Public discussion during Newcastle’s council election campaign has shifted to the left.
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Addressing an assembly of petroleum workers in Zulia on September 5, Venezuelan labour minister Roberto Hernandez explained that the only way to guarantee the advance of the revolution is with the unity of the working class.
On September 1, Bolivias National Electoral Court (CNE) ruled that it would not allow the proposed December 7 referendum on a new constitution to go ahead.
“The news that nine Australian special forces soldiers have been wounded in Afghanistan — the largest number of casualties since the Vietnam War — reminds us that, as in any occupation, there will be resistance”, Alex Bainbridge, a spokesperson for Sydney Stop the War Coalition (STWC), told Green Left Weekly on September 4.
Construction unions across Australia are running the Rights On Site campaign against the union-bashing ABCC [Australian Building and Construction Commission].
Protests are continuing against the Victorian state governments planned desalination plant at Wonthaggi.
Ambre Energys proposed coal-to-oil project at Felton, a farming community 30 kilometres from Toowoomba, would be a disaster for the local community and environment, according to the newly formed Friends of Felton group.
MELBOURNE Forty people gathered on September 5 outside a Melbourne 7-Eleven to speak out against the convenience store operators exploitation of young particularly international student workers.
Gagadju: Timeless Land — Describes how Bininj and Mungguy cultures and customary laws underpin all tourism decisions in Kakadu. ABC, Sunday, September 14, 1.30pm.
The Russian Revolution in Colour: Freedom and Hope — Explores the first four
On August 27, education minister Julia Gillard tabled legislation enabling welfare recipients payments to be denied for up to three months if their children were regularly absent from school.
The Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister have got it right on the ABCC [Australian Building and Construction Commission], wrote Wilhelm Harnisch, Master Builders Australias (MBA) chief executive officer, on August 28 on the ABC Unleashed website.
The August 24 announcment by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to officially launch the social mission April 13, and the decreeing of 26 new and reformed laws on July 29, represent a further push to empower the poor communities.
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