On February 9, around 70 people attended the book launch of Will They be Heard.
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For two weeks in January, Belgian brewery workers blocked roads, set fire to beer crates, kidnapped managers and handed out free beer in protest against job cuts proposed by Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world鈥檚 largest brewer.
More than 200 coal miners in Tahmoor, southwest of Sydney, were locked out with no pay, on February 9.
US rock group the White Stripes has protested at what it says is the unauthorised use of an instrumental version of its song 鈥淔ell in Love With a Girl鈥 in a recruiting ad for the US military, the New York Times said on February 9.
Anti-war and democratic rights activists are organising protests for US President Barack Obama鈥檚 upcoming visit.
The December 7-18 United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen was supposed to 鈥渟eal a global deal鈥 to tackle climate change. It failed miserably.
On February 1, NSW premier Kristina Keneally announced changes to public transport fares and ticketing at a Parramatta railway station press conference.
After holding power in Chile since the end of Pinochet鈥檚 military dictatorship in 1988, the social democratic coalition Concertacion lost power to the right wing Alianza coalition in the December and January elections.
The statement published below has been signed by the Working People鈥檚 Association (Indonesia); Confederation Congress of Indonesia Union Alliance; the Singapore Democratic Party; the Socialist Party of Malaysia; Socialist Alternative (Australia); Socialist Alliance (Australia); and Socialist Worker New Zealand. If your organisation wants to sign this joint statement, email international@prp-indonesia.org.
Dwarfing recent opposition protests, more than 100,000 supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez marched in Caracas on February 4 in defence of the government and to celebrate 18 years since Chavez led a failed civilian-military uprising against a corrupt government in 1992.
United States President 鈥 and Nobel Peace Laureate 鈥 Barack Obama will spend nearly US$1 trillion on war this year.
US National Director of Intelligence Admiral Dennis Blair presented the 鈥渁nnual threat assessment鈥 before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on February 2
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