Five thousand people, predominately from the Sydney Tamil community, gathered in Martin Place on February 4 to draw attention to the genocide being waged against the Tamil people in northern Sri Lanka. The same day, 150 people from the Tamil community and supporters of Tamil rights marched in Brisbane.
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The news, on February 3, that South African dock workers in Durban had decided not to unload an Israeli ship due in on February 8 was welcomed by the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), a section of which wants the union to join the international campaign of sanctions against apartheid Israel.
Angry workers at the Waterford Wedgewood鈥檚 crystal factory in Kilbarry, Ireland have begun an occupation of the factory, following the announcement on January 30 that the factory would be closed.
Canberra was the site of an historic four days of Aboriginal rights activism in Australia.
Socialist Alliance national co-convener Dick Nichols interviewed two climate action summit participants, Paul Petit from the South Australian Climate Emergency Action Network (CLEAN) and Giovanni Ebono from the New South Wales North Coast Climate Action Network.
The international economic crisis has plunged a knife into the growth of wind-generated electricity in Europe.
On February 3, Abdul Nacer Benbrika, the alleged leader of a 鈥渢errorist organisation鈥, was sentenced to 15 years鈥 imprisonment. His six 鈥渇ollowers鈥 were sentenced to between four and seven-and-a-half years for being members of a terrorist organisation.
麻豆传媒 Weekly鈥檚 Simon Butler asked a number of activists present at Australia鈥檚 Climate Action Summit why they attended and why they thought it was so important.
At first glance Prime Minister Kevin Rudd聮s Nation Building and Jobs Plan looks like a pre-emptive strike against looming recession and unemployment.
On February 3, 200 people rallied against the Victorian Labor government聮s unsustainable water plans.
The heatwave across south-eastern Australia in recent weeks has given a hint of what we can expect as global temperatures continue to rise: black-outs, fatalities and transport chaos as privatised infrastructure fails.
We live in peculiar, troubling times, where the world鈥檚 climate scientists are all but screaming from the rooftops for governments to listen and take urgent action to avert climate change.
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