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Local council to boycott Israel
Middle East Gadigal Country/Sydney On December 14 Marrickville Council adopted a resolution moved by Greens councillor Cathy Peters to become the first Australian local government to join the international boycott against Israeli apartheid. The inner west ...
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ALP launches dirty tricks campaign
Elections Middle East Pip Hinman Gadigal Country/Sydney With the betting agencies putting the Greens candidate ahead of Labor in Sydney's inner west seat of Marrickville, Labor is running scared. But rather than debate the issues, the ALP machine is ...
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The two wars in Libya
Imperialism & war Democracy Art Young Two wars are being waged simultaneously in Libya. One has grown out of a revolutionary struggle for democracy. The other is an attempt by imperialism to strengthen its domination of the country. Both wars appear t ...
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Alice Walker: 'How can I let this happen without resistance?'
International solidarity Middle East National liberation Celebrated US author and poet Alice Walker is among 38 people who will join Audacity of Hope, the ship sponsored by US Boat to Gaza as part of an international effort to break Israel鈥檚 maritime sieg ...
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Sri Lanka: Tamils demand genocide investigation
Imperialism & war Democracy National liberation Chris Slee Addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva on March 14, Ananthi Sasitharan said: 鈥淲e request this assembly calls for an international investigation on genocide, and a ...
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Give Israel the South African treatment
Middle East Antony Loewenstein Moammar Mashni 鈥淚 am a black South African, and if I were to change the names, the description of what is happening in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank would be a description of what is happening in South Africa鈥- Archbishop ...
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Roger Waters: Why I support boycotting Israel
Middle East Roger Waters Roger Waters, best known as a member of British band Pink Floyd, released the statement below on February 25 鈥 explaining his decision to support the international 鈥渂oycott, divestment and sanctions鈥 campaign targeting Israel. It ...
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Pilger: The West brings gifts of war and racism
Imperialism & war Anti-racism John Pilger The Euro-US attack on Libya has nothing to do with protecting anyone; only the terminally naive believe such nonsense. It is the West鈥檚 response to popular uprisings in strategic, resource-rich regions of the ...
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Meet Uncle Sam without his clothes
Sam target and victim again. Who's next? Iran? Syria? 鈥 not Libya, it is now obediently making ...
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'Boycott Israel' campaign challenges apartheid
Middle East Samah Sabawi While Palestinian, Israeli and international non-violent protesters who march against Israel鈥檚 policies in the Occupied Territories are literally showered in sewage, beaten, arbitrarily arrested and sometimes killed by Israeli for ...
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Occupy Wall Street movement spreads to Australia
Economy Democracy Simon Butler Inspired by the three-week-long Occupy Wall Street protest in New York, which has now spread to more than 100 cities across the US, ad-hoc activist coalitions in several Australian cities have called for similar occupations ...
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Eyewitness account of police riot against peaceful Muslim protest in Australia
Anti-racism Democracy Imperialism & war Rachel Evans Police forces, police powers and policing Police brutality, killings, shootings and violence Islam Muslims Gadigal Country/Sydney I was attending a small but engaging rally against internet spying o ...
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Council defeats attempt to overturn Israel boycott
Middle East Pip Hinman It was ironic, but only supporters of Palestine were clapping after a majority of Marrickville councillors decided on March 15 in favour of hiring a venue to a newly-formed local Jewish group that is hosting an Australian Rules Peac ...