The NSW Country Women鈥檚 Association passed a motion at its state conference on May 27 calling for a halt to any further 鈥渦nconventional gas exploration鈥 in NSW 鈥 a ban on coal seam gas. The motion was put by the Maules Creek branch.
It flies in the face of last week鈥檚 announcement by NSW Nationals leader John Barilaro that he wanted an expansion of the CSG industry, although not on the Liverpool Plains.
Less than a year after being installed in power via a constitutional coup, the government of Brazilian President Michel Temer is teetering on the brink of collapse.
Plagued by corruption scandals 鈥 the same pretext used by the right-wing controlled judiciary and parliament to topple centre-left president Dilma Rousseff 鈥 and popularity figures in the single digits, the Temer regime is now facing a growing revolt from below demanding 鈥渄irect elections now!鈥
Three protesters charged under a new section of the NSW Crimes Act have pleaded not guilty at a preliminary hearing in Mudgee on May 17.
The 鈥淲ollar Three鈥 are challenging the draconian new law aimed at criminalising those who protest at coal and gas mine sites. If convicted they could face a maximum penalty of seven years鈥 jail.
The Organisation of American States (OAS) and its current secretary general Luis Almagro has pursued policies that aggravate the current crisis in Venezuela.
Rather than providing a way to help mediate the bitter conflict in Venezuela, Almagro has joined one side.
The position of the OAS sadly reflects the longer history of the organisation.
Victoria鈥檚 Premier Daniel Andrews apologised on May 25 to the state鈥檚 Chinese community for the racism and unjust policies their ancestors endured during the gold rush era.
Two murders and an attempted murder in Portland, Oregon, on the first day of Ramadan (May 26), by a white racist are the latest in a string of hate crimes inspired by President Donald Trump鈥檚 racist rhetoric and actions since he took office.
Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which keeps track of hate crimes, told Democracy Now! on May 30: 鈥淧resident Trump, whose words in the campaign unleashed against immigrants, against Muslims and others, unleashed a wave of hate crimes and bias incidents, especially right after the election.
According to data from a , Venezuela and Uruguay have the most equal wealth distributions in Latin America, while Colombia and Guatemala are the most unequal nations.
The report was published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL), which is a United Nations regional commission based in Santiago, Chile.
As of 2015 Venezuela and Uruguay each have Gini coefficients (used to measure inequality in which 0 represents the absence of inequality and 1 a maximum) of聽0.40 or less, compared to the continent's average of 0.469.
Colombia鈥檚 national teachers鈥 strike marked three weeks on June 1 as tens of thousands of education workers continue to pressure the government to respond to their demands for better working conditions, higher salaries and more investment in public education.
In the latest mass protest, about 300,000 teachers took to the streets on May 31 to call attention to education issues in major cities across the country, including Bogota, Cali, Medellin, Bucaramanga and Barranquilla.
A conference on the Rojava Revolution will be held as the struggle in northern Syria enters perhaps its most critical phase.
鈥淭he Rojava Revolution in Northern Syria: An experiment in radical democracy, feminism & ecology鈥 will be held in Melbourne on June 30 and July 1. The event aims to inform participants about the revolutionary process, to discuss the problems it faces and to build support for it.
A rebellion has been raging in Buenaventura - Colombia鈥檚 largest port city - since May 16, when residents decided to embark on massive anti-government marches to demand an end to chronic state neglect and abandonment, corruption, crime and armed conflict.
The government鈥檚 inability to attend to protesters鈥 demands has only spurred an escalation of protests that has not shown signs of calming, even though the mayor鈥檚 office issued a decree declaring a curfew and a ban on public demonstrations.
On May 30, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was the first of the 鈥渃oalition of the willing鈥 to declare he would support US President Donald Trump鈥檚 request for more occupying troops in Afghanistan. Sydney Stop the War Coalition issued this statement which is abridged below.
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Sydney Stop the War Coalition opposes the Turnbull Coalition government鈥檚 decision to take up US President Donald Trump鈥檚 request and send more Australian troops to the quagmire in Afghanistan.
The Australian Refugee Action Network (ARAN) held its inaugural conference on May 20-21 at the Australian National University in Canberra. It brought together more than 150 activists and representatives of 48 refugee advocacy and activist groups from around the country.聽
Participants included a large number of activists from Rural Australians for Refugees (RAR) groups. RAR held its own national meeting over the conference, and elected a new leadership. The proposal to form ARAN came out of discussion at last year鈥檚 RAR conference.