Alex Bainbridge, Gleneagles
It began with a protest by parliamentarians from the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) on June 30 and continued non-stop until the successful protest of around 10,000 on July 6 — the first day of the G8 summit.
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The Australian Arabic Council (AAC) condemns the London bombings in the strongest possible terms.
"The targeting of innocent life is an inexcusable and horrific breach of the values that are fundamental to the very idea of humanity and we condemn
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USS Kitty Hawk targeted
SYDNEY — On July 7, activists held a day of peaceful protest at the USS Kitty Hawk, which was docked at Woolloomooloo. At an evening vigil in the shadow of the vessel, activists laid out
A statement from the Socialist Alliance (Australia) issued on July 8.
The Socialist Alliance condemns outright the horrific bombings in London yesterday and expresses our solidarity with all the victims and their families and friends.
The
Margarita Windisch, Melbourne
On July 5, anti-war and Timor Sea oil protesters targeted foreign minister Alexander Downer over Australia's theft of East Timor's oil and gas and its ongoing role in the US-led occupation of Iraq.
Downer was
On July 6, a private corporate viewing of the British National Museum exhibition on diamonds sponsored by De Beers was protested by supporters of the Kalahari Bushmen, including actor Julie Christie. The Bushmen are fighting eviction from the
Susan Price
Seventeen of Australia's leading academic researchers in industrial relations and labour-market issues have released a series of papers analysing the federal Coalition government's proposed changes to Australia's industrial relations
Unconstitutional — Details the unprecedented way that the civil liberties of US citizens have been infringed upon, curtailed and rolled back since 9/11 — all in the name of national security. SBS, Saturday, July 16, 7.30pm.
Dramatically Black
On July 1, the Vietnamese government introduced a new health insurance policy under which the Vietnam Social Insurance agency (VSI) will cover all medical costs for insured patients. Previously, insured patients had to pay 20% of medical treatment
At its July 5 meeting, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), an alliance that groups Russia and China with the former Soviet Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, called on the US and its NATO allies to
Boy OverboardAdapted by Patricia Cornelius from Morris Gleitzman's novelAustralian Theatre for Young PeopleJuly 19-23, Lennox Theatre, Riverside Theatres, corner of Church and Market streets, Parramatta, Sydney$21.65/$16.65, members $11.65Bookings,
Was it on the day when my father was executed in front of our house?Was it when they beat my mum because she went to a male doctor? Or was it when the Mullah's son said that he must have me for himself?When did I become a refugee?Was it when the boy
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