Alyawarr elder Richard Downs spoke at the Prescribed Area People鈥檚 Alliance (PAPA) meeting in Alice Springs on February 12. Downs is a leader of the walkoff protest against the NT intervention at Ampilatwatja.
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SYDNEY 鈥 Six Gaza Freedom March activists presented a moving account of their experiences of trying to get into Gaza late last year at a Stop the War Coalition public meeting on February 15.
The Sydney Morning Herald-sponsored 鈥淚ndependent Public Inquiry鈥 into Sydney鈥檚 public transport released its preliminary report on February 13. The report outlined a 30-year strategy to massively improve Sydney鈥檚 public transport infrastructure.
The picket line outside Xstrata Coal鈥檚 Tahmoor colliery is continuing. It marks a continuation of the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union鈥檚 (CFMEU) 17-month struggle to negotiate an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) with Xstrata.
鈥淭he law is an ass鈥, said Mr Bumble, in Charles Dickens鈥 classic, Oliver Twist. And more than 150 people agreed as they rallied yesterday on the same site, six years to the day, where 17-year old Aboriginal boy, TJ Hickey, was impaled on fence in Waterloo.
Hundreds of grassroots climate activists will meet in Canberra from March 13-15 to attend the second Climate Action Summit. It will build on the success of the first summit, which occurred in January 2009 and attracted more than 500 people, representing about 150 climate action groups.
On February 15, five men who were convicted in October under 鈥渁nti-terror鈥 laws, were each sentenced in Parramatta court to between 23 and 28 years in jail. The shortest non-parole period was set at 17 years and three months.
Aboriginal singer-song writer Ruby Hunter passed away on February 17. Her music dealt with her personal history, Indigenous struggles, and social and women鈥檚 issues.
You may have seen the photo in last week鈥檚 麻豆传媒 Weekly of the right-wing 鈥淭ea Party鈥 movement supporter in Washington DC. The placard he was holding said, in reference to President Barack Obama, 鈥淚mpeach the Muslim Marxist鈥. The article discussed the rise of right-wing politics in the US.
A memorial for left-wing musician Alistair Hulett was held on February 14 at Sydney鈥檚 Gaelic Club.
Bridget Chappell, an Australian solidarity activist, was arrested along with Spanish activist Ariadna Jove Marti in a pre-dawn raid on February 7 in Ramallah, Palestine.
NEWCASTLE 鈥 Forty-five people attended a fundraiser for the Haitian Emergency Fund on February 10. The Haitian Emergency Fund is a grassroots organisation in Haiti made up of unions, women's groups, and human rights activists. The lively crowd heard Caribbean music and a presentation by Stuart Munckton, an editor of 麻豆传媒 Weekly.
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