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Coup and mass resistance in Honduras: Eva Golinger blogs live
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 1 July 2009
Eva Golinger, whose 2006 book The Chavez Code exposed the role of the US in the 2002 coup that briefly overthrew the democratically elected Venezuelan government, is blogging continuously on the situation in Honduras. »


Defying the regime — Iran's people demand change
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 27 June 2009
Daily protests have continued in Iran against alleged vote-rigging in the June 12 presidential elections, despite an intensification of violent repression. »

The world condemns Honduras coup, demands elected President Manuel Zelaya returns
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 1 July 2009
Below is just some of the many statements being released by governments, political parties, social movement organisations and solidarity groups around the world in support of the Honduran people as they struggle to restore elected President Manuel Zelaya, overthrown in a military coup on June 28. This is only some of the statements released. If your organisation has release a statement, email weekly.greenleft@greenleft.org.au »


Cities drowning in cars: what’s the alternative?
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 29 June 2009
AUSTRALIA: Australian cities are growing in population and in geographic spread. Urban sprawl, encouraged by governments at all levels, is pushing suburbia in all directions. »

Green Left Weekly turns 800!
GENERAL, 29 June 2009
Green Left Weekly received dozens of solidarity messages for its 800th birthday from Australia and from around the world. »

John Pilger: The system is corrupt
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 28 June 2009
The theft of public money by members of parliament, including government ministers, has given Britons a rare glimpse inside the tent of power and privilege. »

Green Left Weekly Fighting Fund: Letter from the struggle for democracy in Iran
GENERAL, 29 June 2009
AUSTRALIA: Below are extracts from a June 18 email from Tehran, Iran. It was posted on the Socialist Pakistan News e-list by Farooq Sulehria, a comrade from the Labour Party Pakistan. Sulehria is a regular contributor to Green Left Weekly. »

Militant unions save workers’ lives
EDITORIAL, 29 June 2009
EDITORIAL, AUSTRALIA: Bosses do not provide safe and healthy workplaces for their workers out of the goodness of their hearts. Capitalism’s drive for short-term profits means workplace safety is a cost that can cut like any other. »

Military coup in Honduras as elected president kidnapped — Obama's first coup?
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 29 June 2009
Eva Golinger's blog contains constantly updated information on this military overthrow of an elected president. There are amass protests on the streets and unions have called a general strike. A leftist Congressperson and presidential candidate is reported murdered by the military. The coup has been opposed by many Latin American governments. The ambassadors in Honduras from Cuba, Venezuela and Honduras — and the Honduras foreign minister — are reported kidnapped by the military. Golinger has produced evidence that the US knew of the coup in advance. Things are changing rapidly. But below is Golinger’s iniitial article on the coup. »


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Nepal: Student leader speaks on struggle for change
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 28 June 2009
Ben Peterson is a Green Left Weekly correspondent in Kathmandu. He spoke with Manushi Bhattarai, who was part of the Maoist ticket that won student elections at Tribhuvan University —Nepal’s largest. She discussed the revolution, recent developments, the international situation and the role of youth in the struggle for change. »

Honduras: Coup attempt threatens democracy
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 28 June 2009
An attempted coup has broken out in Honduras in the lead-up to a referendum scheduled for June 28. The referendum is on whether a further vote should be held to decide to re-write the Central American nation’s constitution. »

Honduras: Indigenous people condemn plot
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 28 June 2009
The article below is abridged from a June 24 statement by the Civic Council of People’s and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH). »

Confronting the crisis: ’Yes we can!’
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 29 June 2009
The following article is based on a speech by John Rice to the 1500-strong June 13 Adelaide Climate Emergency Rally. Rice is a member of the Climate Emergency Action Network (CLEAN) in South Australia. »

Peru: Blood for rubber, blood for oil
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 28 June 2009
At the turn of the twentieth century, global demand for rubber from the upper reaches of the Amazon (encompassing Peruvian, Colombian and Brazilian territory) was at its height. »

A pig of a health-care system
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 29 June 2009
The first person to die after testing positive to swine flu in Australia was a 26-year-old Aboriginal man from a remote desert community. Health workers have said it is evidence of the significant gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health, and warn more deaths are likely. »

Cuba’s green revolution
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 29 June 2009
The ecological achievements of Cuba in the last two decades have been well documented. The collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s was the trigger for ending the unsustainable, industrial agriculture that Cuba had practised for decades. »

Latin America’s Bolivarian alliance grows
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 27 June 2009

Who will control Iraq’s oil?
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 28 June 2009

In This Issue:


read »International News

  • Coup and mass resistance in Hondura...
  • Defying the regime — Iran's peopl...
  • El Salvador: Evangelical fundamenta...
  • France: Thousands protest against f...
  • German students strike for better e...
  • Honduras: Coup attempt threatens de...
  • Honduras: Indigenous people condemn...
  • John Pilger: The system is corrupt
  • Latin America’s Bolivarian allian...
  • Military coup in Honduras as electe...
  • Nepal: Student leader speaks on str...
  • Peru: Blood for rubber, blood for o...
  • Record 1 billion people going hungr...
  • South Africa: Balance shifts left, ...
  • Sri Lanka: Facts lost in the dusk o...
  • The world condemns Honduras coup, d...
  • United States: Top climate scientis...
  • Who will control Iraq’s oil?
  • Wildcat strikes by British oil work...

    • read »Comment & Analysis

  • A pig of a health-care system
  • Carbon trading must die, so the pla...
  • Cities drowning in cars: what’s t...
  • Confronting the crisis: ’Yes we c...
  • Connex bites the dust
  • Cuba’s green revolution
  • Greens defeat league tables legisla...
  • Mulrunji inquest to re-open
  • Privatisation: state-wide campaign ...
  • Letters: Write on — let...
  • Resistance!: 'We put this go...
  • Resistance!: Earn, learn ...
  • Editorial: Militant unions s...
  • Our Common Cause: The utes o...

    • read »General

  • Green Left Weekly Fighting...
  • Green Left Weekly turns 80...

    • read »Australian News

  • ACTU motion supports Western Sahara...
  • Conference warns of dangerous clima...
  • Non-stop coal deliveries fuel anger...
  • Tamil plight: 'More than a humanita...
  • Unions NSW re-enters privatisation ...
  • Brief: GM activist: Australi...
  • Brief: Talisman Sabre protes...
  • Brief: Tax office tries to a...

    • read »Cultural Dissent

  • Review: Ernest Mandel, a rev...
  • Another side of Marx
  • John Lennon: the power of art and p...
  • On the box
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