After walking in to Bayswater power station near Singleton, I was one of about 25 people who took part in a protest at one of Australia聮s biggest CO2 emitters on November 1.
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Having heard about the October 25, 2.5-million-strong, protest against the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi while in Florence, I was disappointed that the timing of my visit to Rome was off by just a few days.
Twenty-seven members of the Colombian armed forces, including generals and other high-ranking officers, have been fired in connection to revelations that they had been involved with the abduction and murder of civilians.
Twenty people from farming families on the Darling Downs travelled several hours to occupy Premier Anna Bligh聮s office on October 31, demanding the state government introduce legislation to protect prime farmland from mining.
Palm Island Aboriginal man Lex Wotton was sentenced to six years鈥 jail for 鈥渞iot with destruction鈥 on November 7 鈥 just four days after 22 police officers received 鈥渂ravery awards鈥 for their role in the 2004 Palm Island protests.
On November 7, rallies in support of Lex Wotton took place around the country as Wotton was sentenced in Townsville to six years聮 prison for 聯riot with destruction聰.
Despite no pay since their October 15 stand-down, 130 workers at the John Valves foundry in Ballarat remain resolute about getting their jobs back.
Gone for a Song: A Death in Custody on Palm Island
By Jeff Waters
ABC Books, 2008
246pages, $24.95
By Jeff Waters
ABC Books, 2008
246pages, $24.95
Granny Albyn聮s Complaint
By David Betteridge
Smokestack Books, 2008
65 pages, 拢7.95
Available from
By David Betteridge
Smokestack Books, 2008
65 pages, 拢7.95
Available from
My name is truth; but you may know me as justice, honour or even common sense.
@poetry = I don't know your individual names 鈥 there are just too many of you to remember.
@poetry = You didn't listen when I told you they had decimated the
Two-and-a-half million people marched through the streets of Rome on October 25 in opposition to the policies and corruption of the right-wing government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
While celebrations over Barack Obama聮s victory in the presidential elections dominated US streets, gay rights supporters rallied against the banning of same-sex marriage in California.
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