EMERGENCY OCCUPY SYDNEY PROTEST AT THE SUPREME COURT
Defend our right to protest!
The NSW police are taking Occupy Sydney organisers to the Supreme Court on November 4 to try to ban .
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The next is on its way. Sydney based youth worker Michael Coleman joins delegates from several countries on the Canadian boat as it sets sail for Gaza.
Israeli has launched a series of air strikes on the Gaza Strip since October 29. ABC.net.au reported on November 2 that Israel was preparing its military for a ground assault on the besieged territory 鈥 home to about 1.5 million Palestinians.
At least 11 Palestinians have been killed, ABC.net.au said. Officials on both sides said at least seven members of Palestinian group Islamic Jihad (JI) had been killed,
For a lighthearted look at some of the difficulties and frustrations with the democratic process of the Occupy movement, have a look at , by .
It is described as "a short satirical fiction piece based on the painful process of grassroots democracy". It is something anyone who has taken part in the movement could identify with.
Scenes from the largest general strike that took place in Greece in the last decades. Over a million people filled the streets demanding the overthrow of the goverment and its austerity measures.
A victory was achieved by the anti-memorandum, anti-government movement on October 28. It was commemoration day of the resistance to the German occupation of Greece, which started in 1940.
The (DASSAN) released the statement below on October 31.
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The statement below has been officially endorsed by the general assemblies of , and . Read more coverage on the Occupy movement .
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Serious flooding in Thailand has affected millions of people.
Houses, property and infrastructure have been seriously damaged. Factories and workplaces have been closed and hundreds of thousands of people have become temporarily unemployed. Agricultural land has been flooded, leading to further loss of incomes.
Millions of people who are living modest lives will have their incomes and savings drastically lowered and the economy will be dragged down.
The waters are predicted to remain high for at least a month.
The October 23 declaration of Libya鈥檚 鈥渓iberation鈥 by the National Transitional Council (NTC), the de-facto government since taking Tripoli from former dictator Muammar Gaddafi on August 21, was a showcase victory for the West鈥檚 vision of how the Arab democratic awakening should progress.
An uprising began in Libya on February 17 鈥 part of the popular rebellion that has broken out against dictatorial regimes across the Arab world. The Gaddafi regime's brutal repression 鈥 carried out with Western-supplied weapons 鈥 meant the rising turned into a civil war.
The second Sunday forum of the of Occupied Brisbane discussed 鈥渃reative forms of protest鈥 on October 30 in Post Office Square. Phil Monsour from talked about the boycott divestment and sanctions campaign against apartheid Israel.
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