March 31 Reuters article reported that Ecuador has sued Colombia in international court over drug crop fumigation along its frontier. "Ecuador asks the court to declare Colombia's air fumigation a violation of Ecuador's sovereignty", foreign minister
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On April 1, 50 Wollongong residents rallied outside the NSW parliament in Macquarie Street, Sydney, to demand an end to corruption in the Labor-dominated Wollongong City Council (WCC). The rally, organised by the resident action group Wollongong Against Corruption (WAC), was addressed by, among others, Greens MP Sylvia Hale and NSW Liberal Party leader Barry O鈥橣arrell.
Since Kosova declared independence on February 17, it has been recognised by only 33 countries, while most are 鈥渨aiting and watching鈥.
In 1910, German revolutionary socialist Clara Zetkin put a proposal to the International Socialist Women鈥檚 Conference that the date March 8 become a day dedicated to fighting for women鈥檚 rights.
US plans for a "Star Wars" missile base in Poland have been met with wide spread opposition and protests, including a mass protest taking place in Warsaw on March 15. Demonstrators marched to parliament and then the US embassy calling for the Polish
On March 20, Victorian Supreme Court judge Bernard Bongiorno found that the conditions of incarceration and transportation of 12 Melbourne men charged with terrorism-related offences were so harsh that a fair trial could not be guaranteed.
At 11pm on April 7, 1998, Patrick Stevedores locked 2000 waterside workers out of their jobs. Following months of speculation, the 鈥渓easing鈥 of Webb dock in Melbourne to the National Farmers Federation in late January and the abortive 鈥淒ubai affair鈥 鈥 where former soldiers were trained in secret in Dubai as strike-breaking scabs 鈥 Patrick opted for a frontal assault on the workers and their union.
The one thing that President Thabo Mbeki has to be given credit for is his consistency. Ever since he ascended to South Africa鈥檚 political throne, the would-be king has stuck doggedly to the fundamentals of a macro-neoliberalism that has underpinned this country鈥檚 developmental path for the last decade and more. It is a consistency that has, not surprisingly, greatly benefited the elite few and cost the majority dearly.
Fossil Fools鈥 Day, an international day of action on April 1 around climate change, was marked by protest actions across Australia involving up to 500 young people demanding an end to the use of fossil fuels and an increase in renewable energy sources.
European governments no longer have the right to legally enforce minimum wage standards in their contracts, according to a European Court of Justice ruling on April 3. The court was passing judgement on a case brought by a Polish construction company
According to media reports, the federal ALP government intends to proceed with plans to extend uranium mining. The Uranium Industry Framework (UIF), which was set up by the previous government of John Howard and has never been disbanded, has been given a new lease of life. Resources minister Martin Ferguson was quoted in the April 2 Age newspaper as saying: 鈥淪ome countries see nuclear as part of their commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions鈥.
Thousands of Palestinians across the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and Israel demonstrated on March 30, the 32nd anniversary of the killing by the Israeli security forces of six unarmed Palestinian demonstrators who held Israeli citizenship. They were participating in a protest against Israeli expropriations of Arab land.
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