Aaron Benedek, Sydney
In a statement issued on January 17, Socialist Alliance national co-convenor Raul Bassi welcomed the announcement that Mamdouh Habib is to be released without charges from the US naval base prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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1938: Day of Mourning and Protest marks 150 years since British invasion of Australia and subsequent attempted genocide against the Aboriginal population.
1982: Unemployment reaches 3 million in Britain (one in eight of the working
Dustin Langley, New York
"I am ashamed to be associated with this mess, and I certainly did not join the army to kill women, children and old men. I just don't see how these innocent people could be a threat to the constitution of the United
Sarah Stephen
On January 14, the same day that he received a letter rejecting his s417 appeal for ministerial intervention, Iranian asylum seeker Ardeshir Gholipour took an overdose of sleeping tablets. He was admitted to Port Augusta hospital and
Jon Lamb, Darwin
Amidst concerns from environmentalists and anti-uranium campaigners, the first shipment of uranium by rail from South Australia to the Northern Territory arrived in Darwin on January 16. The shipment of four containers of
CHIP HENRISS-ANDERSSEN
"What did your protests achieve?" asked the taxi driver, his frustration showing through his Tanzanian accent. "Nothing! No-one listened — they voted for Howard and Bush, it was all for nothing", he said.
His response
Stuart Munckton
"We were living like slaves, and slaves don't make enough to eat", Venezuelan peasant Jesus Guerrero told the Miami Herald, as quoted in an April 25 article. Guerrero is one of hundreds of thousands of peasants to benefit from the
James Balowski, Jakarta
The US has given its clearest signal yet that it may consider lifting a 23-year-old arms embargo imposed on the Indonesian armed forces (TNI). A partial lifting of the embargo came soon after the tsunami hit Aceh on December
Almost one year after a young man died following a police chase in Redfern, Sydney, the Aboriginal community is still waiting for justice. Green Left Weekly's Graham Matthews spoke to Indigenous Social Justice Association (ISJA) president and
Message Stick: Leila Murray — The story of one woman's campaign for answers and justice that helped spark the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. ABC, Friday, 28 January, 6pm.
Thapelo: A Prayer for Africa — Exposes the tragic
Kim Bullimore
Kate Raphel-Bender, a Jewish activist was forcibly deported from Israel on January 16. Raphel-Bender, an activist with the International Women's Peace Service, had been arrested along with another anti-wall activist, Kelly
Alex Bainbridge, Hobart
Eighteen members of the "Gunns 20", accompanied by 200 supporters, crowded onto a narrow footpath outside the William Street courthouse in Melbourne on January 14, to officially declare their intention to contest Gunns'
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