<p>Socialist Alliance meets every Wednesday at the Perth Activist Centre. This week's meeting will discuss the complex issues confronting the Syrian people today. How do leftists in Australia support democracy movements and oppose imperialism when Western imperialism is trying to hijack the Arab Spring for its own ends?</p>
<p>Perth Activist Centre, 15/5 Aberdeen St, Perth.</p>

<p>In its last term, the Barnett government introduced legislation that would curtail the rights of people with mental illness. This forum will discuss these proposals and the conditions facing people with mental illness and the services meant to support them, in WA.

Why the Romanian working class is the most exploited in Europe ---- There are about 5
million employees in Romania, currently. Some other 3 million people (a quarter of the
local work force) work in other countries from the European Union, mostly Spain and Italy.
The official unemployed people are said to represent 6.7%, but this is not accurate.

<div class='node-body'><p>The mass public school closings in Chicago have <a href="http://www.ctunet.com/blog/federal-lawsuits-seek-to-halt-closings">sparked</a> a pair of federal civil rights lawsuits charging that the closings have a discriminatory impact on African-American students and students with disabilities.</p>

<div class='node-body'><p>The United States government is reaping billions in profits off the backs of struggling students, according to new figures made public Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office.</p>

<div class='node-body'><p>In the wake of the worst garment factory tragedy in world history, which left over 1,200 dead in Bangladesh last month, a number of Western brands have signed an agreement to improve working conditions in their subcontracted factories there.