Far North Queensland Stop Adani groups mobilised when the Queensland government announced its latest "governing from the regions" exercise would be in Cairns over July 10鈥14.
They wanted their message that the massive Carmichael coalmine must be stopped to become the main issue and not the government鈥檚 pork-barrelling.
A conference on the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign for Palestinian justice will be held at the University of Sydney over July 28鈥29.
Free and open to the public, the conference will be the largest ever held on BDS in Australia, with three keynote lectures, four discussion panels and more than 30 separate talks on a wide array of topics.
The dispute between the Australian Greens and the NSW Greens, which erupted during the debate over the federal Coalition鈥檚 Gonski 2.0 funding bill, is puzzling to many.
This is because both Green parties agreed not to support the Gonski package on the basis that, even after amendments, it was still inequitable.
However, it appears that NSW Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon become the patsy for another, more significant, battle in the Greens 鈥 one which goes to heart of the type of party it aspires to be.
Peace activists are planning a court support solidarity action with Jim and Franz Dowling, Tim Webb, and Andy Paine as the group faces court on July 19.
They will appear before the Brisbane magistrate鈥檚 court on charges related to the March 1 action in which a sword was removed from a war memorial and shaped into a gardening tool. The group are members of the Catholic worker movement.
Activist singer-songwriter from Brisbane, Phil Monsour, has released a new song and video, 鈥淰oices Rising鈥 which celebrates the work of teachers and聽the struggles of the Queensland Teachers鈥 Union.
A the same time, Monsour has released One Song One Union, an album of contemporary trade union and solidarity songs, which聽is available online.
In regard to the charges about US President Donald Trump鈥檚 collusion with Russia to throw the election his way, it is worth mentioning that going through the list of all the nations that Washington has meddled in is far too long for one article. The US is, without any doubt, the world鈥檚 meddler in chief.
Even the list of countries where the US conspired to overthrow elected governments when electoral meddling failed is lengthy.
But one angle to the Russian controversy that is underreported is this: scratch the Russian connection and US-German relations pop up.
Martin Pieter Zandvliet鈥檚 multiple award-winning 2016 film Land of Mine is harrowing viewing. But it is not to be missed by anyone interested in issues of war and peace 鈥 or in fine films.
Hundreds of Haiti's factory workers protested in Port-au-Prince on July 10 against the government鈥檚 proposed paltry rise in the minimum wage.
Currently paid US$4.75 a day, workers mainly from factories outsourced to foreign companies are demanding wages rise to US$12.75 dollars for eight hours of work.
However, the government has said the minimum wage should only rise by 55 cents.
Thousands of landless workers marched on July 12 through the streets of the Paraguayan capital, Asuncion, to demand the cancellation of debts contracted with the national bank.
The demonstrators have been blocking the centre of the capital since July 10, setting up their camp in front of the National Congress.
National secretary of the Finance Sector Union Julia Angrisano gave this speech at the CFMEU鈥檚 National Day of Action to Stop the Attacks on Workers on June 20. It was an inspiring speech that raiased some key issues affecting bank workers today.
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Superannuation should provide a comfortable retirement for the several million workers who signed up to the 1983鈥95 鈥渟uperannuation revolution鈥 by the ACTU and Hawke-Keating Labor governments. But what should be in a super account to provide a comfortable retirement for this 鈥減ioneer鈥 generation?