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About 3000 building workers walked off their jobs and marched in solidarity with Ark Tribe, the Adelaide construction worker facing jail for standing up to the ABCC industrial Gestapo introduced by the former Liberal-National government of Australia but kept in place by the current Labor government.

Greens MP David Shoebridge gives greetings to Socialist Alliance national conference. 22 January 2012

Thousands marched on the Australian Labor Party national conference demanding equal marriage rights. The ALP conference adopted policy supporting equal marriage rights for same-sex couples but also voted to allow ALP members a "conscience vote" on this matter in Parliament. The crowd was not impressed withn this and vowed to continue the struggle.

Peaceful occupation against the dictatorship of the world's richest 1% outside the Reserve Bank in Martin Place, Sydney on October 15, 2011. ";i:1;a:1:{s:4:"TYPE";s:After keeping a low profile all day, police moved to disperse the camp at 10pm. However, the participants vowed to be back.

Video footage of the unfurling of the giant "Enough Is Enough: Stop Coal & Gas Expansion" banner by two activists who abseiled down the front of the hotel where mining company executives were meeting to plan the wholesale exploitation of Australia even at the cost of communities and the environment. This was the highlight Lock The Gates, an alliance of urban and rural groups opposing coal seam gas mining.

In the wake of the murderous Israeli commando attack on an unarmed aid flotilla to Gaza on May 31, more trade unions in Australia are joining the Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions campaign against Israel.

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