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Beijing steps up repression
stifle legitimate political debate and restrict freedom of expression, by the intimidation and ... incidents were related to rising tension since Beijing tightened enforcement of a ban on the display of the ...
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Action updates
necessary to pay for Vanstone's cuts and fund pay rises. A series of 24-hour strikes will occur in all ... Solidarity Coalition which includes the Committee in Solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean, Freedom ...
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Loose cannons
billionaires this year to the top 200 because the rapid rise of the global economy and stock markets has ... and more freedom to fire employees, if the country is to make significant gains in creating ...
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Russian Revolution: Bolshevik appeal finds an echo in the streets
are becoming more acute. The rising cost of living is throttling the population. Prices keep rising ... freedom that we have obtained. The State Council, which supplied the Tsar with hangmen ministers, is ... freedom, which Russia鈥檚 citizens achieved, there are arrests without trial or investigation, and new ...
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Inside immigration detention on Manus Island 鈥 Part 6
continue for approximately one minute, followed by chants for freedom. The men would then march up and down ... answers. Rising tension The protests continued and there was an air of tension. One night a couple of local ...
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Aboriginal activists speak out: it's time for a treaty
process has inadvertently given rise to this demand as it was largely initiated by the Australian ... give freedom, and the right to life and liberty carte blanche to white South Africans, who want to come ...
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Eureka Flag ban is industrial 鈥榙ictatorship鈥 says CFMEU
un-Australian than that 鈥 163 years on from the most inspiring event in our history, of individuals rising ... required to maintain our members' right to freedom of association,鈥 Setka said. The union is ... an individual鈥檚 right to wear union logos or to display a union flag is a blatant attack on freedom ...
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Corporate greed behind US dumping of greenhouse treaty
above the 1990 level and rising. US greenhouse gas emissions are 10 times greater than Third World ... process. The following prescient comments were published in the December 1997 edition of the Freedom ... Report, a publication of the US Frontiers of Freedom think-tank: "The Frontiers of Freedom made ...
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Write on: letters to the editor
to criticise and fight. Kamala Emanuel Hamilton NSW Fluoridation and freedom What on earth is ... Mackay's letter of 15/11/95 that Tasmania is trying to pass legislation against Freedom of Assembly and ... lives for our freedom. Surely they have not died in vain. We must each lift a voice in the defence of ...
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NAIF faces conflict of interest allegations
personal circumstances give rise to an actual, apparent or potential conflict of interest鈥. Fellow NAIF ... NAIF鈥檚 refusal to respond in a substantive way to freedom of information requests and assertions by ...
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South Africa: New liberation forces debate post-apartheid struggle
anti-apartheid struggle. Many believed an ANC government would implement the goals set out in the Freedom ... South Africa remains a long way from the vision set out in the Freedom Charter. The ANC has presided ... further away from the original vision of the Freedom Charter since 1994. For example, he said that far ...
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United States: Militarism at heart of violent culture
鈥渞evenge鈥. It is crucial that we connect the rise of white supremacist groups that rally at least some of ... mass murder, mass incarceration and war. In such a society, freedom would not be measured by access to ...
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Italy's Power to the People takes radical agenda to the polls
that that has led to a worsening of services and rising charges. Power to the People intends to make ... situation, and plan the next steps of this struggle for social justice and freedom from the oppression of ...
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Russian 'democrats' long for a dictator
rises of 200 to 300%. The numbers of jobless and poor will rise. The number of enterprises that go ... expenditures, interest rates will rise, and there will be new taxes... The government therefore has to be able ... now being called upon to surrender our rights and freedoms so that an elected autocrat can give us ...
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Young greens organise in Romania
rights organisation Helsinki Watch highlights limits on freedom of speech and assembly, persecution of ... in September. Now, says Katarina, after price rises in November and April, "the workers are with ... only US$25 per month. Since November, workers have demonstrated and struck against the price rises and ...
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... and ain't i a woman?: An Irish hero
and socially just Ireland. One of the many rebels of the rising, Constance Markievicz, has often been ... command of the Citizens Army force which captured St Stephen's Green. When the rising was crushed ... the Rising was only one of the many parts she played in Ireland's history. Coming from an ...
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Socialist conference charts course in divided world
a system ruled by the rich can give rise to far-right populist forces, but can also give rise to left-wing ... Racial Discrimination Act, nationalising the banks, solidarity with the Kurdish freedom struggle and ...
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Syriza rep. on historic responsibility of the left in Greece
The fascist party Golden Dawn is currently polling around 13%. This has been compared to the rise of ... fascism in Germany in the 1930s. How does Syriza respond to this situation? The rise of Golden Dawn is ... of socialism with freedom and democracy, you need to promote the model of society that you want ...
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Write On: Letters to the editor
the open-air fresh food markets? They do not know freedom, Roth, when there are those who are slaves ...
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Cuba in the age of Obama and Trump
relations with its island neighbour. Finally, Cuba鈥檚 long struggle for freedom from the crippling blockade ... leaves Cuba. And what is the impact on US policy towards Cuba of the rise to presidency of Donald Trump? ...
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Anti-mask laws proposed in Victoria
political expression and potentially undermine the freedom to assemble and associate. It was only a matter ... rise of the far-right in Victoria. But rather than actually confront the growing surge of street ... area鈥. These 鈥渄esignated areas鈥 were introduced in 2009 to allow police to deal with a perceived rise in ...
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Militia attack another Indonesian left conference
with these freedoms the nation has an opportunity to rise up out of impoverishment by building ... freedom of expression. In our view, these fundamental democratic rights are absolutely crucial because ...
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Turkey: After Afr卯n occupation, Erdo臒an dreams of empire
Power and regain what he insists is rightfully hers. We are witnessing the rise of a rogue state that ... world鈥檚 biggest prison for professional journalists鈥. Press freedom has been crushed and the Internet is ... to come by than in Afr卯n. But the Kurdish-led freedom fighters cannot stand alone. They need and ...
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Moreland says NO to Racism rally succeeds in peaceful rally against racism
chosen to be here to stand up for my basic human right, that is, my freedom to practice my religion ... without fearing being harassed. The rising trend of Islamophobia and racism dividing our community. This ... needs to STOP. 鈥淭he racists, who cannot tolerate our freedom of choice. They are attacking our mosques, ...
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Italy turns right: populists and reactionaries to lead new gov't
unemployment benefits rise, the reintroduction of a minimum hourly wage, promotion of renewable energies and ... 鈥渟elf-defence鈥 and vigilantism must be reinforced, granting Italian people more freedom to access and buy arms. ...