As the Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change got underway so did global demonstrations demanding real action to address the global warming crisis. This is footage of the 15,000-strong 'Walk Against W...

[These are presentation notes to accompany the Powerpoint Presentation which was delivered by Paul Benedek to a refugee forum organised by the Socialist Alliance in Brisbane on October 27th, 2009 ]

Introduction

Focus of this is on countering the dangerous, racist lies – from politicians, from media – that create climate of fear, of scapegoating. Just what is behind this “fortress Australia” policy?
As Alex – Tamil spokesperson for the boat currently in Indonesia, where a recent hunger strike w

Nov 2, 2009 Central Station, Sydney

About 100 people turned out for a lunchtime protest outside the immigration department offices in Sydney to protest the Rudd Labor government's racist and inhumane "Indonesian solution" - which means intercepting desperate asylum seekers at sea and forcing them into detention camps in Indonesia.

Martin Place, Sydney Oct 28, 2009
Trade unionists and concerned members of the broader community held a rally in Sydney's Martin Place on October 28, 2009 to protest draft federal and uniform state laws which will put workers' safety at greater risk. About 7000 workers die in Australian workplaces every year and another 690,000 are injured. The Rudd Labor federal government was elected on the back of a mass campaign for workplace rights but that same Labor government is now attacking workers' rights.

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"On July 14 2009 we, Elders from the Ampilatwatja community, walked out of our houses and set up camp in the bush. We are fed up with the federal government's Northern Territory Intervention, contr...

Pics from October 20 2009 protest against NSW Labor government's plan to sell off railway land:

No one knows exactly how many thousand Afghans have been killed since the U.S. and its allies invaded Afghanistan in 2001. The invaders did not bother to count. But the UN admits civilian casualtie...

Dedicated to the Tamil community in this time of great sadness. Out of the tears of pain and anger, a new wave of the struggle for change is being launched.

Meeting organised by the Socailist Alliance to duscuss a community response to the privitization of public assets by the Bligh state Labor givernment -- Brisbane, Qld Australia.

Watch two clips from Wollongong's campaign for action on climate. The first covers the satirical Billionaires for Coal rally, held on Wednesday June 10. The second covers the Climate Emergency rall...