Headlines from GLW #722, 29 August 2007:

Venezuela: Radical proposals spark debate

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 24 August 2007

VENEZUELA: On August 15 — the third anniversary of President Hugo Chavez’s victory in the recall referendum of 2004 and the 202nd anniversary of Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar’s famous oath not to rest “until the chains of oppression are lifted from my people” — tens of thousands of people turned out to an extraordinary session of Venezuela’s National Assembly (AN) to hear the president’s proposed constitutional reforms. »

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APEC protesters: 'We will not be silenced'

COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 24 August 2007

Thousands of people will gather at Sydney Town Hall on September 8 in what is expected to be the largest protest demonstration during the coming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. »

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Bolivia: End of the new social pact?

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 August 2007

BOLIVIA: Having come out of an intense period of political confrontation, including the biggest mobilisation in Bolivia’s history, this landlocked country situated in the heart of rebellious South America seems on the verge of plunging into a new phase of open conflict. At the centre of this is the country’s Constituent Assembly — a central plank of Bolivia’s cultural and democratic revolution, led by the country’s first indigenous president, Evo Morales — which was convened over a year ago with the goal of achieving a new social pact between Bolivia’s conflicting sectors and drafting a new constitution that would for the first time include the country’s indigenous majority. »

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Western Sahara and the new international order

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 24 August 2007

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East Timor: Fretilin leader calls for Australian troops’ withdrawal

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 24 August 2007

EAST TIMOR: Former East Timorese prime minister Mari Alkatiri has called for the withdrawal of Australian troops from his country. Speaking to Agence France-Presse on August 20, he said: “It would be better for Australian troops to just return home if they cannot be neutral. They came here to help us solve our problems, but they came to give their backing to one side and fight against the other.” »

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Latin America: Building an alternative to ‘free trade’

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 24 August 2007

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Haneef victory over government smear campaign

AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 24 August 2007

The federal government’s political campaign against Dr Mohamed Haneef took a further blow on August 19, when Federal Court judge Jeffrey Spender ruled that immigration minister Kevin Andrews had unlawfully cancelled Haneef’s work visa on character grounds. »

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Melbourne workers to take to the streets again

AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 25 August 2007

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Venezuelan revolutionaries to address solidarity forum

AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 24 August 2007

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