On October 23, 300 people rallied in this NSW regional town to protest against the Howard government聮s mis-labelled Work Choices.
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What sort of dogmatic free-market ideologue would use poor people聮s (often socially constructed) desire for credit to justify shrinking the already beleaguered welfare policies of wretched Third World states?
In an action called by Regional Community Watch, 300 people marched on November 3 against the impending closure of a rehabilitation unit at the local St Vincent鈥檚 hospital, delivering a petition signed by 2000 residents and 100 local doctors to the North Coast Area Health Service. Speakers argued that the proposed smaller, relocated unit at Ballina will be inadequate and inaccessible. The protesters highlighted the role of NSW Premier and former health minister Morris Iemma and current health minister John Hatzistergos. After the rally, the hospital board agreed to reopen negotiations on the unit鈥檚 future.
The local Reclaim the Night rally, held on October 27, attracted 130 people. The rally demanded an end to sexual assault and violence against women and children.
Six miners were killed by the Special Operations Unit of the Venezuelan Armed Forces (TO5) on September 22 in the remote jungle area of La Paragua, 200km south-east of Ciudud Bolivar in the eastern state of Bolivar. Fourteen soldiers landed their helicopter at the El Papelon de Turumban mine, destroyed the miners聮 heavy machinery and shot them in the back, according to a report in the October 8 Ultimas Noticias.
As fellow media makers and artists, we are writing to honor the memory of independent journalist, filmmaker, and respected activist Brad Will, who was brutally murdered while filming the grassroots popular movement in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Three-hundred people participated in the Sydney Reclaim the Night march this year. Speakers included Karen Willis from the Rape Crisis Centre, Jane Brock from Immigrant Women Speak Out and Tegan Wagner, an 18-year-old survivor of a 2002 sexual assault by two men who were sentenced in April this year.
On November 3, 450 people packed the Brisbane Convention Centre to hear a lunchtime address from US Marine Corps Major Michael Mori, the US military-appointed lawyer for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks.
Bono is at a U2 concert in Glasgow when he asks the audience for some quiet. In the silence, he starts to slowly clap his hands.
鈥淚鈥檓 just, I鈥檓 a little concerned with all this hysteria over this greenhouse gases and the environment, that the Liberal Party is not selling your message the way you sold it now to Leon, and that it鈥檚 not getting through to the average man in the street鈥 鈥 this is what 鈥淓mile鈥, an 鈥渦nashamed supporter鈥 of Prime Minister John Howard, had to say to the PM on November 2, during Leon Byner鈥檚 talkback show on Adelaide鈥檚 Radio 5AA.
On October 29, charges of refusing a police direction brought against six people involved in the protest against Kerry Packer聮s state memorial service in February were dismissed by a magistrate聮s court.
As of November 2, 2825 US military personnel and 232 other allied foreign troops had died in Iraq since the country was invaded on March 20, 2003, by US, British and Australian forces.
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