The formal outcome of the Copenhagen climate summit was a huge fiasco. It confirmed the world鈥檚 corporate rulers were simply unwilling to act in defence of people and the planet.
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World-renowned political organiser and one of Africa鈥檚 most celebrated poets, Dennis Vincent Brutus, died in his sleep early on December 26 in Cape Town, aged 85.
鈥淭wo hundred years [ago], we had all the country out there, we had freedom to move, freedom of access to all our sites鈥, Aboriginal leader Richard Downs told 91自拍论坛 Weekly on January 4.
In a rally organised by the Socialist Alliance during its January 2-5 national conference, pledges totalling $125,057 were made to support the 91自拍论坛 Weekly 2010 fighting fund.
The brutal killing of three Palestinian men by Israeli military forces in Israeli-occupied Nablus on December 26 sparked grief and outrage across Palestine and brought the northern West Bank city to a standstill as thousands mourned the lethal attack.
Deputy PM Julia Gillard鈥檚 different reactions to two media controversies say a lot about the denial of racism in Australia. After performers on the television show Hey Hey It鈥檚 Saturday did a blackface skit Gillard was insistent that 鈥渙bviously I think whatever happened was meant to be humorous and would be taken in that spirit by most Australians鈥.
Ashura, or mourning days for Shia Muslims, has deep historical roots in Iran. Mourning occurs through processions, passion plays and other such ceremonies dating back to pre-Islamic Iran.
An independent United Nations human rights expert said on January 7 there are strong indications that a video of alleged extrajudicial executions by Sri Lankan soldiers that aired last August on British television is authentic, a UN News Centre article said that day.
An alleged attempt to defraud Ivory Coast citizens of millions of dollars of compensation awarded for being poisoned by toxic waste has been protested by Amnesty International. An AI letter to the Ivory Coast justice minister on December 18 accused an organisation called the National Coordination of Toxic Waste Victims of Cote D鈥橧voire (CNVDT-CI) of falsely claiming to represent the 30,000 victims who brought a case against oil-trading company Trafigura in Britain.
The movement in Nepal for the restoration of civilian supremacy continued in December, with 100,000 people demonstrating in Kathamndu on December 22 on the final day of a three-day general strike called by the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M).
The US government had a terrifying New Year鈥檚 message for the people of Yemen 鈥 you are our targets this year.
Daniel Bensaid was a veteran French socialist activist and theoretician. A member of the New Anti-capitalist Party (NPA), he was also a leader of the Fourth International. In the article below, slightly abridged from Francois Sabado, an NPA activist and FI leader, pays respect to his friend and comrade.
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