Canberra was the site of an historic four days of Aboriginal rights activism in Australia.
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鈥淩udd is dangling the carrot of hope before us and it is a lie鈥, said Les Coe at the Aboriginal convergence in Canberra on February 3, at which 500 people protested the continuation of racist Howard-era policies by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Even before its official launch at its founding congress on the outskirts of Paris on February 6鈥8, the new Anti-capitalist Party (NPA) has had discussions with the Left Party (PG) on the possibility of forming a united Left Front (FG).
On February 3, Abdul Nacer Benbrika, the alleged leader of a 鈥渢errorist organisation鈥, was sentenced to 15 years鈥 imprisonment. His six 鈥渇ollowers鈥 were sentenced to between four and seven-and-a-half years for being members of a terrorist organisation.
The news, on February 3, that South African dock workers in Durban had decided not to unload an Israeli ship due in on February 8 was welcomed by the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), a section of which wants the union to join the international campaign of sanctions against apartheid Israel.
Angry workers at the Waterford Wedgewood鈥檚 crystal factory in Kilbarry, Ireland have begun an occupation of the factory, following the announcement on January 30 that the factory would be closed.
On February 3, 200 people rallied against the Victorian Labor government聮s unsustainable water plans.
Socialist Alliance national co-convener Dick Nichols interviewed two climate action summit participants, Paul Petit from the South Australian Climate Emergency Action Network (CLEAN) and Giovanni Ebono from the New South Wales North Coast Climate Action Network.
鈥淭he choice facing Israel in eight days time concerns peace, and the country can say yes to peace or no to peace 鈥 A dove of peace is sitting on the window ledge, and we can decide to open the window and let it in, with all the apprehension, or slam the window shut鈥, Kadima party electoral candidate and current Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni told an international media conference on February 2.
The following article is by Kavita Krishnan and is reprinted from the January issue of Liberation, which is produced by the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist.
Krishnan is the editor of Liberation and is the national secretary of the All India Progressive Women聮s Association. She is a featured guest at the World at a Crossroads conference in Sydney, for more information or to register, visit .
A boat of Burmese refugees found off Indonesia claimed on February 3 that they had been towed out to sea and set adrift by Thai authorities.
The abridged interview below with Walden Bello, from Focus on the Global South, was carried out and published by Alejandro Kirk for the Inter-Press Service about the tasks facing the World Social Forum (WSF), which met between January 27 and February 1 in the Brazilian city of Belem. The full interview can be read at .
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