Latin America has suffered constant aggressions from Washington during the past 200 years.
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Indonesian socialist group, the People鈥檚 Democratic Party (PRD), made an historic decision to relaunch itself as an open party at its seventh congress on March 1-3.
It was a predictable move. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's popularity was sliding in the lead-up to a federal election. Meanwhile, despite Coalition opposition leader 鈥淢ad Monk鈥 Tony Abbott's wild statements (and even wilder ones from his deputy), his personal ratings were going up.
Two hundred Aboriginal people and supporters rallied outside state parliament on March 10 to protest the death in custody of another young Aboriginal man in a Queensland prison.
Indonesian and Australian activists are preparing to protest US wars in the Middle East and the stepped-up 鈥渨ar on terror鈥 during US President Barack Obama鈥檚 visits.Indonesian and Australian activists are preparing to protest US wars in the Middle East and the stepped-up "war on terror" during US President Barack Obama's visits.
Thousands of workers rallied on March 9 in protest against the state Labor government's plans to privatise public assets. The crowd of 5000 people rallied at the Roma Street Forum, before marching to state parliament.
In response to the Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's call to his ambassadors to ban the screening of Insurgency of the 21st Century, Australian activist groups have started promoting the documentary.
Leading anti-war campaigner Pip Hinman, who is currently helping organise protests that will meet the visit of US President Barack Obama, has been preselected as Socialist Alliance鈥檚 candidate for the federal seat of Grayndler in Sydney鈥檚 inner west.
On 22 February, Newcastle Greens councillor Michael Osborne received a notice of a 鈥渃ode of conduct鈥 complaint, because he鈥檇 taken part in a protest.
鈥淲e want to be one voice, we have to support all the people and back them up to come back to their own culture鈥, Murray George, a Pitjantjatjara elder from Fregon community in the far north of South Australia, told a March 2 meeting in the Adelaide Activist Centre.
Spanish judge Eloy Velasco accused the Venezuelan government of socialist President Hugo Chavez of supporting armed pro-self-determination Basque organisation ETA on March 8.
Eco-sufficiency and Global Justice: Women write political ecology
Edited by Ariel Salleh
Pluto Press/Spinifex Press, 2009
Edited by Ariel Salleh
Pluto Press/Spinifex Press, 2009
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