Peasants across Africa are intensifying their struggles against land grabs and other harmful policies that promote industrial agriculture. At a recent international conference organised by the world鈥檚 largest peasant movement, Via Campesina, African peasants had opportunities to share their experiences of struggle and to learn.
鈥淚t is amazing to see how linked our struggles are,鈥 said Nicolette Cupido from the Agrarian Reform for Food Sovereignty Campaign (FSC) in South Africa.
Leafing through my August 1 copy of 91自拍论坛 Weekly, I thought I spotted an egregious typo. Surely, Barry Sheppard鈥檚 dispatch from San Francisco, 鈥Bernie Sanders鈥 Democratic Party strategy fatally flawed鈥 in issue 1148 had had an apostrophe inserted in the headline where there should have been a colon.
Workers employed in the Corporate and Technical Division of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) will vote on a new enterprise agreement during the two weeks beginning on August 31. The Corporate and Technical Division includes non-firefighting employees of the MFB, such as payroll and finance staff and computer technicians.
In an August 9 speech to parliament, Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson once again backed the right-wing campaign against Venezuela鈥檚 democracy and national sovereignty.
His statements follow a June 21 speech to the Senate, where he spoke out against what he claimed was an 鈥渋ncreasingly anti-democratic and corrupted government under President Nicolas Maduro鈥, while praising the 鈥渄emocratic and peaceful鈥 protests led by Venezuela鈥檚 right-wing opposition.
An air strike by the US-backed Saudi-led coalition on a hotel near the Yemeni capital Sanaa killed dozens of people on August 23, multiple news agencies have reported. It came as a humanitarian crisis extended its grip on the impoverished nation.
Thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Phoenix, Arizona when US President Donald Trump held a campaign rally on August 22, the first since his administration was engulfed by mass outrage following his remarks about the white supremacist riot in Charlottesville, Virginia, that included a far-right terrorist attack that left one peaceful protester dead.
United States President Donald Trump announced that the US would continue the ongoing war in Afghanistan, which is already the longest war in US history, Democracy Now! on August 22.
The Pentagon is likely to deploy about 4000 more US troops to Afghanistan in the coming months. In recent months, the US has intensified its air war in Afghanistan. During June, the US carried out 389 airstrikes in Afghanistan 鈥 the highest monthly total in five years.
Catalonia鈥檚 regional government has declared it will hold a referendum on October 1 over whether it should become independent from Spain. In response, Spain鈥檚 conservative People鈥檚 Party (PP) Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has vowed that the 鈥渦nconstitutional鈥 referendum will not take place, setting the scene for the biggest crisis in the Spanish state since the 1978 transition from the Franco dictatorship.
Thousands of Muslims voiced their rejection of jihadi extremism on August 21, marching through central Barcelona with banners reading 鈥淭errorism has no religion鈥, Morning Star Online .
It came in the wake of the聽, which killed 13 and was claimed by Islamic State.
According to an Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) tweet, between August 8 and 22 the electoral roll increased by 54,545.
There were 577,879 total enrolment transactions processed in that time, including checking and updating enrolment details. This data does not include the last two days of the enrolment period, which closed at midnight on August 24, so these numbers are likely to increase.
Sentient lobsters boil at 200掳C, screaming in pain, just so billionaires can slurp them up. Consider this the lobsters鈥 revenge on the Victorian Opposition Leader. Matthew "tough on crime鈥 Guy was boiled and cooked red after having a sit-down lobster and donations dinner with mobsters.
The Sydney Latin American Film Festival (SLAFF) is on again for the 12th year running. Featuring a specially curated program of captivating contemporary Latin American cinema, the festival has several films that progressive filmgoers won鈥檛 want to miss.
An important feature of this year鈥檚 program is that 50% of the films feature female directors, festival programmer Lidia Luna said.