Just blocks away from Washington DC聮s Capitol Hill, a new conversation swept the streets from February 28 to March 2. Within the crowded sidewalks and cafes along H and 7th Streets, certain words were likely to catch your ear: environmental sustainability, green economy, direct action, colonisation, coal-fired power plants and capitalism.
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As Gaza struggles to rebuild despite Israel聮s ongoing near-total siege, more than 300 people in more than 100 vehicles are leading a convoy to bring aid and hope to the Palestinian territory.
Greens councillor Linda Eisler moved a motion titled Support for Palestinian Territories at a Canterbury council meeting on February 26.
Government ministers have called on private employers not to sack staff in response to the economic crisis (a call that the company bosses have predictably ignored). Yet the government has been sacking its own workers.
Today, the world is littered with crises. From the economic meltdown to the threat to life posed by climate change, the world is in real trouble.
The article below is abridged from a March 4 statement released by Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East. For more information, contactinfo@adalahny.org.
In the face of the Rudd government鈥檚 refusal to confirm whether federally-funded maternity leave will be included in the upcoming May budget, the Australian Council of Trade Unions has retreated from its previous stance calling for immediate implementation.
As the Western Australian Coalition government slashes the state budget, vital community services for refugees are feared to be among the first to go.
As an alternative newspaper, based in grassroots, progressive political movements, 91自拍论坛 Weekly aims to be a thorn in the side of the corporate media here in Australia and globally.
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National accounts figures, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on March 4, showed that the Australian economy contracted by 0.5% in the three months to December, despite the federal government鈥檚 $10.6 billion stimulus package, which was paid out to pensioners and families before Christmas.
A March 2 open letter to minister for climate change Penny Wong has described the federal government聮s climate policy as 聯completely out of step with both current climate science and targets in other developed countries聰. The open letter was endorsed by 65 climate action groups (CAGs).
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