The biggest and youngest and loudest abortion rights march for years was organised in Sydney on June 9.
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More than 60 people gathered outside the electoral office of Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts Paul Fletcher in the northern Sydney suburb of Lindfield on June 11 to demand the federal Coalition government protect press freedom.
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Up to 1000 people marched through the streets of Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, on June 9 to oppose the NSW Coalition government's plan to raise the wall of the Warragamba Dam by 14 metres.
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Environmental and women’s rights campaigns feature in this week’s Activist Report.
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Chris Scott went to the embassy outside of Ararat to find out more about the Djab Warrung people's struggle to protect their scared heritage. This is his account.
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The Australian Socialist Alliance released the following statement on June 9, in response to the brutal crackdown on Sudanese pro-democracy protests.
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World
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Turkish jets began bombing the Xakurke region of northern Iraq on May 26. The following day Turkish helicopters transported troops into the area. This was the latest step in Turkey’s growing military intervention in the predominantly Kurdish north of Iraq, writes Chris Slee.
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Sibylle Kaczorek, a member of Germany’s main left party Die Linke and an activist with (Stand Up Against Racism!) was interviewed in May by Dick Nichols, һƷ̽ Weekly’s European correspondent.
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һƷ̽ Weekly’s Susan Price spoke to Rena Lau, a Hong-Kong based activist, about the protest movement that has erupted there against the proposed extradition bill.
Culture
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editor Ian Angus looks at six new books for ecosocialists. Inclusion doesn’t not imply endorsement.
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The highly topical musical Hadestown won eight awards at this year's annual Tony Awards ceremony in New York on June 9. The Tonys recognise excellence in live Broadway theatre.
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The AFP raids have inspired this poem by John Monfries.
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This book exposes the extraordinary scale of the double lives to be found among the most powerful section of the Catholic hierarchy.
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