Punk pioneers UK Subs released their 24th politically-charged album last month, to rave reviews. Appropriately titled XXIV, it nears the completion of their bid to release 26 albums whose titles begin with each letter of the alphabet, in order. Frontman Charlie Harper spoke to 麻豆传媒's Mat Ward.
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The latest 麻豆传媒 Report discusses the passing of revolutionary Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, and his legacy in Venezuela, Latin America and globally.
鈥淣ot joining the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement doesn鈥檛 mean that you鈥檙e not taking a stand,鈥 Associate Professor Jake Lynch told a meeting at the University of Sydney on March 14. 鈥淏y continuing institutional links to Israeli high education, universities here risk unwittingly becoming indirectly complicit in violations of international laws and abuses of human rights.鈥
Late one night in 2007, in the Bulgarian capital city Sofia, 21-year-old Australian man Jock Palfreeman was walking home after a night out with friends.
He saw a group of about 15 men attacking two others.
The two men were Roma, an ethnic minority who are often the targets of racist attacks by neo-Nazi gangs.
Outraged, Palfreeman intervened to prevent the attack, but instead the crowd turned their violence on him, hurling concrete blocks. Palfreeman pulled a knife to protect himself and during the subsequent fight, one man was stabbed and later died.
A feminist performing group was initiated in Cairns in late 2011, in response to a range of issues, including male violence against women and the retention of abortion in the criminal code in Queensland.
The members of this group are diverse 鈥 in age, background and previous performing experience 鈥 but all have a commitment to improving the status and rights of women in far-north Queensland.
Tens of thousands of Haitians spontaneously poured into the streets of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, on the morning of March 12, 2007. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez had just arrived in Haiti all but unannounced.
A multitude, shrieking and singing with glee, joined him in jogging alongside the motorcade of Haiti鈥檚 then President Rene Preval on its way to the National Palace (later destroyed in the 2010 earthquake).
About 100 people attended a forum and concert titled, "Remembering Fukushima, Two years on: Time to end the nuclear chain," at the Teachers Federation on March 10.
The forum was addressed by Japanese farmer and anti-nuclear campaigner Kenichi Hasegawa; Peace Boat International member Akira Kawasaki, South Australian Indigenous elder and co-chair of the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (ANFA) Peter Watts, Illawarra Aboriginal community and ANFA member Dootch Kennedy, Unions NSW secretary Mark Lennon, and Uranium Free NSW spokesperson Nat Wasley.
Venezuela鈥檚 socialist president, Hugo Chavez, died on March 5, and if there is one thing we can take away from coverage in the Western mainstream media is there is now one less dictator threatening the free world.
Sure, on the surface, Chavez didn鈥檛 really seem like much of a dictator, what with the whole coming to power through free elections and encouraging unprecedented political participation by ordinary citizens thing. But it is just like those serial killers whose neighbours always say seemed so nice until the horrible truth came out.
Socialist Alliance WA co-convener Alex Bainbridge has hit out at legal threats issued by lawyers acting on behalf of Recall management. Recall is a document storage company whose workers have entered their fourth week on strike for an agreement that recognises union rights.
鈥淵esterday we received a letter indicating that Recall's lawyers are seeking to subpoena documents from the Socialist Alliance regarding the dispute,鈥 Bainbridge told 麻豆传媒 Weekly.
released the statement below on March 15.
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This week, Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke announced that coal seam gas (CSG) projects that could affect water resources will now trigger federal approval.
The bill 鈥 detailing the proposed changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) 鈥 was tabled [last] week.
Stop CSG spokesperson Jess Moore said: "This trigger does not live up to the hype from Burke.
Campaigners against the planned Woodside gas hub at James Price Point in the Kimberley believe the Greens鈥 opposition to the proposal was the reason for their .
They say it has proven the Broome community does not want the Western Australian Liberals and Woodside's gas hub at James Price Point.
Our eldest child just started secondary school. Not long ago the school didn鈥檛 have a uniform, but nowadays you can鈥檛 attract the 鈥渁spiring鈥 families if you鈥檙e not serious about modelling the corporate world.
Parents seeking 鈥済ood鈥 careers for their children are increasingly aware of the importance of correct procedures and work ethic. 鈥淕ood schools鈥 encourage hours of homework every night and are driven by 鈥渄isciplined structures鈥 and 鈥渆xcellence鈥.
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