The passing of Pip Starr

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Pip Starr, documentary maker, The video activist and documentary marker Pip Starr passed away passed away on Tuesday the 22nd of January 2008. He was a great companion who had worked closely within the Australian activism community, for 10 years as an i...

New Caledonia demonstration supports jailed strikers

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About 500 people demonstrated outside New Caledonia's main court house last week in support of ten workers arrested during recent clashes with Noumea police. The clashes, which left more than 20 people injured, erupted after 200 police used tear gas and ru...

Ia Orana!

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L'appel du WSF (World Social Forum) en date du 26 Janvier 2008 pour une journée d'actions mondiale a été l'occasion fournie pour créer le Forum Social Polynésien et pour constituer un comité pour l'organisation d'un prochain Forum Social en Polynési...

Waihopai Protest Part Of Global Day Of Action

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The public face of New Zealand role as an American ally is the NZ military presence in Afghanistan. But New Zealand most significant contribution to that, and other American wars, including the one in Iraq, is the Waihopai spybase. Waihopai is controlled b...

Our island has broken into two pieces

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The people of the Carteret Islands are about to make history, as they begin to leave their island to find a new home. Rising seas are making their atoll uninhabitable making land too salty to grow food and by gradually wasing the beaches on the small, sand...