The article below is based on an April 30 statement by the Stop the War Coalition Sydney .
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Thousands of workers across the country rallied on April 28, including more that 15,000 in Melbourne. The rallies protested the Rudd government聮s maintenance of the anti-union Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC), which was established by the previous government of John Howard.
Torture Team 鈥 Deception, Cruelty & the Compromise of Law.
Philippe Sands. Allen Lane, Penguin. New York. 2008.
On April 29, Prime Minster Kevin Rudd鈥檚 government announced the deployment of 450 extra soldiers to Afghanistan, bringing the Australian contingent to 1550. This is part of an overall increase in foreign troops taking part in the US-led occupation.
In an act of peaceful civil disobedience, more than 500 Tamils occupied George Street in Sydney鈥檚 CBD for more than an hour. The May 1 action protested the genocide being carried out by the Sri Lankan government against the Tamil people in the north and east of the country.
Papalote will be touring NSW this month. Musica Viva聮s CountryWide has offered this renowned group shows in Cobar, Brewerina, Lighting Ridge and Warren.
The 2009 South African general election turned out to be a landmark event for the African National Congress (ANC). The party faced some of its stiffest competition and still came out tops, despite a dismal 15-year delivery record.
Arturo Villanueva Arteaga, a 32-year-old Basque activist who has lived in west Belfast for four years, was arrested in a raid on April 21.
The following open letter is to Tasmanian federal Labor MP Duncan Kerr, from Resistance.
The Kimberley Land Council has made a controversial in-principle agreement with Woodside Petroleum and the federal and WA state governments to develop a liquefied natural gas project at James Price Point near Broome.
The government and most of the mainstream media want Australia to believe we are facing a 鈥渟urge鈥 of asylum seekers, threatening Australian borders as they arrive in dangerous and non-seaworthy boats.
Ironically, it was the first of May 鈥 workers鈥 day 鈥 and we were protesting against privatisation outside the NSW Labor Party offices.
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