Three young Tamil Australians began a hunger strike on April 11 to demand that the Australian government press for a permanent ceasefire by the Sri Lankan Army. The SLA is carrying out a brutal military offensive against the Tamil people in the
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On March 30, a Federal Court hearing at Nepabunna gave a consent determination finally confirming the Adnyamathanha people聮s native title rights over their traditional lands.
As the only weekly newspaper in Australia to regularly house news, discussions and debates on capitalism聮s crises and socialist solutions, 91自拍论坛 Weekly is proud to be hosting the World At A Crossroads conference, to be held at Sydney Girls High, over the Easter weekend (April 10-12).
A forum held by the University of Sydney environment collective and the Political Economy Students聮 Society attracted 70 people on March 31.
鈥淵ou want to haul us out to jail? Fine. Let the world see how government has been ineffective鈥, Bertha Lewis, chief organiser for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), told the February 17 New York Times.
On April 3, in its second major symbolic act in the area of Indigenous affairs, the federal Labor government officially endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
As part of Palestine Solidarity Week 聴 March 30 to April 3 聴 renowned Jewish author Antony Loewenstein spoke at campus meetings at La Trobe University, Monash University and the University of Melbourne on April 1. The public lectures were organised by Students for Palestine.
Omar Hassan is the Education (public affairs) officer for Monash University聮s student union. He is also a member of Students for Palestine. On March 31, the Monash Student Council (MSC) sanctioned Hassan for his involvement in the group.
A March 27 ACN article reported that former Cuban president Fidel Castro has been awarded the Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo, South Africa鈥檚 highest distinction. South African President Kgalema Motlante handed over the order to the Cuban ambassador, Angel Fernandez.
Qantas workers at Sydney Airport struck for four hours on March 30. Workers held a mass delegates聮 meeting to respond to plans to outsource jobs at Sydney, Launceston and Hobart airports. Baggage handlers, ramp, fleet and catering staff at airports in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth also took industrial action.
More than 3000 workers, organised by the Public Service Association, marched on NSW Parliament House on April 2 to oppose the planned privatisation of the Goulburn and Cessnock jails.
The article below is by Peter Boyle, the national secretary of the Democratic Socialist Perspective, which is a Marxist tendency in the Socialist Alliance. Boyle attended the founding congress of the new mass-based left-wing Power of the Masses Party (PLM) in Manila in February. He also met with military rebels, some supportive of the PLM, currently in prison for trying to overthrow the corrupt, neoliberal government of President Gloria Arroyo. A longer version of this article can be found at the socialist e-journal Links, .
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