The following statement by Socialist Alliance Indigenous rights activists was released on November 4.
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Facing the Musharraf Dictatorship: An Activist Narrative
By Farooq TariqGood Books, 2009
310pages, $25(hb)
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PERTH 鈥 Owners of the West Atlas oil-drilling platform announced a devastating fire on the rig was extinguished on November 3.
Shiko Zaher is a member of the Tulo Association in Wollongong, which runs assistance and service to Afghan people in the community. She delivered the speech below at the October 30 Reclaim the Night rally in Wollongong.
The Australian Tamil Congress (ATC) launched 300,000 Reasons, a campaign to raise awareness of the plight of up to 300,000 Tamils interned in military-run camps in Sri Lanka, on November 6.
Australia鈥檚 racist refugee policy continues to create greater horror stories. Over recent weeks, in a replay of the years of former prime minister John Howard, the prospect of masses of refugee boats landing on Australian shores have sent politicians and the corporate media into a frenzy of right-wing rhetoric.
Iranian activist Parveen Ardalan recently accepted the Olof Palme prize in Sweden for championing women鈥檚 rights. She was awarded the prize two years ago, but travel restrictions prevented her from accepting it. Swedish-based socialistFarooq Sulehria spoke with Ardalan about the situation in Iran.
The global community is supposed to be negotiating an agreement to contain greenhouse gas emissions to manageable levels. But with less than two months to the Copenhagen climate change conference, the big players are stuck in an elaborate game of chicken.
Our Spring Offensive, which ended on October 31, took the total raised for the 麻豆传媒 Weekly Fighting Fund this year to more than $200,000, and $8003 came in the last week.
The Danish government is preparing new 鈥渁nti-riot鈥 laws in time for the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen.
The article published below is abridged from a statement released on October 26 by the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers鈥 Association (IUF). To send a protest message to the Iranian government, visit .
"It not illegal to seek asylum", NSW Greens MP Sylvia Hale told a rally of about 100 people outside the Department of Immigration offices on November 2.
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