SYDNEY — At least 120 people assembled outside the Egyptian consulate here on July 15 to condemn Israel's aggression against Palestine and Lebanon. The protest, called by Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia, also condemned Arab leaders, particularly Egyptian
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The following is abridged from a statement issued on July 10 by Friends of the Earth International.
Friends of the Earth International, the Climate Justice Programme and Greenpeace have reacted angrily after the World Heritage Committee refused to
SYDNEY — The Department of Corrective Services' decision to reduce family contact with women prisoners, and children seeing their mothers, is "heartless mismanagement that will have disastrous effects on prisoners' rehabilitation" said Kat
Andrew Hall
Nearly five years after their boats entered Australian waters, 45 Afghan asylum seekers, along with many others including children, remain trapped in dehumanising Australian-funded camps in Lombok, Indonesia.
Twenty-three-year-old
Jim McIlroy& Coral Wynter, Barquisimeto
Some 800-1000 members of revolutionary organisations from around Venezuela gathered in the regional centre of Barquisimeto in the state of Lara on July 1-2 for the First National Conference of Revolutionaries
John Hallam
Since the first two times nuclear weapons were used to destroy cities 60 years ago, no further use has been made of them. Though it has nearly been broken a number of times, a "taboo" has existed against their use because the
Kim Bullimore
Two Israeli soldiers were captured on July 12 by members of Hezbollah, the radical Lebanese Islamic movement. Eight Israeli soldiers were killed during clashes, reported the Haaretz newspaper. According to a Deutsche Presse-Agentur
In response to the bombing of seven trains in Mumbai on July 11, which killed some 200 people and wounded hundreds more, the Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) made the following statement.
The CPI(ML) condemns in the strongest words the
Noreen Navin, Sydney
After a drawn-out absence from
Community TV Sydney (TVS), Actively Radical TV (ARTV) has
been reinstated to the community station, Channel 31. However, the conditions imposed by TVS management are unnecessarily onerous.
Michael Fox, Caracas
Thousands of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people marched in this year's GLBT Pride parade in Caracas on July 2. This marks the sixth year in a row that Venezuela has held a gay pride parade.
The colorful and