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YUDHOYONO RECEIVES AN AUSTRALIAN HONOUR – THE EAST TIMORESE RECEIVE NOTHING!

Australian human rights activists are outraged that the Australian Government has bestowed Australia’s highest civilian honour, the Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, on Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during a ceremony at Government House, Canberra.
The award was made in recognition of Dr [...]

Australian Left Renewal Conference – from global crisis to green future – May 29-30, 2010, University of Technology Sydney Building 2 Broadway, Sydney
Democratic responses to the social and ecological failure of global capitalism.
Alliances between environmentalists and unionists that show the way forward.
The Left and its strategic direction 12 Workshops and 4 Participatory Forums.
International speakers – [...]

For some time NT activists have been opposed to a Nuclear dump.
I was informed about this struggle in a 2007 DVD by Tara Jones
“Nowhere here in the middle”. She interviews the aboriginal people affected.
She interviews Dr Helen Caldicott:
“Its supreme scientific arrogance to say that we’ll find a way to store radioactive waste safely for [...]

Social networking provides new opportunities for learning
‘Information Communication technologies (ICT) including social networking and games provide new opportunities for education a review of research released today by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) argues.
But, according to Australian Education Review 56, the ‘off the shelf’ mentality which currently underpins the provision of computers in [...]

Venezuela’s Revolution Faces Crucial Battles
by Federico Fuentes
‘Decisive battles between the forces of revolution and counter-revolution
loom on the horizon in Venezuela.
The campaign for the September 26 National Assembly elections will be a
crucial battle between the supporters of socialist President Hugo Chavez
and the U.S.-backed right-wing opposition.
But these battles, part of the class struggle between the poor [...]

‘Movement for a Democratic Mixed Economy’ are a network of progressives in dialogue with each other – working to contest the dominant economic paradigm – and to promote an alternative which is democratic; involving mixed forms of ownership.
‘We believe there is a substantial role for the public sector. We accommodate many positions ranging from the [...]

In Canberra at the National Sound and Film Arc, I saw a remarkable film Bastardy, that is now to be shown this thursday on ABC 1.
There is a review in the Weekend Australian TV review.
A remarkable documentary about a remarkable aboriginal actor Jack Charles and his life and times. He was at [...]

International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future.
Each year on March 8th, people across the globe come together to honor women and to work for their safety and equality.

www.internationalwomensday.com.
Happy International Women’s Day 2010!
On International Women’s Day, this official minute from the [...]

BOOK REVIEW: Andy Alcock
“Framework of Flesh – Builders’ Labourers battle for Health & Safety”
by Humphrey McQueen (2009) Ginninderra Press (Port Adelaide)
I am very interested in this topic, because at an early age, I was confronted with the hazardous circumstances in which building workers were forced to accept.
For most of his working life, my father [...]