The Bolivian government's national contribution to the COP 21 climate talks scheduled to start in Paris on November 30 contains a series of radical proposals for safeguarding the future health of the planet, on October 14. Bolivia's contribution insists that capitalism is responsible for 鈥渃onsumerism, warmongering and [...] the destruction of Mother Earth鈥.
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Seattle voted for working-class politics by re-electing socialist incumbent Kshama Sawant to City Council with a five point lead over her challenger.
As a result, Seattle residents can expect to see more campaigns in City Council and in the streets to fight inequality and build social justice.
鈥淲e have accomplished something historic,鈥 Sawant said to supporters on Capitol Hill on the night of November 3 as election results came in. 鈥淲e have had an open socialist re-elected to City Council.鈥
Erdo臒an鈥檚 electioneering: aftermath of October 10 bombing in Ankara.
In Turkey鈥檚 November 1 election, Recep Tayyip Erdo臒an鈥檚 Justice and Development Party (AKP) increased its votes from 41% to 49% in the five months (143 days) from the election in June. The AKP won a majority of seats 鈥 317 out of 550.
The governing party gained 5 million extra votes. It adopted very risky policies to get this result, but was determined to win the elections 鈥 no matter how many lives were lost.
Thousands of trade union activists mobilised outside Parliament on November 2 to protest the Conservative government's proposed ultra-right Trade Union bill. The turnout defied expectations of the event鈥檚 organisers, the Trade Union Congress.
Speaking at the lobby鈥檚 Central Hall rally, the Fire Brigade Union's Matt Wrack channelled the anger of his union鈥檚 rank-and-file. Unite's Len McCluskey reiterated his union's commitment to extra-legal action should the bill be passed, invoking the movement鈥檚 proud historic tradition of overriding unjust laws.
More than 85 people, including children, drowned or went missing near the Greek Islands Lesbos, Samos, Kalymnos and Rhodes between October 28 and 30.
Photo: Fenaes.
A wave of popular protests and strikes rocked Paraguay on November 3 as popular discontent with the national government approached breaking point.
High school students, teachers, public transport workers and health sector workers held strikes and marches protesting government policies.
The ongoing war without guns between the Spanish state and Catalonia entered a critical new phase on October 27. On that day, the newly elected pro-independence majority in the Catalan parliament published a draft bill that 鈥渟olemnly declared the start of the process of creating an independent Catalan state in the form of a republic鈥.
In what could be a historic move for reparations, car manufacturer Volkswagen has opened dialogue with the Brazilian government to negotiate compensation for the German multinational鈥檚 support of Brazil鈥檚 1964-鈥85 dictatorship.
Volkswagen was among many private companies that backed Brazil鈥檚 military dictatorship financially and operationally. Corporate complicity was revealed by Brazil's Truth Commission that investigated dictatorship-era crimes against humanity.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro unveiled a series of economic measures on October 20 after the release of a new poll predicting a victory for the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) in December's parliamentary elections.
Israel is carrying out summary executions of Palestinians, Amnesty International has confirmed. Sometimes it lets injured Palestinians bleed to death.
The human rights group says it has 鈥渄ocumented in depth at least four incidents in which Palestinians were deliberately shot dead by Israeli forces when they posed no imminent threat to life, in what appear to have been extra-judicial executions.鈥
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has dumped knights and dames from the honours system, saying they are 鈥渁nachronistic and out of date鈥.
The imperial honours were reintroduced by former Prime Minister Tony Abbott in 2014 to ongoing ridicule and controversy.
Turnbull, a well-known republican, said Cabinet agreed the titles are no longer appropriate in a modern Australia and revealed the Queen has approved his request to scrap them.
鈥淜nights and dames are titles that are really anachronistic. They're out of date, not appropriate in 2015 in Australia,鈥 he said.
I spent much of the last two weeks in Brisbane鈥檚 Land Court, listening to a Central Queensland grazier 鈥 Bruce Currie 鈥 and a couple of conservation groups 鈥 North Queensland Conservation Council and the Coast and Country Association of Queensland 鈥 trying to persuade the court that GVK Hancock鈥檚 proposed Kevins Corner mine in the Galilee Basin is neither viable nor desirable.
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