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Gerry Georgatos
Heading into day four of the hunger protest on Nauru, in high temperatures, unhygienic high density conditions at the detention centre cropped by hills of disused phosphate mines and dugouts and thick jungle forest, here is the latest message from within:

More than 30 detained Asylum Seekers layed unconscious at the end of the third day of their hunger strike.

Update: In the past weeks GetUp members have thwarted an attempt to scrap Australia’s renewable energy target, prevented factory farming of chickens being labeled “free-range”, helped get the Tassie forest negotiations back on track, and ramped up the pressure on Woolies to stop pushing pokies on problem gamblers. 

OUR ENVIRONMENT LAWS - TOO PRECIOUS TO LOSE

In a dazzling moment of political lucidity, Premier Newman has pointed out that if Queenslanders value the environment and their own health, they shouldn’t vote for the major parties.

Defending his u-turn on uranium policy against claims from the opposition that no economic or labour modelling was done prior to the decision, Newman told South Brisbane MP Jackie Trad that “If you do not support uranium mining, vote for the Greens”.

The uranium decision has defenders and opponents on both sides, with PM Gillard amongst it’s boosters.

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In The Greek Midwinter, Financial Crisis In Greece, Greece and Germany Crisis Song, Clarke Dawe, Thomas and the EU Summit, Euro Austerity Mix, The Meaning Of Austerity, The Euro Crisis Song, Bank Enslavement Mix, The Story Of Your Enslavement - Faux Pas Electronica

In the three presidential debates between Mitt Romney and Barak Obama climate change was never mentioned, despite it being raised in all previous campaigns going back to 1988. And then came Hurricane Sandy from the Caribbean. A late season category 1 tropical cyclone that combined with a north-easter from the Arctic to pummel the northern eastern coast of the United States, one of the most populous and industrialised areas on earth.

The Hurricane crossed the coast in New Jersey on Monday night, 29 October, at about 8pm not far from Atlantic City. The storm surge caused widespread flooding leaving coastal towns decimated. The winds of the hurricane caused trees to fall and whipped up a massive 3 to 4 metre storm surge. A full moon and a spring tide also exacerbated the storm surge. 10 metre waves were measured just outside New York Harbour entrance. (See Accuweather Superstorm Sandy Stats)

Related: Skeptical Science - Hurricane Sandy and the Climate Connection | Crops devastated, food crisis looms in Haiti from Hurricane Sandy | Inside Climate News: 3-D Maps Pictured Sandy's Devastation–Five Years Ago | Climate Change, Sea Level Rise and Australia

By Douglas Chalmers

I am not Syrian, I am Celtic Australian ...but given Labor foreign minister Bob Carr's disgusting recent suggestion that Syria's president Assad should be assassinated, we have found ourselves embroiled in the international aspect of the argument at least. Perhaps worse, though, was prime minister Julia Gillard's signing an agreement with NATO earlier this year drawing us ever further into their ambitious neo-colonialist sphere [ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/gillard-signs-d... ].

This email isn't a call to action, just a quick update on the latest pokies announcement, and why we must keep fighting in this campaign.

You may have heard today that the Parliament has passed a set of watered-down pokies reforms. I just received an email (included below) from Karen, a GetUp member whose husband took his own life because of gambling addiction. She is urging us to keep up the fight on pokies reform, and I couldn't agree more.