Climate change harms 325 million people and kills 300,000 every year, says a report released by the Global Humanitarian Forum (GHF).
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The Don鈥檛 Extradite the Basques Campaign was formally launched on June 10 against the extradition to Spain of Belfast-based Basque pro-independence activists Inaki de Juana and Arturo 鈥淏enat鈥 Villanueva at a press conference in west Belfast.
Marion Scrymgour 鈥 the highest ranking Aboriginal member of any government in Australia 鈥 quit the Northern Territory Labor Party over its Aboriginal policy on June 4. As an independent, she now holds the balance of power.
The article below is abridged from a June 3 statement by the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador. For more information, visit .
The June 2-4 Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) congress passed a series of motions calling on the federal government to abandon plans to build a radioactive waste dump in the Northern Territory.
A satirical group of Wollongong 聯billionaires聰 and representatives of the fossil fuel industry gathered in the city centre on June 10 for a 聯Stand up for Big Polluters聰 rally. They demanded 聯profits before people and the planet聰.
As more US people become homeless and the recession deepens, The Guaranty Bank of Austin has decided to demolish 12 brand-new double story homes in Victorville, California.
MELBOURNE 聴 A union meeting at the University of Melbourne on June 3 voted for work-bans and a four-hour stop-work on June 15, should there be no substantial progress in collective agreement negotiations.
聯Say it loud, say it clear! Racists are not welcome here!聰 chanted protesters at the steps of Federation Square in Melbourne on June 10.
The June 2-3 general assembly meeting of the Organisation of American States in Honduras passed a resolution that overturned the OAS鈥檚 1962 decision to exclude Cuba from the body due to its commitment to socialism.
Ninety workers stopped work on June 10 across the three manufacturing sites of Tieman Industries in a battle for a new collective bargaining agreement. Among their demands are a 36-hour week 鈥 in effect a nine-day fortnight 鈥 a better redundancy clause and a decent wage increase.
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