Tasmanian Forest defenders halted logging operations on November 20 in the wilderness forests of the Weld Valley. Three community members were arrested for trespass in the newly created media and public exclusion zone. “Today's forest defense continues the success of the last six days where over a hundred community members have been a part of the campaign to ensure the world heritage of the Weld Valley are protected,” said Adam Burling, one of the people arrested. [Read more]

Police attacked a peaceful group of anti-G20 protestors at the Melbourne Museum on Sunday evening causing severe injuries. The protestors, who had gathered on information that G20 delegates were attending an event at the Museum, were reportedly given no prior warning before the assault which involved fists, boots and batons. Footage clearly shows police brutally beating defenseless people lying on the ground.

From the newswire: Tasmanian Forest defenders halted logging operations on November 20 in the wilderness forests of the Weld Valley. Three community members were arrested for trespass in the newly created media and public exclusion zone. “Today's forest defense continues the success of the last six days where over a hundred community members have been a part of the campaign to ensure the world heritage of the Weld Valley are protected,” said Adam Burling, one of the people arrested. [Read more] [ Earlier Reports: Nov 19 | Nov 18 | Nov 17 | huon.org ]

NOVEMBER 19, 2006 - POLICE ATTACK PROTESTORS: a group of 50 demonstrators were beaten and trampled by police during a peaceful anti-G20 protest inside the foyer of the Melbourne museum. A woman was severely injured after police used batons and fists to disperse the small group of singing, dancing demonstrators. Several hundred police, including two divisions of riot police, were deployed in the incident... READ MORE... STOP G20 - Melbourne - NOVEMBER 17-19, 2006: The world's business and government gurus have invaded, polluted, colluded and arrived in Australia to discuss new ways to exploite

Protestors were on the offensive again today against the G20 meeting with some of the most confrontational actions of recent times in Australia.

Riots broke out in Tonga's capital Nuku'alofa after a demonstration on Thursday. About 800 people marched onto parliament with banners slogans calling for immediate reform, others attacked public figures, while another labeled the current structure a "deadly virus". At night, protesters set fires to businesses in the city centre and turned cars over. Windows were smashed in the Prime Minister's Office Parliament House, the Magistrates Court,the Public Service Commission Office, the Ministry of Finance and three vehicles overturned and government cars smashed in government parking lots. One

SITIO ASAO, Barangay Lawis, Balasan, Iloilo – Ronald Ocson, 41-year old, married with seven children and president of the Asao Farmers and Residents Association (AFRA) was shot by a lone assailant on Monday, October 30, 2006 around six in the evening. Ronald was sitting at the entrance of his father’s house when the shooting occurred. His daughter, 14-year old Rowena Joy, who was also inside the house at that time, was at the window, and saw the alleged gunman drew a pistol and fired at his father. [ Read More ] Related Article: 1 | 2 | 3

From the newswire: November 17, 2006 "A new maximum security immigration detention complex under construction on Christmas Island, has been dubbed "Australia's Guantanamo Bay". Australia's new remote offshore detention centre will have cameras in bedrooms, electric fences and electronically controlled doors - to force centre-wide lock-downs. The level of security and surveillance, greater than at any existing detention centre, makes parts of the complex comparable to a maximum security prison." Christmas Island's residents are worried about the effects the controversial, environmentally

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Israel's bloody seige of Gaza is continuing. unabated. In a recent five-day military offensive in the Gaza Strip, 47 Palestinians have been killed and around 250 injured. In the past four months more than 350 Palestinians have been killed. Tanks and armored vehicles have been surrounding the Beit Hanoun hospital for the last six days and preventing medical volunteers and victims of violence from reaching it. On Sunday, 21 year old ambulance driver Ahmad Madhun and medical volunteer Mustafa Habib were murdered and Dannielle Abu Samra was wounded while trying to tend to the wounded.

Don't hate the media! Be the Media! Let the world know about and see any actions you participated in over the weekend. Post an action report! Upload Images! Across Aotearoa there have been mobilisations against climate change. In Auckland ClimAction held a "reclaim the streets" which attracted around three hundred people. A large section of Queen Street was blocked off for three hours and a mound of ice formed an ad hoc stage, dancefloor and paddling pool. Clowns, a polar bear, face painting, music, juggling and toboggans cobined to become a 'Carnival Against Climate Change' that

INDYMEDIA journalist shot dead by Oaxacan paramilitary thugs on the 27th of October while filming the people’s barricade in Santa Lucia- a town in Oaxaca, Mexico. [watch video here] Brad Roland Will- a New York Indymedia journalist was with his camera at the barricades documenting the people’s strike against the Oaxacan Governor Ulises Ruiz before the shooting broke out that took a single bullet to end Brad's life. Prior to the recent killing, the five-month long strike of the Oaxacan people against their tyrant and corrupt Governor caused already a number of activists and civilians alike

After Afghanistan and the former Yugoslavia, the Philippines will only be the third country in history to be the subject of a session twice by the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal (PPT).

beberapa orang lainnya luka-luka dan tewas

Polisi Federal dan Para-militer Meksiko, menyerang barisan barikade dekat kantor pengadilan Oaxaca, di kotamadya Calicanto. Penyerangan ini mengakibatkan beberapa orang luka-luka dan beberapa orang lainnya tewas.

Reporter Indymedia New York, BRAD WILL, tertembak di bagian dada dan tewas sebelum sempat dibawa ke rumah sakit; Oswaldo Ramirez, seorang fotografer untuk Milenio Diario, juga ikut tertembak dan mengalami luka serius dibagian kaki.

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FORUM: Thursday the 26th - Racism, Islamaphobia and the War on Terror - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Curtin University RACISM, ISLAMOPHOBIA & THE "WAR ON TERROR" Why Bush and Howard want us to fear Islam. Forum on the New Racism and the "New" Middle East. The Howard government has whipped up fear and distrust of Muslims. Now we have Mosques being attacked in Perth. Islamic "fundamentalism" is being used as justification world wide for removal of civil liberties, abusing international law, and waging wars that have killed houndreds of thousands of people. (What is Islamaphobia?) What can we do? Join us

Even as young lawyers, they have witnessed injustices being committed as they chose to defend the oppressed. And because they persist in handling "controversial" cases, Jobert Pahilga and Noel Neri have earned the ire of some of the country's most powerful landlords and capitalists, as well as state security forces, and have become victims themselves of political retribution. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

Rocksinger Bono is being targeted by activists as part of the protests around the G20 meeting in Melbourne in November. Bono has refused to answer questions about his involvement (as a board member) of the 'Pandemic' software company that is a subcontractor for the US Army and CIA funded Institute for Creative Technologies. [Read More]

Twenty activists locked down machinery and stopped logging in the headwaters of the catchment feeding the Blue Rock Dam, earmarked by the Bracks government to be Melbourne’s next water supply catchment. Spokesperson Lauren Caufield said "Victoria is facing its worst ever drought and Melbourne is in a water crisis." [Read more]

[UPDATE - Monday 23rd October 2006: Police visited camp yesterday and said they would be issuing move-on orders on Monday morning. People are needed to defend the camp and the ecosystem. All hands on deck! Please phone 0428 685 562 for more info. Read More... ] Arcadia Blockade Camp Established - Perth Indymedia, 22 October 2006 With the Forest Products Commission due to log Arcadia Forest near Bunbury this week, forest activists have established a camp with Coupe 03 in preparation for non-violent direct action. Arcadia’s fragile Jarrah forest is home to a range of endangered flora and fauna

"In recent months something more scary than usual has been happening in the media and the halls of parliament. John Howard, finally admitting the reality of climate change is now telling us nuclear power is the answer (just as uranium prices reach an all time high)." said Kim Stewart, who outlines six ways Howard is wrong on Nuclear Power. The latest statement from Howard confirms Kim Stewart's earlier report in October 2005 on Howard’s nuclearisation of Australia.