Climate change is deadly serious. Predicted water shortages, rising sea levels, crop failures and dangerous weather events threaten the lives of billions within decades unless action is taken now.
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Outspoken anti-war and democracy campaigner Malalai Joya was suspended from the Afghan parliament in 2007 for speaking out against corruption and the domination of the country by warlords. US current affairs weradio show Democracy Now has called her 鈥渢he bravest woman in Afghanistan鈥.
Below is an abridged statement from Joya to Australian anti-war campaigners. The statement was read out at the national protests against the Afghanistan war on October 7.
If a rapist escapes justice for long enough, should the world hand him a get-out-of-jail-free card? If you're Roman Polanski, world-famous director, a lot of famous and gifted people think the answer is yes.
Sara Moss has been writing, publishing and performing poetry for over 15 years. Her work has appeared in print and online journals and she has one published full-length collection.
South Australian Climate Camp activists declared the state鈥檚 first climate camp a great success.
Emory Douglas, former 鈥淢inister for Culture鈥 in the US Black Panther Party, spoke at Brisbane's Institute of Modern Art on October 1. Douglas is now a part of the Artist Rights Society, and remains a committed activist artist and campaigner for social justice and empowerment.
You might be aware there has recently been a breakthrough in the treatment of cervical cancer, the second biggest cancer killer of women in the world. A vaccine has been developed that has the potential to save many lives, as well as reduce the dreadful suffering that cervical cancer causes women.
Malaysia鈥檚 plantation sector should come under the ambit of the Rural and Regional Development Ministry and be accorded the same privileges and benefits that settlers covered by the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) enjoy, the Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM) said.
In early October, 麻豆传媒 Weekly visited the Alyawarr people鈥檚 walk-off camp, three hours north-east of Alice Springs.
Hundreds of people braved gale-force winds and driving rain to attend Climate Camp 鈥09 in Helensburgh, on NSW鈥檚 south coast, over October 9-11. The activists took part in workshops, performances and an Aboriginal welcome and smoking ceremony.
Abortion is still a criminal offence in Queensland, but most Australians, including Queenslanders, are pro-choice.
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