鈥淭here is a systematic genocide going on in Sri Lanka at the moment and the world doesn鈥檛 know about it. That is why we are trying to create awareness about the issue and help put a stop to this genocide.鈥
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鈥淩udd is dangling the carrot of hope before us and it is a lie鈥, said Les Coe at the Aboriginal convergence in Canberra on February 3, at which 500 people protested the continuation of racist Howard-era policies by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Even before its official launch at its founding congress on the outskirts of Paris on February 6鈥8, the new Anti-capitalist Party (NPA) has had discussions with the Left Party (PG) on the possibility of forming a united Left Front (FG).
Eighteen-year-old Cheyene Back was sentenced on February 2 to three months jail, despite having no prior convictions.
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.
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.
On February 2, President Hugo Chavez led the celebration of 10 years of his time in office with a caravan and mass rally in the Caracas.
More than 1000 people, including 920 elected delegates, attended the inaugural congress of Power of the Masses Party (PLM) on January 30.
Hundreds of thousands of workers and small farmers marched across Mexico, on January 30 in a huge mobilisation for economic and human rights.
鈥淭he choice facing Israel in eight days time concerns peace, and the country can say yes to peace or no to peace 鈥 A dove of peace is sitting on the window ledge, and we can decide to open the window and let it in, with all the apprehension, or slam the window shut鈥, Kadima party electoral candidate and current Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni told an international media conference on February 2.
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