The Sydney University Students Representative Council passed the following motion on August 6.
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The fight continues for two Woodville high school students who were taken from their community to a detention centre in Darwin in June.
Ecuador has announced the opening of an embassy in the occupied territories, joining 40 other nations with diplomatic missions in Palestine.
The Ecuadorian government has also called for an end to the slaughter in Gaza.
The Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Pati帽o tweeted on Monday that "Palestine lives in tragic moments: the moral obligation of the world is to end the slaughter in Gaza and to promote a lasting peace with justice," as well as announcing the opening of the embassy.
Irish singer Sinead O鈥機onnor has joined the growing list of artists who respect the global boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign to isolate Israel, cancelling a show in Israel scheduled for September 11.
Latin American television TeleSUR has launched an English-language website to provide a global, English-speaking audience with a 鈥淟atin American perspective鈥 on world events, on July 29.
Based in Caracas, TeleSUR is sponsored by the governments of Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Cuba, Nicaragua, Argentina and Uruguay.
The ongoing slaughter in Gaza has brought a great many artists, musicians and celebrities out in support of Palestine. This is nothing new.
Remember all those articles that claimed global warming has stopped? Here鈥檚 proof that those were anti-scientific fantasies.
On July 21, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that last month鈥檚 average global temperature was 16.2掳C, which is 0.7掳C higher than the 20th-century average.
Heat records were broken on every continent apart from Antarctica. The rises were especially notable in New Zealand, northern South America, Greenland, central Africa and southern Asia.
Jobbik, a far-right ultra-nationalist racist party established in 2007, made significant electoral gains in the Hungarian elections, garnering just over 20% of the national vote in the April poll.
Under Hungary鈥檚 system of proportional representation, this result (up 5% from last showing) makes Jobbik Hungary鈥檚 second-strongest party. This assures it a significant agenda-setting presence in an already right-wing dominated parliament.
Below is an extract of a public letter by Hilla Dayan and PW Zuidhof, an Israeli-Dutch couple visiting Tel Aviv with their children. The full letter was published on the on July 31. It details the atmosphere of intimidation, hatred and hysteria inside Israel during its military offensive on Gaza.
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Despite Israel鈥檚 relentless aerial bombardments, shelling and ground attacks since July 7, Palestinian writers in Gaza have responded to the latest onslaught by doing what they know 鈥 writing.
Ra Page, director of Manchester-based , which recently published a from writers in Gaza, says 鈥渁ll of the Book of Gaza contributors are writing away like crazy, whilst they have power鈥.
Twenty-one people were arrested last month while engaging in peaceful civil disobedience in protest against a proposed tar sands mine in north-eastern Utah. This would threaten local land and water, as well as contribute to the global climate crisis.
As they await charges, US environmental groups expressed solidarity with the protesters who stood for freedom from dirty fossil fuels and devastating climate impacts.
"While found that a slight majority of Americans believe that Israel's latest assault on Gaza is justified," on August 3, "amongst those under the age of 30, more than twice as many Americans say that Israel's aggression in Gaza is unjustified (51 per cent) than those who say it is justified (25 per
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