Headlines from GLW #709, 16 May 2007:

Imagine: a real alternative energy plan

COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 10 May 2007

Climate change is a dire threat to human existence. Yet the plans to tackle it put forward by the Coalition and Labor fall far short of what is necessary. Politicians present as "common sense" that renewable energy can play only a peripheral role in Australia. However, Zane Alcorn explains the potential for a renewables-based transformation of Australia's electricity grid, beginning in 2008. »

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HIV/AIDS pandemic: Corporate greed killing millions

COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 12 May 2007

While there are treatments to slow the progression of AIDS, adding decades to sufferers’ lives, access to them is a case study in the vast gap between rich and poor nations. Few deny that HIV/AIDS is a massive health crisis. What is now clear is that it is also a social one, exacerbated by the contradictions of a world dominated by the wealthy minority of First World countries. »

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Iraqis to strike against US-drafted oil law

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 10 May 2007

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Battle for control of economy continues

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 10 May 2007

VENEZUELA: Venezuela’s socialist President Hugo Chavez threatened a round of new nationalisations when he announced fresh plans on May 3 to develop Venezuela’s economy along pro-people lines. This followed the May 1 nationalisations of oil projects in the Orinoco Belt, believed to be home to the world’s largest oil reserves, which gave the state-owned oil company PDVSA at least 60% controlling share of existing ventures owned by five oil multinationals, worth US$17 billion. »

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Afghanistan: US-NATO attacks kill 51 villagers

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 10 May 2007

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US called to account over Agent Ora...

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Investing in their future

Shackleton: `End the Balibo Five co...

UN climate report says corporate po...

Letters: Letters to the Edit...

Resistance!: Students get or...

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Our Common Cause: Release th...

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Green Left Weekly's $250,000 Fighti...

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Aunty Veronica Brodie, 1941-2007

Blockades stop logging

Campaigning against anti-worker law...

CFMEU protests John Holland shift t...

Drawing a line in the sand at Anvil...

More money for `terrorism'

Protests planned for Talisman Sabre...

QUT threatens free speech

Staff, students oppose humanities s...

Villawood refugees continue hunger ...

Brief: Christmas Island: Aus...

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Brief: Protesters reject Dow...

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