Noam Chomsky had some choice words about the popularity of the Clint Eastwood Movie American Sniper, its glowing New York Times review, and what the worship of a movie about a cold-blooded killer says about the American people. It's not good.
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A recent decision by the organisers of one of Australia's largest pop culture conventions has sparked controversy in the fan community.
A has been created to have the organisers of Supanova pop-culture expo revoke their invitation to Firefly actor Adam Baldwin. The US actor is due to appear at their Sydney and Perth conventions later this year.
Venezuela's left-wing government has congratulated Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece's radical left SYRIZA party, who won a huge victory in Greece's parliamentary elections on January 25, TeleSUR English reported.
A Venezuelan government statement said: 鈥淰enezuela warmly congratulates the Syriza coalition party and Alexis Tsipras for their historic victory, wishing them success and complete solidarity and support.鈥
King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia has died at the age of 90. Abdullah was one of the world鈥檚 most powerful men and a key US ally in the region, controlling a fifth of the known global petroleum reserves.
In a statement, President Barack Obama praised Abdullah for his 鈥渟teadfast and passionate belief in the importance of the US-Saudi relationship as a force for stability and security in the Middle East and beyond.鈥
The sound system was playing the famous Italian resistance song 鈥淏ella Ciao鈥. Flags of parties from across the left and the continent wiggled as their bearers danced and sang along to celebrate SYRIZA's win in the January 25 Greek elections.
Ouzo flowed and fireworks flared. We could have been outside a G8 summit in the early noughties.
Only the explosives weren鈥檛 directed at police lines, but in the air. The crowd chanting at the politician wasn鈥檛 protesting, but cheering. An international movement that has become very good at licking its wounds was learning to celebrate.
A man seeking asylum in Australia, who was due to be deported by immigration officials in December, is being held in Villawood detention centre after a protest on December 19 on the plane blocked the deportation. One plane passenger, Steph O鈥橠onnell, said the asylum seeker, Wei Lin, made himself known to passengers on the plane before take-off.
The National Freedom Movement is planning a second sit-in protest at Parliament House in Canberra when federal parliament resumes on February 9.
Protesters will raise issues, including the large numbers of Aboriginal children being taken from their families and the destruction of homeland communities.
Aboriginal leader Michael Anderson said: 鈥淯nity is how we will achieve anything. We need to come together as nations, support and educate each other on how we take what is ours.鈥
VIGIL FOR BALI NINE HELD
I have decided there鈥檚 no longer any point trying to write these columns while we have a government as truly mad as this one. What鈥檚 the point of trying to think up witty ways to mock this bunch of heartless, cruel, out-of-touch, poor-hating, Tory scum if their leader just wanders about doing bat shit insane things like 鈥渒nighting鈥 Prince Philip?
A 13-day hunger strike by asylum seekers imprisoned by Australia on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, was suspended on January 26 after Wilson鈥檚 Security flew in reinforcement to storm compounds where detainees were on hunger strike.
The hunger strike was in response to plans to move those whose refugee claims had been accepted to a new camp on the island under the guise of releasing them into the community.
This new camp at Lorengau, the Manus provincial capital, differs from the detention centre only in that its inhabitants are more vulnerable to violent attacks by vigilantes.
At least a dozen anti-government protesters were shot dead by Egyptian security forces on the fourth anniversary of the uprising that ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak.
More than 15 people were killed in Egypt on January 25 in anti-government protests marking the fourth anniversary of the popular uprising that toppled former dictator Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
The slaughter marks the bloodiest day of protests since Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was elected president in June, with security forces and plain-clothed police officers reportedly firing at demonstrators.
This is Part two of an interview with Greens candidate for the seat of South Brisbane, Jonathan Sri. He spoke to 91自拍论坛 Weekly's Evan Verner about the state of politics in Queensland, his position on various policies and what it is like to run a political campaign.
These are certainly interesting times 鈥 where growing inequality, ongoing injustice and the threat of climate disaster make a potent brew of deep uncertainty.
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