Boats 鈥 an enemy evoked by major Australian political parties to win elections 鈥 have become a symbol of international resistance to Israel鈥檚 blockade of the Gaza Strip.
This is particularly the case since Israeli commandos attacked an aid flotilla headed for Gaza in May, killing nine people.
With this in mind, the Berlin Coalition for Gaza (BCG) launched a one-boat 鈥渇lotilla鈥 through an inner-city Berlin canal on October 15.
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A million trade unionists marched past Rome鈥檚 Colosseum on October 16 in defence of rights that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi鈥檚 government and Fiat bosses are trying to water down.
The attacks are part of the government鈥檚 鈥渄eficit reduction鈥 measures.
Under red flags, and the banners of the metal workers鈥 union (FIOM-CGTI), workers from metal and other industries, students and opposition politicians shouted: 鈥淪trike, strike, strike!鈥
Sources in Victorian public housing say proposed changes to the system will increase rents for tenants and replace government-funded public housing with more expensive privatised housing.
Public housing in Victoria is being dismantled and privatised by stealth, without open and genuine public consultation.
Below are excerpts from the October 20 speech in the federal House of Representatives 鈥 part of the debate on the war in Afghanistan 鈥 by Greens member for Melbourne, Adam Bandt.
In Tony Blair's new memoir, A Journey, the former British prime minister says one of his biggest regrets is introducing the Freedom of Information Act, because journalists have used it 鈥渁s a weapon鈥.
Sydney鈥檚 inner-west played host to the inaugural Live Red Art event. The festival of radical art drew a crowd of more than 400 people to the Addison Road Community Centre in Marrickville on October 17.
Peruvian President Alan Garcia, who last year ordered the brutal massacre of protesting Amazonian tribespeople, has once again resorted to violence 鈥 this time in person.
Visiting Edgardo Rebagliati Hospital in Lima, on October 9, Garcia encountered 27-year-old Ricardo Galvez, who shouted 鈥渃orrupt鈥 at the president. Eyewitnesses say Garcia flew into an uncontrollable rage and forcefully struck the volunteer worker in the face.
Members of Garcia鈥檚 entourage landed follow up blows, knocking a defenceless Galvez to the floor where he was subjected to further mistreatment.
Beware! Labour hire
Little Jonny Howard's anti-worker IR laws are alive and well and living in a state near you.
After asking if we could have a cleaner to look after the lunch sheds and toilets, I was sent an email while on RnR telling me I was no longer required, even though the Gorgon/Chevron gas project is still ramping up workers with my qualifications.
North West Labour Solutions, based in Albany, WA, has taken advantage of workers and their good faith by offering employment under the guise of what is essentially an AWA.
Venezuela鈥檚 representative in the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Alfredo Missair, spoke on October 18 about Venezuela鈥檚 achievements in the field. He said that 14 million citizens (about half of the population) now have access to food at fair prices.
On the TV show Desperto Venezuela, broadcast by VTV, Missair stressed the country is on track to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals of halving the proportion of the population that is undernourished.
Serge Rodriguez is a Perth-based singer-song writer. Originally from Uruguay, Rodriguez formed the band Gypsy Earth last year. Below are the lyrics of one song, 鈥楯udas鈥. Visit for more information and to buy his music.
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Young man don鈥檛 you follow, don鈥檛 you head the call.
Wars resolve nothing, only destroy.
Look around you and see what it鈥檚 done to your world.
What it鈥檚 done to our children before they are born.
High and mighty men profess with their words.
They鈥檒l try to incite you to march off to war.
All societies need some form of law and order. Over many years of political organising, police who agreed with my right to protest and assisted when political or industrial rallies were being organised earned my respect.
But throughout Australia鈥檚 history, there are many examples of how laws in our society tend to protect the rights and property of the wealthy at the expense of the working class.
Well known are massacres against Aboriginals and miners at Eureka. Less well publicised has been police violence during industrial disputes, acting on the side of employers.
Despite all the rhetoric on climate change, both the NSW and federal governments consider it acceptable to allow seismic testing and drilling to explore for gas and potentially oil off Australia's east coast.
Despite the potential to develop entire new industries in clean, renewable energy, governments will not or cannot break their addiction to fossil fuels. They have literally placed the entire offshore Sydney Basin on the market for fossil fuel extraction; an area of 6000km虏, extending from Wollongong to Port Stephens.
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