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 Stories About: Australia AND grassroots activism AND politics
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Uprisings down under
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Katharine Wroth |
17 Feb 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Who says there are no good protests anymore? Australian environmentalists used ice sculptures yesterday to protest their country's refusal to jump on the Kyoto wagon. Maybe frozen icons are just what the U.S. needs! (Insert hackneyed Al Gore joke here.) |
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| Topics: art, Australia, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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Melbourne Place
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12 Sep 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Melbourne Place Thousands of enviros and other anti-globalization activists took to the streets of Melbourne, Australia, yesterday, with the aim of shutting down, Seattle-style, a three-day World Economic Forum meeting of high-powered corporate leaders and policymakers, primarily from the Asia-Pacific region. "We have no vote on who these major world leaders are," said Michael Gann, a protestor from New S ... |
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| Topics: Australia, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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