The rightward shift of the apartheid Israeli state has continued with a new law proposed that would make it a crime to commemorate the founding of the Israeli state as al Nakba (the catastrophe 鈥 which is how Palestinians remember the event).
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Flawed Promises, a report released on May 25, found that the Victoria鈥檚 state government was protecting paddocks and previously logged areas instead of 500-year-old forests.
Below are details of just some of the 250 climate action groups nationwide organising to demand urgent action on climate change. For information on how to get involved contact your local group or visit your closest Resistance Centre (details on page 2).
The US government has nuclear weapons pointed at North Korea, a fleet of Navy vessels permanently positioned off its coast, and close to 100,000 soldiers stationed in South Korea and Japan.
On May 4, Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) head Don Henry said: 鈥淲e have achieved a significant step forward on climate change.鈥 The achievement was convincing the federal Labor government to merely consider adopting a target of a 25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
The following article is based on a speech given to a May 23 rally in Melbourne.
On May 13, the Nigerian military began a military assault, including land, naval and air bombardments, on the oil-rich Niger Delta. Thousands of people are reported to have died, with entire villages destroyed.
As the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) appears less and less likely to get through the Senate , the Australian Greens say now it is time for real action on jobs creation and climate change.
In recent weeks, there have been a number of articles in the corporate media globally, including the Rupert Murdoch-owned Australian, on the creation of a new international union organisation 鈥 Trade Unions Linking Israel and Palestine.
Scientific agreement on the need for drastic action to combat climate change has prompted the search for ways to ease humanity聮s increasing burden on the planet, including consideration of population growth and consumption habits.
On May 17, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced a new 聯solar flagships聰 initiative. The government will invest $1.4 billion in four solar electric generating systems, which will have a combined output of 1000 megawatts. Rudd claims it will be the world聮s biggest solar energy project.
Mamdouh Habib, illegally detained in Guantanamo Bay and then cleared of all terror charges has, since returning to Australia in 2005, faced systematic harassment from security agencies and the NSW Police.
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