Below is an April 30 statement by Survival International (SI). Visit <http://survival-international.org>.
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According to the May 2 New York Times, ports on the US west coast were shut down on May 1 by dockworkers calling for an end to the US-led occupation of Iraq.
The death of the fifth Australian solider in Afghanistan on April 27, followed a few days later by the wounding of another, has refocused attention on AustraliaÂ’s involvement in the US-led occupation.
As I write this article, the situation in Bolivia seems to be heading toward a civil war provoked by the secessionist attitude of the oligarchies in Santa Cruz and the other departments of the Half Moon (Tarija, Pando and Beni — in resource-rich eastern Bolivia), the prefect of Cochabamba and maybe someone else who remains in the shadows.
One of the US governmentÂ’s most important allies in the Middle East was shaken in early April by strikes and demonstrations over rising food prices.
On April 28, Labor PM Kevin Rudd’s government began to deport asylum seekers, beginning with a Chinese woman. The next day, two Indian men were placed in stage 1 of the Villawood immigration detention centre for preparation for deportation. One of the men has been held in detention for six years. He was also among the 61 long-term detainees whose cases Labor immigration minister Chris Evans had promised to review by the end of April.
On April 28, Labor PM Kevin RuddÂ’s government began to deport asylum seekers, beginning with a Chinese woman. The next day, two Indian men were placed in stage 1 of the Villawood immigration detention centre for preparation for deportation.
JAKARTA — Around 1000 workers, students and urban poor held a pre-May Day demonstration outside GKBI Towers, a flashy skyscraper that is the Indonesian headquarters of a number of multinational corporations, including ExxonMobil, ANZ Bank,
Taxi drivers staged a spontaneous and ultimately successful protest on April 29-30, shutting down the major intersection of Flinders and Swanston Streets for more than 22 hours, after the near fatal stabbing of a young driver.
The Australian newspaper has labelled Griffith University (GU) an “agent of extreme Islam” in recent articles targeting the Islamic Research Unit and its director, peace activist Dr Mohamad Abdalla.
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Directed by Roland Emmerich
With Omar Sharif, Camilla Belle & Steven Strait
Directed by Roland Emmerich
With Omar Sharif, Camilla Belle & Steven Strait
“The May 1 news that Mt Isa, in central Queensland, is unable to cope with the influx of people fleeing the governmentÂ’s intervention in the Northern Territory is yet another example of why this policy must end”, Greg Eatock told 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly on May 1.
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