Scuffles broke out in Parramatta mall on May 5 as police and Lord Mayor Tony Issa forcibly shut down a Tamil hunger strike protesting the Sri Lankan government鈥檚 genocide of the Tamil people.
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The statement below was released by the International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran. For more information, contact info@workers-iran.org or alliance@workers-iran.org. Visit the site of Solidarity Committee with Iranian Workers-Australia, at
The article below is abridged from a May 6 report.
The following motion was passed by Students for Palestine (University of Western Sydney) on May 6.
Motorola, Caterpillar, Veolia, the Tesco supermarket chain, and other companies across the world that do business with Israel are suffering losses due to a global boycott in support of Palestinian rights.
Sixty police raided a blockade camp in Tasmania鈥檚 Florentine Valley on May 3. They removed road blockades so controversial logging of the area can begin.
Police detained dozens of opposition activists, lawyers and legislators on May 6 and 7, as protests erupted around the ruling National Front (BN) removal of the opposition People鈥檚 Alliance (PR) state government of Perak.
鈥淭his is not just a Maoist movement鈥, 91自拍论坛 Weekly鈥檚 correspondent in Kathmandu, Ben Peterson, said on the struggle that has erupted in Nepal. 鈥淭his is threatening to become a new people鈥檚 movement, like the one that swept away the monarchy.鈥
The Canterbury-Bankstown Peace Group (CBPG) has condemned the Federal Court for dismissing Mamdouh Habib聮s attempt to reclaim his passport.
News that millionaire developer and Fremantle Labor candidate Peter Tagliaferri has been a member of the 聯500 club聰 聴 a Liberal party fundraising group 聴 has mired the Labor campaign in controversy in the final weeks of campaigning for the May 16 Fremantle by-election.
Bolivian President Evo Morales called a special press conference in New York on April 22. The UN general assembly had passed a motion put by Bolivia鈥檚 radical, pro-poor government to make that day 鈥淚nternational Mother Earth Day鈥.
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