Womens rights activists in Iran have initiated a petition campaign, titled One Million Signatures Demanding Changes to Discriminatory Laws. The campaign a follow-up to a June 12 protest in Tehran last year that was brutally attacked by police aims to overturn anti-women laws, as well as provide education, involve women in organising for their rights, and promote collaboration between different groups. Signatures are being collected via door-to-door contact and dialogue with individual women, in public places and at events where women gather, through seminars and forums, and also through the internet. For more information visit <http://en.we4change.com>.
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On February 24, 60,000 anti-war protesters took to the streets of central London in a demonstration against the US-led occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, and against the threat of military action now hanging over Iran. On the same day, thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Glasgow, demonstrating against the Labour Partys plans to upgrade the Trident nuclear weapons facilities based in the Clyde estuary.
An extraordinary mobilisation of Rainbow Solidarity for the Cuban Five is extending around the world.
An opinion poll conducted in early February by the Washington-based Pew Research Center found that 53% of US voters surveyed agreed that the US “should bring its troops home as soon as possible”. This sentiment explains why the leading Democratic Party presidential hopefuls are trying to convince voters they have a plan to end the US war in Iraq.
Pans Labyrinth
Written & directed by Guillermo del Toro
With Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez & Ariadna Gil
In cinemas
Written & directed by Guillermo del Toro
With Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez & Ariadna Gil
In cinemas
Walala Wasala: the fabric of African politics & Images of Western Sahara
Bundoora Homestead Gallery, Melbourne
Until March 25
<http://www.bundoorahomestead.com>
Free admission
Bundoora Homestead Gallery, Melbourne
Until March 25
<http://www.bundoorahomestead.com>
Free admission
Through its Vietnam ambassador, the Bush administration announced on February 9 that it will fund 40% of a US$1 million plan to study how to clean up a former US military base in Vietnam that is contaminated by dioxin, a class-one human carcinogen. Dioxin was a key ingredient in Agent Orange, a defoliant that Washington used extensively in the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971.
On February 26, a US consular official in Hong Kong announced that Washington was ready to begin taking steps to lift financial sanctions on North Korea by resolving a dispute over Macaus Banco Delta Asia. In September 2005, the US Treasury designated BDA a primary money-laundering concern, accusing it of being a willing pawn in North Koreas alleged distribution of counterfeit US dollars and sales of illegal tobacco products.
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