Headlines from GLW #710, 23 May 2007:

Unionists to Rudd: 'Don't backflip on AWAs'

AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 18 May 2007

On May 12, federal opposition leader Kevin Rudd chartered a private plane to fly to Western Australia to meet with BHP, Rio Tinto and Woodside bosses. The meeting followed two weeks of the mining bosses arguing that Labor’s promise to abolish AWAs (individual contracts), confirmed at its April national conference, would harm the resources boom and lower productivity in the mining sector. »

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How the 1967 referendum was won

COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 19 May 2007

May 27 marks the 40th anniversary of the overwhelming victory of the 1967 referendum, in which almost 91% of the Australian people voted to give the federal government the constitutional power to override the brutal, degrading racist laws of the states under which Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders were tormented. The federal government now had the power to make specific laws in respect to the Indigenous people. The Australian people had sent a clear signal that it was time for Canberra to make laws, introduce programs and provide the necessary resources to end the racial oppression of Indigenous Australians. »

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Uncle Sam’s terrorist walks free

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 17 May 2007

UNITED STATES: On October 6, 1976, two bombs ripped through Cubana Flight 455 mid-flight from Barbados to Cuba. All of the 73 civilians onboard, including Cuba’s national youth fencing team and 11 Guyanese medical students, were killed. Until the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, this was the worst terrorist attack in the Western Hemisphere. On April 19, the mastermind behind this mass murder, Luis Posada Carriles, was released on bail from prison in the US, where he was being held since 2005 for violating immigration law, and allowed to return to his luxury penthouse in Miami. »

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Bush's APEC visit: Police-state powers to target protesters

AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 18 May 2007

The presence of heavily armed SAS troops could complement extraordinary powers for NSW police during the September 7-9 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Sydney, which will be attended by 21 international leaders including US President George Bush. »

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Building popular power in Venezuela's Carora

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 18 May 2007

VENEZUELA: Carora’s streets are much like other Latin American cities — bustling commerce on every corner, traffic, noise, people going about their daily routine. But there is something that distinguishes Carora and the Municipality of Pedro Leon Torres from any other municipality I’ve visited in Latin America, and in particular, any other in Venezuela. The city is on a path to democratise and transform its entire governance system, from the bottom up — led by the current Mayor Julio Chavez (no relation to President Hugo Chavez). »

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Victoria Police slammed for G20 behaviour

AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 18 May 2007

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Al Nakba marked amid factional fighting in Palestine

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 18 May 2007

PALESTINE: Thousands of Palestinians joined rallies on May 15 throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territories to mark the 59th anniversary of al Nakba (“The Catastrophe”) — the establishment of the State of Israel and the consequent expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes — as renewed fighting took place between Fatah and Hamas. »

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The mass movement in Pakistan - from nowhere to everywhere

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 17 May 2007

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Youth rights at work worth fighting for

COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 18 May 2007

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