Kerry Smith Byron Bay woman Frankie Lee was arrested outside a Japanese Airlines office on July 31 while calling on people to boycott Japanese products and services while Japan continues its whale-killing industry. Lee was charged with not following
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Derrick O'Keefe Just in case the idea is taking root that the US policy of empire building is the invention of the current gang of neo-conservative hawks in power, one need only conduct a cursory examination of the history of Cuba. With world
MEXICO: Follow the yellow brick road Mitchel Cohen, Mexico City The sea of yellow swept through the veins of Mexico City en route to the Zocalo (central square) on July 30, the platelets returning to the heart. Yellow for clean elections; amarillo
Max Menyhart & Kiraz Janicke, Sydney More than 150 students joined a speak-out at Sydney University on August 3. The protest was called by Students Against War, and supported by the Muslim Students Association (MSA) and the Arab Students Association
A July 26 Venezuelan foreign affairs ministry statement reported that Venezuela had initiated a solidarity campaign with Lebanon and Palestine "so that Venezuelans could help mitigate the tragedy caused by the Israeli elite's attacks through
PERTH — On July 30, 40 people attended a showing in the suburb of Darlington of the film The Power of Community, How Cuba Survived Peak Oil. Organised by the East/Hills branch of the Socialist Alliance, the screening prompted discussion afterwards
Rallies marking the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing took place in cities around Australia on August 6, including in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Perth. As well as opposing nuclear power and uranium mining, the protesters demanded
Biased Peter Panania (Write On, GLW #677) complains that GLW's coverage of events in the Middle East is "biased" and "pro-Islam and anti-Jewish". As an Israel-born, dual Israeli-Australian citizen who helps produce GLW, I am proud of the fact that
Palestinian trade unions and workers' organisations have joined together to issue an international appeal for solidarity and support. "The Israeli occupying power is waging a ruthless war on Palestine and Lebanon, which resulted in the killing and
Zones of Contact — Biennale of Sydney 2006Until August 27, venues throughout SydneyDetails of artists and venues at <http://www.bos2006.com> REVIEW BY VIVIAN MESSIMERIS Every two years Sydney showcases contemporary art from around the
Dale Mills, Sydney Forklift driver Mohamed Abdulrahman was awarded $25,000 compensation and legal costs by the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal on August 1 after the tribunal upheld his complaint that he had been subjected to illegal racial
Eva Cheng According to a university pilot study released on July 28, the dioxin-contaminated defoliant Agent Orange, which the US Army sprayed and dumped extensively during the Vietnam War, has led to significant genetic damage for those exposed to
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