In 2007, it was all about Kevin Rudd. Well 鈥 not so much the man, but the campaign slogan. Kevin07 was streamed from the rooftops, plastered on ALP propaganda and adorned the T-shirts of young and old alike.
It was a brilliant, fresh campaign.
But the joy was not to last. Three years later, the bandwagon that everyone had so merrily jumped upon had lost its wheels, its driver demoted and dejected.
The campaign was just that, a campaign. Right for the time, but ultimately short on distance.
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Even though the US war on Vietnam ended nearly 40 years ago, the US鈥檚 saturation chemical bombing during that war is still wreaking havoc on the lives of at least 3 million people in Vietnam 鈥 including the newly born, making them third generation victims.
Nobody knows when the congenital deformities, one of many horrific health consequences of the toxic chemicals, will end.
鈥淭here are many Joses here, I鈥檓 not sure if its my turn or another Jose,鈥 saidJose, a middle-aged man standing on the outer rim of a grupo de trabajo (work group) called at midnight on an adjacent street to Sol, the plaza known as point zero, in the heart of Madrid.
Three Australian activists will take part in the , the successor to the first Freedom Flotilla to Gaza in May 2010 that was brutally attacked in international waters by Israeli commandos.
91自拍论坛 Weekly鈥檚 Pip Hinman asked former NSW Greens parliamentarian Sylvia Hale why she has joined the on the flotilla.
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Spanish people have taken to the streets in huge numbers, with public squares occupied by protesters opposed to anti-worker austerity measures and calling for real democracy.
鈥淣o trade with apartheid Israel鈥 was the main theme of a protest outside the 鈥淲ater Solutions for the Coal Seam Gas Industry Breakfast鈥, held at Brisbane's Sofitel Hotel on May 18.
A trade delegation from Israel was hosted at the breakfast, sponsored by the Australian Israel Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland.
The protest, organised by Justice for Palestine Brisbane, attracted about 20 people who held placards supporting Palestinian rights and calling for Australia to impose economic sanctions against Israel.
Our society is heading in the wrong direction. According to a new 鈥淎ustralia鈥檚 Electricity Generation Mix 1960-2009鈥 commissioned by Environment Victoria, the proportion of Australia鈥檚 electricity generated by renewable energy has fallen from 19% in 1960 to 7% in 2008.
Because Australia today generates 10 times the amount of electricity as it did in 1960, coal-fired electricity generation has increased by more than 1200%.
With the federal government blatantly refusing to even utter the words 鈥渆qual pay鈥, the need for grassroots initiative and action is vital in achieving these reforms for women workers.
Below is the transcript of Julian Assange鈥檚 acceptance speech of the Gold Medal at the Frontline Club in London on May 10.
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Thank you Professor Rees and Mary Kostakidis. I think Professor Rees has stolen all my good lines and Mary鈥檚 stolen all my jokes, so I鈥檓 not sure that I have much left.
The Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network released this below statement on May 20. Visit http://dassan.wordpress.com/
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Members of the Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network have learnt that two asylum seekers at the Northern Immigration Detention Centre in Darwin attempted suicide on Wednesday May 18. The men cut their wrists and one was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for treatment.
The melting of the Arctic ice cap is the surest sign that dangerous climate change is already upon us. But some of the world鈥檚 most powerful governments are not worrying about what to do about it, they鈥檙e scrambling to profit from it.
In a decision handed down on May 16, Fair Work Australia (FWA) acknowledged the gender-based undervaluation of the vital work of social and community sector (SACS) workers.
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