On May 22, a jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the trial of peace activsts Philip Pritchard and Toby Olditch (known as the 聭B-52 Two聮). The two were charged with conspiring to cause criminal damage at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire in 2003 when they tried to safely disable US B-52 bombers to prevent them from bombing Iraq. The court heard the two men acted to prevent damage to life and property in Iraq, as well as war crimes. It was the second trial for the two; the first, in October 2006, ended with a hung jury. During the trial the prosecution accepted that even delaying the bombers would have prevented civilian casualties, as it would have allowed those fleeing cities more time to escape. Visit for more information.
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The standard of health of Aborigines lags almost 100 years behind that of other Australians, according to the World Health Organisation.
According to the International Trade Union Confederation, the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria have called a national stay-away on May 29, the date of Nigeria聮s presidential inauguration. The groups聮 trade union centres are part of the Labour and Civil Society Coalition. President-elect Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar聮Adua is accused of rigging the April 21 election. According to ITUC-Online, 聯Fraud and ballot rigging were widespread during the elections, resulting in a major setback for democracy in Africa聮s most populous nation, and leading to protests inside the country and heavy criticism from independent election observers聰.
Tom 鈥 not his real name 鈥 became a 鈥減erson of interest鈥 after taking part in the G20 protests in Melbourne last November. This softly spoken 24-year-old, a postgraduate student at Sydney University, is one of the latest victims of the police-state laws that seem designed to intimidate activists from organising, or attending, protests.
The Socialist Alliance has adopted radical greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets as part of its political program 鈥 95% of stationary power emissions and 60% of overall emissions compared to 1990 levels by 2020, and 90% of overall emissions by 2030.
The Socialist Alliance has adopted radical greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets as part of its political program 聴 95% of stationary power emissions and 60% of overall emissions compared to 1990 levels by 2020, and 90% of overall emissions by 2030.
OSLO 聴 On May 23, 43 organisations signed a letter to the Moroccan government demanding an immediate end to its attacks on Sahrawi students. Since early May, Moroccan police have been on an offensive against Sahrawi students at colleges and universities throughout Morocco and Western Sahara. Dozens of students have been beaten, arrested and detained and there have been reports of sexual abuse and harassment of victims in hospital. On May 9, Sultana Khaya, while peacefully calling for the release of fellow students, was brutally attacked by police, leaving her blind in one eye. The violence is also disrupting students聮 final preparation for June exams. The letter called on the Moroccan government to release the arrested students, guarantee the Sahrawi students聮 physical safety and freedom of expression, prosecute those responsible for the violence, and 聯address the underlying legitimate grievances of the Sahrawi students by respecting human rights in occupied Western Sahara and allowing for a free, fair and transparent referendum on independence in the occupied territory聰.
The deepening of Australia鈥檚 drought- and global-warming-driven water crisis has thrown into sharp relief the historical and current inadequacy of the Liberal-Labor political establishment to put the needs of working people before those of big business.
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) could not be clearer: 聯The right to strike is one of the essential means available to workers and their organisations for the promotion and protection of their economic and social interests聰 (1983).
On May 13, the Left party won 8.4 % of the votes in Germany鈥檚 smallest state, the adjoining north-western cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven. This was sufficient for the party to enter a west German state parliament for the first time, with seven MPs.
Tom Lewis, 83, is a long-time 91自拍论坛 Weekly subscriber in a small town between Bundaberg and Gin Gin, Queensland. His eyesight is rapidly failing and he can no longer read. But last week he renewed his subscription to the paper and made a $100 donation to our fighting fund.
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