SYDNEY More than 160 people, mostly from Sydneys Latin American and Arabic communities, celebrated 61 years of Palestinian resistance on June 6.
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Three months after wining a state election, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has been given the green light by the June 6-7 ALP state conference to push ahead with her $15 billion sell-off of state-owned assets.
The June 2-3 general assembly meeting of the Organisation of American States in Honduras passed a resolution that overturned the OAS’s 1962 decision to exclude Cuba from the body due to its commitment to socialism.
A man died soon after police used a Taser on him on June 12. Police say they were trying to arrest the man in Brandon, north Queensland.
With more than 20,000 extra US soldiers being deployed to Afghanistan, a member of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) argues that eight years of foreign occupation has made life worse for ordinary Afghans.
PERTH Organic growers from WAs south west mounted a silent protest on June 10 on the steps of the state parliament. They condemned the governments attempt to keep the locations of genetically modified (GM) canola trials secret.
The morning air is crisp and the smoky air wafts over the strike camp in the shadow of the imposing Hazelwood power station in Victorias La Trobe Valley. We receive a warm, country welcome from two emergency services officers (ESOs), Mick and Brian.
As part of a the struggle for a new, participatory and democratic socialism, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), the mass party led by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, has called for a national debate on the role of the corporate-owned private media.
Peruvian President Alan Garcia ordered a violent crackdown on indigenous protesters near the town of Bagua Grande, 1400 kilometres north of Peruvian capital Lima. Special Forces opened fire, including from helicopters.
Greens Senator Bob Brown announced on June 8 that Forestry Tasmania was demanding he pay $240,000 owed to them in legal costs before June 29 or else they would start bankruptcy proceedings against him.
Two Australian peace activists, Emma King and Jessie Boylan, took part in a 300-strong protest in Gaza on June 9.
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