Shawan Jabarin is the director general of Al Haq, the first human rights organisation in Palestine, formed in 1979. Jabarin has won many human rights awards, was Amnesty's first Palestinian prisoner of conscience, and has been denied travel outside the West Bank for many years.
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Between three and four hundred people marched through the streets of Perth on November 24 in the latest rally for marriage equality. Speakers noted that recent votes in federal parliament had not resulted in equal marriage rights in Australia yet, however, internationally and locally the momentum is building.
The Refugee Action Collective Victoria released this statement on November 27.
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Omid, an Iranian asylum seeker, 35 years old has been on hunger strike for 47 days including four days of refusing water
A statement from asylum seekers on Nauru late last night (26/11/12) said:
Groups campaigning to stop the roll out of coal seam gas (CSG) mining have slammed federal resources minister Martin Ferguson for his attack on two Southern Cross University scientists who released results of their research into the CSG industry鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions.
About 600 people rallied in Melbourne to defend Gaza on November 23. They gathered to protest against Israel's siege and to remember the victims of Israel's bombing attacks that killed 120 people that week.
Indigenous community leader Robbie Thorpe said "Australia is based on stolen land. It is part of the global genocide network that supports Israel."
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About 1500 people rallied and marched in Sydney on November 24 in solidarity with the people of Gaza and the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation and war.
Dr Mazim Qumsiyeh is Palestine鈥檚 leading intellectual. His recently published book Popular Resistance in Palestine is a meticulous history of non-violent resistance in Palestine since Ottoman times.
Rod Quantock, the 鈥淎ustralian institution鈥 of comedy, is set to headline a special one-off comedy show in Marrickville, Sydney, on December 8 in aid of the Australian Fair Trade & Investment Network (AFTINET).
Quantock 鈥 winner of the Melbourne Comedy Festival 2012鈥檚 Director鈥檚 Choice Award 鈥 will be joined at the Red Rattler by comedians Matt Wakefield, Alice Fraser, Justine Rogers and James Colley, as well as resident Englishman, Jazz Twemlow for the benefit gig.
Wasn鈥檛 it somewhere in Switzerland where a mad scheme was hatched to join disparate parts together to create a new composite monster?
In Mary Shelley鈥檚 1818 gothic novel, the resulting creature has become popularly known as Frankenstein (actually the name of the monster鈥檚 creator). Today another Swiss monster has come into being: Frankencorp (a.k.a. 鈥淕lenstrata鈥).
Swiss-based Glencore, the world鈥檚 largest commodities trading firm, and Swiss-based Xstrata, one of the largest mining companies, merged after shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour on November 20.
Israel's latest attack on Gaza killed about 32 times more Palestinians than Israelis killed by Palestinian rockets. But few who followed mainstream media reports would realise this fact.
When the ceasefire was announced on November 21, 161 Palestinians and five Israelis had been killed in the attacks, CBSnews.com said. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights said that by November 20, 66% of Palestinians killed were civilians. Of the more than 900 Palestinians injured, 97% were civilians.
As soon as Israel attacked Gaza in its 鈥淥peration Pillar of Defence鈥, it was clear the context in which its war was launched was very different from 鈥淥peration Cast Lead鈥 in 2008-09.
The shift in regional context is largely due to the Arab Spring, which has shaken the Middle East. The most concerning development from Israel's point of view was Egypt's January 25 revolution, which overthrew US- and Israel-backed dictator Hosni Mubarak last year.
The capitalist press has been overloaded with the sex scandal of General David Petraeus, former commander US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and his resignation as head of the CIA.
The story has morphed into something wider, drawing in other high officers.
I鈥檒l return to the saga of the 鈥淩eal Housewives of the High Command鈥 below, but first I want to discuss a story that has received only scant attention, about one of the grunts who was on the ground in Afghanistan.
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