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'Welcome refugees'

鈥淲elcome refugees鈥, 鈥淣o Indonesian solution鈥 and 鈥淏ring the Tamils to Australia鈥, were the main slogans for at a rally organised by the Refugee Action Coalition outside the immigration department on November 9. It followed a rally a week earlier.

Two centuries of troublemaking

How to Make Trouble and Influence People By Iain McIntyre Breakdown Press, 2009 270 pages, $29.95 Available from >

Hundreds attend Sri Lankan rights meeting

More than 200 people, many from the Tamil community, attended a public meeting at Monash University on November 10 called 鈥淪ri Lanka: Human rights issues and media representation鈥.

Venezuela: Chavez denounces war threat as unions organise

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared on November 8 that his country is prepared to defend itself against a possible act of aggression from Colombia or the United States.

The SIEVX remembered

Thirty-six artworks based on "A Certain Maritime Incident 鈥 the Sinking of the SIEVX" By Nathalie Haymann Kidogo Arthouse, Fishermans' Harbour (off Mews Road), Fremantle, WA Until November 24, 10 am - 4 pm

Hundreds protest to save ferries

SYDNEY 鈥 Three hundred people crowded into Balmain Town Hall on November 7 to protest against the state Labor government鈥檚 threats to privatise Sydney鈥檚 ferries. The public meeting was organised by the Save our Sydney Ferries (SOS) campaign.

Chris Harman: 1942-2009

Chris Harman, a leading British socialist and author of dozens of books and pamphlets on politics, economics, history and the Marxist tradition, died of a heart attack on November 6 at the age of 67.

Gov't report condemns NT intervention

The Northern Territory Emergency Response, a 鈥渢ough love鈥 government intervention into remote NT Aboriginal communities, has been renamed by the federal ALP government. Its official name is now "Closing the Gap NT".

Train stations lose staff

BLUE MOUNTAINS 鈥 Blue Mountains train stations have lost one-fifth of staffing hours each week, after the implementation of RailCorp鈥檚 review, said figures supplied by the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU).

Gov't takes over coffee firms

The government has taken over Venezuela鈥檚 two largest coffee makers, Fama de America and Cafe Madrid. FdA has been nationalised and CM turned into a partially state-owned mixed-enterprise.

Climate logic of the madhouse

As the November 2-6 international climate change talks in Barcelona ended in poorly-concealed acrimony and weary expressions of 鈥渙fficial optimism鈥, a funny thing happened in mainstream Australian media.

War IS The Answer!

I wonder why I've felt like shit ever since they declared war on drugs I've been starving ever since they declared war on hunger I've been depressed since they declared war on mental illness I can't get a break since they declared war on