Greek capitalist elites).

麻豆传媒's fighting fund: Large businesses not paying tax 鈥 let's make them!

It has come to the attention of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) that more than 40% of large businesses 鈥 those with a turnover of $250 million 鈥 paid no tax from 2005 to 2008.

Greece shut down by general strike

Greece has been brought to a standstill by a general strike, with key union groups leading up to two million workers in a 24-hour stoppage against the government鈥檚 austerity program.

NT nuclear waste dump 鈥 traditional owners say no

Federal resources minister Martin Ferguson announced on February 23 that he intends to pursue plans for a national radioactive waste repository at Muckaty, 120km north of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory.

Bolivian women rise up

In January, Bolivia鈥檚 left-wing President Evo Morales began his second term by appointing a new cabinet in which women are equally represented for the first time.

'Shame on Australia for making us work for that Basics Card!'

Under the Northern Territory intervention, in the 鈥減rescribed areas鈥 the government has taken control of communities, acquired compulsory leases of Aboriginal land and introduced 鈥渨elfare quarantining鈥 鈥 in which half the income of social security recipients is replaced with a 鈥淏asics Card鈥, which can only be spent at specified shops on specified items.