Among the are details of some of its secret media partners. The company鈥檚 鈥淐onfederation Partners鈥 are spread across four continents.
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Whistleblowing website released the statement below on February 27.
Among the are details of some of its secret media partners. The company鈥檚 鈥淐onfederation Partners鈥 are spread across four continents.
The crackdown on whistleblowers to protect national security is "neo-McCarthyist hysteria" and Julian Assange says he has the emails to prove it.
A rally to oppose the Western Australian government's plans to redevelop the Perth city foreshore attracted about 1000 people on February 26.
and the released the statement below on February 28.
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At noon on Tuesday February 28 at Parliament House in Canberra a strong coalition of human rights, community sector and Aboriginal organisations will demand the Senate reject 鈥淪tronger Futures鈥 legislation, which passed through the House of Representatives yesterday.
Vultures鈥 Picnic Greg Palast 416 pages, 2011 Penguin www.gregpalast.com Investigative reporter Greg Palast is back 鈥 and this time, it鈥檚 personal. The former United States corporate crime investigator, who exposed the 2000 and 2004 elections of George W Bush as frauds, has gone for a more intimate feel in his latest book, Vultures鈥 Picnic.
Colectivo Mujer and the Addison Road Gallery in Marrickville, Sydney invite you to 鈥淟atinas: Our Origins, Our Voices鈥. This cultural event will celebrate International Women鈥檚 Day (IWD) on March 8.
Colectivo Mujer is a group of women from Latin America and elsewhere who strongly identify with our cultures that recognise the contribution of women and men to ever-evolving feminisms.
The released the statement below on February 26.
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Stop the War Coalition opposes sanctions against Syria 鈥 steps towards a military intervention 鈥 by the United States, Israel, NATO or any other foreign power.
We oppose the violence by the Syrian state and the armed mercenaries and agent provocateurs, which, in many cases, are being supported by foreign powers.
The Egyptian revolution has mobilised millions of people. It brought down the United States-backed dictator Hosni Mubarak. The struggle for democracy and equality continues. Countless songs dedicated to the uprising rocketed around the internet.
If the uprisings of last year have proved anything, it is that progressive change is not out of reach, even in the most unlikely of circumstances. In the face of overwhelming odds, the Arab Spring has brought changes in the region that were unthinkable 18 months ago.
However, it is still common for people advocating radical change to be sneered at, regarded as naive fools or dangerous loonies.
But when you take an honest look at the state of the world today, it is those who think things should not change are the ones that start to look foolish or crazy.
Governments and commentators keen on promoting a war against Iran should be stridently opposed, not so much because of the threat to world peace, but because their reasons display a shocking lack of imagination.
The most common one is that Iran has "Weapons of Mass Destruction". How pathetic to pick the same excuse twice in a row. They should make it more interesting, by revealing evidence that Ahmadinejad has built a Terminator, or plans to fill the Strait of Hormuz with a giant Alka-Seltzer so the Persian Gulf fizzes over Kuwait.
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