In Copenhagen, Sydney-based climate justice advocate Natasha Verco, as well as US activist Noah Weiss, faces charges under Denmark鈥檚 鈥渢errorism鈥 laws. Verco faces up to 12-and-a-half year jail for her role in organising protests against the United Nations Copemnhagen climate summit in December.
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鈥淭he free, sovereign and independent homeland of our dreams will only come true if we radicalise the process and speed up the transition to socialism鈥, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wrote in his March 14 weekly column 鈥淐havez Lines鈥.
Every week, dedicated 91自拍论坛 Weekly supporters hit the streets to present the news and ideas excluded from the mainstream media. These ideas help us better understand the world around us and expose the lies and distortions of the corporate elite.
On March 16, Yarra City Council amended the racist Local Law 8, which bans drinking in public places. The law was originally passed on October 20 with the ALP, Greens and independent councillors voting for it. Socialist Party councillor Stephen Jolly was the only councillor to oppose the law.
Three hundred climate activists participated in Australia鈥檚 second national Climate Action Summit in Canberra on March 13-15, marking an important step forward for the grassroots climate movement in this country.
Aboriginal services workers and community members from across the Illawarra and Shoalhaven regions held a 鈥渃ommunity issues workshop鈥 on March 17.
Victorian police have been rocked by allegations of racism, physical abuse and harassment of young Africans in inner-urban Melbourne.
For the 2009 climate summit, I wrote a short article titled 鈥淟ooking back 鈥 moving forward: ten lessons for the climate movement鈥. It attempted to articulate some of the challenges and opportunities for the community climate movement after two years of rapid growth in scope and capacity.
鈥淭he feminist movement was one of the strongest parts of the radicalisation of the 1960s and 1970s鈥, said Carla Gorton, a pro-choice activist and Socialist Alliance member from Cairns. She addressed a March 16 forum called 鈥淔eminism: Theory and Action鈥, presented by Resistance and the Socialist Alliance.
Journalists at the ABC have come under strong pressure from the organisation鈥檚 chairperson to give more weight to the views of climate change deniers.
In the Christmas Island detention centre's Alpha Compound 鈥 a maximum security-style section holding refugees from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka 鈥 Tamil refugees are desperately appealing to the Australian government not to send them back to Sri Lanka.
The inquest into the fatal boat explosion involving Afghan asylum seekers and the Australian navy in April 2009 has ended with appalling conclusions. Despite evidence suggesting the five deaths and extensive injuries could have been avoided if defence personnel had operated differently, the refugees received sole blame and may face criminal charges.
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