Headlines from GLW #711, 30 May 2007:

Communal power versus capitalism in Venezuela

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 May 2007

VENEZUELA: Led by the country’s socialist president, Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan revolution is sending shockwaves through the corporate elite both within Venezuela and internationally. The Venezuelan people are waging a struggle to gain sovereignty over the country’s natural resources in order to rebuild the nation along pro-people lines. »

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US and Israel push for Palestinian coup

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 May 2007

PALESTINE: Between May 16 and 24, almost 100 Palestinians died and more than 340 have were injured in Gaza through a combination of renewed Israeli military attacks and fighting between Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah. »

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Corporate greed drives Murray-Darling crisis

COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 25 May 2007

The deepening of Australia’s drought- and global-warming-driven water crisis has thrown into sharp relief the historical and current inadequacy of the Liberal-Labor political establishment to put the needs of working people before those of big business. »

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Why wealthy, cigar-chomping Republicans hate Mike Moore (and Cuba)

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 May 2007

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Pentagon plans second Iraq ‘surge’

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 May 2007

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Broad solidarity gathering supports advocates' movement

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 24 May 2007

PAKISTAN: The May 23 advocate (lawyers) solidarity conference decided to build more public support for the advocate’s movement for an independent judiciary and an end to the military dictatorship. The movement erupted after Supreme Court chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry was suspended on March 9. The conference vowed to bring more and more people to future demonstrations and rallies. »

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Venezuela: The case of RCTV and freedom of speech

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 May 2007

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Resistance!: We are peaceful...

Our Common Cause: A radical ...

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