Greens turn backs on Obama protests
Bearing witness to Obama鈥檚 war agenda outside the parliament on November 17 when he was inside talking up war in the Pacific also revealed a terrible truth about the parliamentary Greens.
They were invited to come join us, to speak out against the US Alliance and US bases. None did. Some apologised, but most did not even see fit to acknowledge the invitation.
The terrible truth is that Greens leader and spokesperson on defence, Senator Bob Brown turned his back.
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After ammonia gas leaked from Orica鈥檚 Kooragang Island chemical plant on November 9 and made two people four kilometers away very ill, the Environment Protection Authority ordered the plant to shut down.
But because Orica is its major supplier, the Hunter鈥檚 coal industry has as little as three to four weeks of explosives in stock.
The largest Hunter mining company, Coal & Allied, told the November 22 Newcastle Herald it had cut production due to the explosives shortage.
In a week that saw a huge mass meeting and a rally of 12,000 people, Fair Work Australia (FWA) has ordered Victorian nurses鈥 for the third time 鈥 by to lift their industrial action.
Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life
By Michael Moore
Allen Lane, 2011
427 pages, $29.95 (pb)
In 1968, the 14-year-old Michael Moore was expelled from the seminary where he was training to become a Catholic priest. His offense had been to ask awkward questions, like why can鈥檛 women become priests.
As Moore had to be reminded by Church authorities, 鈥測ou either have to accept things or not鈥. For Moore, accepting the status quo was not an option, so authority would always be having trouble with Moore.
Punks Against Apartheid officially launched its on November 23 in support of the global boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign targetting Israel.
The group says it is 鈥渋s an emerging global network of musicians, artists, and activists inspired by the history and ethics of punk rock. We are opposed to all forms of oppression, exploitation and racism 鈥 particularly the Israeli apartheid regime and its colonial terror.
The increased US military presence in Australia, announced by PM Julia Gillard and US President Barack Obama during Obama鈥檚 November 16-17 visit, is a setback for peace. Australia should be closing existing US military bases in Australia and put an end to existing joint military exercises with US forces.
Australia should stop taking part in US-led military aggression. In particular, it should withdraw Australian soldiers from Afghanistan and Iraq.
鈥淕illard and Abbott fly in and out of Afghanistan under heavy protection from harm. Both curry political advantage from the khaki vote. The rest of us see young Ozzie lives ripped apart without any obvious gain to ordinary Afghans. Let the pollies go and fight their own useless war 鈥︹
鈥淒an51鈥 from Sydney, who made this comment under a November 22 Sydney Morning Herald article, is part of the majority (64% in the November 21 Essential Poll or 72% according to Roy Morgan), who want Australian soldiers out of Afghanistan.
After 13 days of an around-the-clock picket line, the workers at poultry company Baiada in Laverton North have won a tremendous victory. Baiada was well known as having the worst pay and conditions of all poultry processing companies.
After months of relentless propaganda by mining companies and the corporate media, the idea of taxing the super profits of the big mining companies remains a popular measure. Recent Essential Research said 51% support such a tax (up from 50% since July 2010). Opposition to it rose from 28% to 33%.
Tahrir (鈥淟iberation鈥) Square in Cairo was the birthplace of hope for millions if not billions of people this year. It was here that the Egyptian people launched a mighty democratic revolution, writes Peter Boyle.
The released the statement below on November 25.
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The federal government, through its 鈥淪tronger Futures鈥 bill and associated legislation, seeks to lock in 鈥渋ntervention mark II鈥 鈥 for 10 years.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony, held annually on 20 November, was started in 1999 in response to the brutal murder of North American, Rita Hester.
It is a day marked by solemn ceremonies in cities around the world that record the sex and gender diverse who have fallen, and the government inaction that foments such hate crimes.
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