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Australia: head first into oblivion – one Man takes a stand

While Australian politics continues its descent into absurdity, a young Newcastle Activist is being drawn over hot coals in the Supreme Court for having the affront to interfere with the finances of the Coal Mining industry in Australia. Earlier this…

Saudi women day of protest against driving ban

About 60 women across Saudi Arabia drove cars on Oct 26 in defiance of a driving ban in an attempt to change their status. The campaign’s message is that driving should be a woman’s choice. The struggle is rooted in…

Forget Democrazy, Give Me Safe Borders

Almost three years after the Arab Spring began its region-wide sweep – ostensibly in search of democratic change – scant attention has been paid to one of its most dangerous consequences: the fraying of borders. Weapons, militias, foreign Special Forces,…

Banking on the LGBT – with Asian Values

Interview with: Dr Dédé Oetomo, a leading activist for LGBT rights in Indonesia. * Oetomo: I came to Hong Kong to speak at this conference on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the workplace [First LGBT summit in…

Argentina: “The Audiovisual Communications Law does not affect freedom of expression”

Supreme Court Chairman Ricardo Lorenzetti defended the constitutionality of the Audiovisual Communications Law and held that “there is no evidence that if affects freedom of expression.” “We have the institutional responsibility to explain the content of the Court ruling and…

Brok: The US and Europe must “establish a new relationship” after NSA scandal

Deutsche Welle, Press Release Elmar Brok, member of a European Parliament fact-finding delegation currently in Washington D.C. over the NSA scandal, told Deutsche Welle (DW) that US spying operations in Europe have damaged transatlantic relations. Asked what message the delegation…

The UK Cooperative Bank takeover by US hedge funds

Article published by Occupy London, Economics Working Group “The Co-op Bank: Mutual or Burst Since the appalling news of a Co-op Bank takeover by US hedge “vulture” funds (Aurelius Capital and Silver Point Capital) a growing body of Co-op members…

16 – 22 November – 6th Cairo International Women´s Film Festival

“The Cairo International Women’s Film Festival, which has come to be known as “Among Women Filmmakers”, is an independent initiative designed to provide the best films made ​​by women over the past two years.  These films, represented at major international…

Occupy inspiring ripples of new economics thinking in academia

[divide][clear] The challenge to the pervading (and failing) economic system that began as a discussion in the Occupy/Indignados demos has been reaching deep into some Universities amongst students of Economics, but not exclusively. Soon after Occupy Wall Street set base…

African Campaign for Education of Non-Violence commemorated in Ethiopia

Par Bereket Alemayehu On the 2nd October, commemorated the International day of Non-Violence worldwide, was launched the African Campaign for Education of Non-violence in Ethiopia, with the main purpose of training a new generation of Ethiopians to the culture of peace…

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