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Remembering the Palestinian Nakba

Nearly 30 years since she had seen her Northern Galilee home in what she called "48 Palestine", Rasmiya Barghouti was finally given a permit by the Israeli military authorities to visit. She decided to take two of her daughters and four of her

Greenpeace: \'carbon capture won\'t save climate\'

A new report released on May 5 by Greenpeace, False Hope: why carbon capture and storage wont save the climate, puts the case against governments obsession with a technology they calculate will breath life into the dirty fossil fuel industry.

WA public servants protest for pay rise

Western Australian public servants voted unanimously to continue their fight for a decent pay rise at a 1000-strong rally on the steps of Parliament House on May 8.

Venezuela: Steelworkers win, gold miners fight

The workers feel that what we achieved was a great triumph, said Jose Melendez, the finance secretary for the United Steel Industry Workers Union (SUTISS), on the signing of a new contract for the Sidor steel plants workforce with the Venezuelan government, according to a May 6 Venezuelanalysis.com article.

Rudd harder than Howard on asylum seekers

The Rudd government has been rejecting asylum seeker claims at an extraordinary rate. A report by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), released on May 4, revealed that out of 42 ministerial decisions over five weeks, 41 appeals had been rejected — a 97.6% rejection rate.

Standing up to a 'lunatic' closure

On April 27, around 300 residents gathered at Rozelles Callan Park in the second Sunday protest against the NSW ALP governments bid to close the psychiatric hospital and redevelop the parklands.

Ecuador: 'Executed in cold blood\'

According to a May 7 Prensa Latina report, the Ecuadorian government has denounced Colombia following the release of evidence that the Colombian military had executed four prisoners as part of its infamous March 1 assault on a camp of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that was within Ecuadorian territory.

FMLN calls for election observers from Australia

The Australian speaking tour of Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) leader Jorge Schafik Handal Vega began in Sydney on May 6, with a public meeting attended by 50 activists, most from the local El Salvadorean community.

Aboriginal refugees flee NT intervention

While Mount Isa welfare organisations are alarmed about not being able to provide for the large influx of Aboriginal people who have fled the federal government’s Northern Territory intervention, the government is looking to expand this racist bipartisan policy.

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