Botswana has become the latest country to follow the Western powers in recognising the Benghazi-based Transitional National Council (TNC), set up by rebel forces opposed to Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorship, as the legitimate government of Libya, Mmegi said on August 12.
Meanwhile, the August 12 British Telegraph reported that Gaddafi鈥檚 regime in Tripoli was threatened by splits.
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Contested Territory
11- 28 August 2011
Curated by Luisa Velasco
At the Vanishing Point gallery,
565 King Street, Newtown, Sydney
www.atthevanishingpoint.com.au
Contested Territory explores 鈥 through contemporary art 鈥 narratives highlighting areas of dispute, particularly issues of land and human rights of the Israeli and Palestinian peoples in the Middle East.
At the same time, Contested Territory delves into the phenomenon of Islamophobia and our own historical and contemporary cultural disposition toward the fear of otherness.
Up to 400 people gathered in Queens Park here on August 13, as part of a national day of action for equal marriage rights.
The rally and march that followed were called for the seventh anniversary of the former Howard government's 2004 ban on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex (LGBTI) people's legal right to marry.
Talking about the Supreme Court, how about a little history.
On June 15, 2009 the United States Supreme Court announced its decision to reject the request for a revision of the Cuban Five case.
The Cuban Five are Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labanino, Fernando Gonzalez, and Rene Gonzalez The five Cuban men jailed in the US for their role in collecting information on behalf of the Cuban government on potential terrorist acts by violent anti-Cuban groups in Miami.
Australia鈥檚 dirty future
Australian taxpayers, at their own expense, are receiving copies of the Labor government鈥檚 20-page document entitled 鈥淐lean energy future, What a carbon price means to you鈥.
Unfortunately this scientifically-illiterate document contains a falsehood of commission or omission on nearly every page.
鈥淟ooking at racism and denial in Australia 鈥 do we have zero tolerance, or is it zero acknowledgement of racism?鈥
Race Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes asked this question in an in Canberra.
On August 7, 50 sex and gender diverse and transgender people gathered in Petersham in Sydney鈥檚 inner west at a 鈥淪ave the Drop-In鈥 BBQ. The event was in response to the Gender Centre 鈥 the only community service provider for transgender people in Sydney 鈥 closed a cornerstone of its service: the weekly 鈥淒rop-In鈥 service.
The drop-in attracted about 40 people each week. It was held in the evening and food was provided. The service accounted for 28% of the Gender Centre鈥檚 client contacts, according to the Centre鈥檚 2010 annual report.
鈥淢ob rule鈥. 鈥淲anton destruction鈥. 鈥淢indless thuggery鈥. 鈥淪heer criminality鈥. Media, politicians and police always say the same thing about urban riots. Riots can spin out of control and engulf ordinary people. But that does not alter the fact that they are rooted in social oppression.
Resistance will host the Melbourne campaign launch for Wear It Purple on August 27.
Wear It Purple is an organisation which looks out for the interests of young people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI), and runs numerous campaigns around homophobic bullying, particularly in high schools.
More than 100 community supporters, environmentalists and trade unionists assembled on the steps of Trades Hall in Melbourne to launch the 鈥100,000 Australians鈥 campaign.
A project of the co-operative, the campaign seeks to build a cooperatively-owned factory making solar hot water systems in Morwell, Victoria.
The project is hoping for 100,000 Australians to join the Earthworker Cooperative at $20 a member to raise the $2 million needed for the 鈥淓ureka鈥檚 Future鈥 factory machinery, fit-out and finish.
Dear Mr & Mrs Cameron, Why did you never take the time to teach your child basic morality?
Police snatched four Palestine solidarity activists from their houses in the early hours of August 9. Arrested for allegedly breaching their bail conditions by attending a protest against Israeli apartheid outside a Max Brenner shop on July 29, the activists had to pay outrageously high bail sureties to be released.
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