Here鈥檚 something you won鈥檛 hear from the corporate media: Cuba鈥檚 human rights record was examined by the United Nation鈥檚 Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and the country came out looking pretty good.
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In May, visiting US ecologist Bill McKibben spoke at a packed forum at the University of Sydney. He put a compelling case for emergency action on climate change. In short, we must act now and act decisively. Otherwise the planet will become uninhabitable.
On June 15, the US Supreme Court ruled against reviewing the case of the Cuban Five. The five men have been in US jails since 1998 for their role in spying on behalf of the Cuban government on right-wing anti-Cuban terrorist groups operating in Miami.
We would have loved for them to be bigger, but the June 13 national climate rallies were an unmistakable step forward for the climate action movement. More than 11,000 rallied nationally, making them the largest climate actions yet in the era of PM Kevin Rudd.
The following article is based on a talk given to the Wollongong Climate Emergency Rally on June 13 by Vanessa Organo. Organo is the environment representative at Wollongong University Students聮 Association and a member of Resistance.
In the wake of the inquest into the shocking death in custody of Aboriginal elder Mr Ward, more than 1000 people rallied in Perth in rainy weather on June 20. Ward was roasted in a prison van on a four-hour journey on a 42潞C day.
Despite widespread opposition, forest giant Gunns Ltd is still pressing ahead with its proposed pulp mill in the pristine Tamar Valley in northern Tasmania. But the campaign against it shows no signs of going away.
The Victorian government released plans on June 17 to expand Melbourne聮s Urban Growth Boundary for new housing developments. This overturns previous commitments in its 聯Melbourne 2030" strategy for limited urban sprawl.
Victorian paramedics began industrial action on June 19, after enterprise bargaining negotiations with the state government broke down following a year of discussions. A ballot returned 94% support for industrial action.
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聯The situation for women in Afghanistan is becoming worse than even during the period of rule by the Taliban聰, Afghan activist and feminist Shazia told an audience of 40 people at the Queensland Teachers Union office on June 15.
The Rudd government will send a 40-member delegation, led by deputy prime minister Julia Gillard, to an 鈥淎ustralia Israel Leadership Forum鈥 in Jerusalem on June 25-26. The government鈥檚 decision is yet further confirmation of its desire to outdo the former Howard government in blind support for Israel.
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