Jon Lamb, Brisbane
Queensland Labor Premier Peter Beattie announced on April 4 that he no longer opposes uranium mining in Queensland. This will give mining companies the green light to increase uranium exploration. One site near Mt Isa, known as
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Venezuelanalysis.com reported on April 4 that Venezuela's socialist president Hugo Chavez gained an 82.7% approval rate in the latest survey conducted by the Venezuelan Institute for Data Analysis.From Green Left Weekly, April 12, 2006.
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MELBOURNE — On April 5, 200 Yarraville residents blocked off the intersection of Francis Street and Williamstown Road as part of the Maribyrnong Truck Action Group's campaign to limit truck traffic on residential streets. For more information
Sue Bolton
For two months, students and workers across France have been striking and protesting against a new law allowing employers to sack young workers for no reason within their first two years of employment.
Around 3 million people poured
Allen Myers, Hanoi
The International Conference of Agent Orange/Dioxin Victims, held in Vietnam's capital on March 28-29, drew some 150 participants, about half of them from outside Vietnam.
After two days of discussion and a visit to Friendship
No fooling her
"Iran is not Iraq." — NeoCondoleezza Rice, April 1.
Globalisation
"[Former Wimbledon champion Boris] Becker wants to live the rest of his life in the shadow of the Sahyadri Hills, an oasis of greenery in the dust of the Indian
Natalie Lowrey
"Lake Cowal is our heartland and we'll never give up fighting for it, or let go of our culture ... They tell us gold will be poured soon, but we are keeping up our campaign here and overseas." These fighting words are from Wiradjuri
MELBOURNE — On April 6, 85 people attended a forum at Melbourne University organised by Students Against War and Racism on the topic of Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism in Australia and the United States.
Hala Abdelmonour, founder of the
On March 25, a million-strong march of immigrants made its way through the streets of Los Angeles in protest at proposed laws that would further entrench the oppression of undocumented workers in the US. Tens of thousands have joined protests in
On April 6, South Africans commemorated the 27th anniversary of the execution of Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu. Mahlangu left South Africa following the 1976 Soweto Uprising to join the armed wing of the African National Congress, Umkhonto we Sizwe. He
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