United States politicians have, for the moment, succumbed to pressure of a growing campaign against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SIPA) and the PROTECT IP act (PIPA).
The campaign has involved forces ranging from independent bloggers and content producers to internet giants Wikipedia, Reddit, Facebook, Twitter and Google
In response to protests, the proposed acts have, for now, been shelved.
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Egyptians massed in Tahrir Square on January 27 to press the ruling junta to transfer power to a civilian administration and put generals on trial for killing protesters during the popular uprising last year.
The protest was staged on the first anniversary of the "Friday of Rage," one of the bloodiest days of the 18-day wave of protests a year ago that ousted former president Hosni Mubarak. Police and soldiers killed and wounded hundreds of protesters.
he director of a documentary about the death in custody of Aboriginal man Mulrunji Doomadgee says the family wanted him to use footage of the death, but he was blocked from accessing it..
The high profile shutdown of file-hosting company MegaUpload on January 20, and the arrest of CEO Kim Schmitz (aka Kim Dotcom) and other executives for allegedly operating a global pirating network, is the latest shot in the war over freedom on the internet.
Peruvian-born Harlem emcee Immortal Technique rocked a full house at the Metro in Sydney on January 19 as part of his debut tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Newcastle activist and satirical singer-songwriter Nicholas Barrington Wood died last December at home after a short illness. He faced death with the same courage with which he lived his life, true to himself to the end.
His life was a journey that began in Manchester, England. It was his journey though: not to any destination, but to understand life.
He spent years in Arabic, African and Asian countries, teaching and learning languages, playing and composing music, falling in love and having children.
WTF happened? People gathered in front of Old Parliament House to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. The peaceful day was suddenly interrupted when someone announced that Tony Abbott was speaking to the press only meters away from the site.
The eighth national conference of the Socialist Alliance in Australia decided to take a draft document titled 鈥淭owards a socialist Australia鈥 through a nationwide public discussion and consultation process to promote a wide discussion about socialism in the 21st century.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has criticised the US State Department鈥檚 鈥渁bsurd鈥 decision to threaten Latin American countries with sanctions should they engage in trade with Iran.
Chavez made the comments on the state VTV channel after State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland warned Latin American countries they would be liable to US sanctions if they were to use Iranian banks or purchase Iranian oil.
The Sixth Congress of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), held in April, 鈥渆ndorsed for the first time a fundamental change in the political and economic model鈥, said Cuban political scientist and Temas editor Rafael Hernandez.
This does not mean abandoning Cuba鈥檚 socialist project, but renewing this project after two decades of the post-Soviet 鈥淪pecial Period鈥. This is a deep structural crisis in Cuba鈥檚 post-capitalist, centrally-planned economy and an ideological and ethical crisis of the nation鈥檚 socialist vocation.
It was standing room only at the Port Dock Hotel on January 21 as Communist Party of Australia members and friends gathered to CPA secretary Bob Briton鈥檚 campaign for the state seat of Port Adelaide.
The seat, formerly held by South Australian treasurer Kevin Foley, is being contested in a by-election to be held on February 11.
Mark McGowan stepped into the leadership of the Western Australia Labor Party on January 23 promising to support uranium mining in WA and deregulation of shopping hours. Together, these decisions signal a significant shift to the right by WA Labor.
Previous leader Eric Ripper had promised that an incoming ALP government would close down any uranium mining in the state, even if the current Liberal government has granted full approvals.
That position was at odds with national Labor鈥檚 pro-uranium policy, but is popular in WA.
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