Despite the fact that the November 24 federal election was supposed to be a 鈥渃limate-change election鈥, the release on November 17 of the fourth and final report from the UN鈥檚 Intergovernental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) barely garnered manstream media attention.
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91自拍论坛 Weekly鈥檚 Bronwyn Jennings, spoke with Vaughan Gunson, an activist with Socialist Worker (Aotearoa), which actively participates in the Residents Action Movement, about RAM鈥檚 activities in defence of peoples鈥 rights and against corporate greed.
Brian Senewiratne: 聯I have been a strong supporter of the left in my native Sri Lanka since I was 16 years old. I am now 76, and remain convinced, even more so, that it is the capitalist policies, first under the colonial British and later the Brown Sahibs of my ethnic group, the Sinhalese, that have taken that country to its condition of failing state.
The fourth report from the UN聮s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released on November 17, concludes that there is 聯unequivocal聰 evidence that human-induced global warming is already under way and, if left unchecked, will lead to rising sea levels, more fierce storms, and more floods and droughts.
The special court established to try the former leaders of the Khmer Rouge held its first public sessions on November 20 and 21. The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) is a Cambodian tribunal assisted by international judges, lawyers and administrative officials. It was established by agreement between the Cambodian government and the United Nations.
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"I would say that we would always try diplomacy first. In other words, I've committed our troops into harm's way twice, and it's not a pleasant experience because I understand the consequences firsthand." 鈥 Emperor George
The following article is excerpted from a speech to a November 5 Council on the Aging (COTA) forum in Hobart by Susan Austin, who was the Socialist Alliance聮s candidate for Denison.
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