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Few of the people in my country, America, dispute the fact we live in a nation which savors freedoms and liberties. Often taken for granted, we have so many choices. We can converse with who we choose and when. We communicate online with whomever we wish barring few exceptions. We can send mail to almost anyone. We can hear from any and all political parties during presidential elections - that is given they're Democrat or Republican.

The Refugee Action Collective held a vigil outside Myer Christmas windows to raise awareness of the plight of asylum seekers and refugees locked up as part of the Australian government's inhumane policy of mandatory detention.

Solidarity with the ongoing student revolts in London, Rome and the workers and fighters of Athens. One banner of solidarity we issue now but toward a stronger voice and insurrectionary situation we aim. politicians and capitalist scum we are every where. Solidarity is our weapon

Update December 17th 2010 - all charges have now been dropped against the strikers and the dispute has been settled with the agreement of the union. Visy has agreed to not freeze the conditions of casual employees - the major sticking point in negotiations.

This is a great result for a group of workers who stared down government and police harassment. Congratulations to all those in the community and other unions who stood by these workers.

Visy workers secure casual pay rates and vote to return to work - Dec 17, 2010

"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell

Greetings. We are Anonymous. A lot has been said over the last few days, however, not all of it was fair or accurate. We would like to set the record straight.

Anonymous is not unanimous. We use the Internet as a tool to congregate, communicate, and articulate; but we speak and act with many different voices, and in many different places. As the net has evolved, so have we and our methods.

At about 6pm Thursday December 16th., Julian Assange emerged from Britain's HIgh Court on the Strand, London. He had finally been released on bail after nine days in solitary confinement at Wandsworth Prison. Harsher bail conditions were added by the High Court than were imposed days earlier at the Westminister Magistrates Court.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/16/julian-assa...-jail

Assange stated,

"There is an ongoing attempt by the US to extradite me to the US and that extradition is much more likely to occur if I am already in Sweden."

People have protested in more than 100 German cities against yet another rail consignment of nuclear waste as police and other authorities broke all kinds of constitutional rights to ram it through in wintry chaos to the Baltic seaside resort of Lubmin.
Four caskets (CASTORS) of waste, created in Germany but taken to France for processing, was railed through the two countries from Cadarache to Lubmin on the Baltic coast, right in the middle of a popular seaside tourist region.

December 14th/15th 2010, saw the biggest show of support for Tasmania’s ancient forests in history. In just over 24 hours, there were banner actions and film screenings in Tanzania, Reunion Island, Japan, Vanuatu, Thailand, India, France, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, England, Wales, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Ireland, Scotland, Ecuador and the United States of America.

by ray jackson

herewith some further contributions re the constitution and whatever proposed changes may arise from that.

our esteemed s.a. elder from the kaurna nation, ms. lynette crocker, has based her suggested changes on the 1982 inclusion of the first nations peoples into the new canadian constitution and charter of rights.

lynette believes that her suggestion, if adopted, will place our people firmly on the right path to a negotiated treaty(ies).

what is required is an inclusion to clause 9 of chapter ix a charter of aboriginal rights.