For a moment he lost himself in the old, familiar dream. He imagined that he was master of the sky, that the world lay spread out beneath him, inviting him to travel where he willed. It was not the world of his own time that he saw, but the lost world of the dawn -- a rich and living panorama of hills and lakes and forests. He felt bitter envy of his unknown ancestors, who had flown with such freedom over all the earth, and who had let its beauty die.
-- Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars
Capitalism stands as a death sentinel over planetary life.
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The Save Coburg group has already registered a win.
The group was formed at a public meeting of about 60 residents, facilitated by newly elected Socialist Alliance councillor Sue Bolton.
The main concern at the meeting was the scale of a development proposed by Moreland Council, which will create two huge corridors of 10-storey buildings on Louisa, Waterfield and Bell Street.
Fasayi'il, in the Jordan Valley, 8pm on a Friday evening; a desert community bathed in the glow of the moon, with barely an artificial light visible for miles.
In the centre of the village a single tent shines, accompanied by a soundtrack of music, singing and laughter. Inside, four black-clad Palestinian actors mime interpretations of stories shared by locals.
President Barack Obama's nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA underscores the administration's drive to assert absolute executive power in the 鈥渨ar on terrorism鈥 without any outside constraints or possibility of review. Brennan was a public defender of the use of torture and "special rendition" under the Bush administration.
The article below first appeared on on February 5. *** Tamil diaspora activists in Europe, Canada and Australia staged protests on February 4 coinciding with Sri Lanka鈥檚 official 65th 鈥渋ndependence day鈥, with activists alleging that this so-called 鈥渋ndependence鈥 was only a freedom given to the Sinhala nation to commit a protracted genocide of the Tamil Eelam nation.
A highly publicised report by the United Nations' refugee agency labeled conditions in the Manus Island refugee camp 鈥渦nlawful鈥, but stopped short of pushing the government to close it completely.
The report was released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on February 4 after a visit to the detention centre over January 15-17. It principally called for the release of children from the 鈥渃losed鈥 detention camp. It said the Australian government's regime of 鈥渁rbitrary, indefinite detention鈥 with no legal framework was 鈥渄eeply troubling鈥.
National protests have been held around the country to oppose changes to welfare payments for sole parents. The federal Labor government is forcing parents to switch to the Newstart allowance once their youngest child turns eight, leaving parents up to $140 a fortnight worse off.
A new group, the Single Parents Action Group (SPAG), coordinated protests across the country on February 5. Rallies took place in every state and territory.
Ten years ago, the February 14-16, 2003 global protests against the looming US-led invasion of Iraq involved more than 12 million people in 700 cities around the world. A million people marched around Australia 鈥 500,000 of them in a huge protest in Sydney that was so big that most participants could not move (let along march) from Hyde Park.
It was the biggest globally coordinated protest ever 鈥 certainly the biggest global anti-war protest.
Important rallies were held across the country in defence of the single parent payment on February 5. After having the welfare safety net in Australia for some time, it seems insane there is a need to protest to protect such rights.
But protests like these made welfare a reality in the first place. These protests are defending an unprecedented attack, it's a return to the action that made social welfare possible.
To do so, it is important to understand the reason that welfare is under attack in the first place.
Thousands of government and private school teachers plus education support (ES) staff will stop work for 24 hours on February 14. They will attend two separate stop work meetings, then join to march together on the Victorian parliament to show their determination to win better working conditions and pay. Why are teachers and ES staff striking?
The Support Assange and WikiLeaks Coalition (SAWC) is inviting people to join their float in this year鈥檚 Mardi Gras parade on March 2.
Spokesperson Linda Pearson said: 鈥淪AWC is entering a float in this year鈥檚 Mardi Gras to raise awareness about Bradley Manning and Julian Assange, and to聽demonstrate our solidarity with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex communities. We also wanted to offer our supporters this opportunity to take part in what will be a unique and enjoyable event.
Unemployed workers staged a protest at a Werribee construction site where they say workers have been brought from overseas on subclass 457 work visas, without advertising the positions聽locally.
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鈥淲e've spoken to management on site, they have confirmed there's 457 visa workers here,鈥 protest spokesperson Nick Donohue told 91自拍论坛 Weekly.
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鈥淭he 457 workers are welding tanks. We've got an abundance of skilled labour in the area that can do the聽same job, so there's no necessity for these workers to be brought here,鈥 Donohue said.
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