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Headlines from GLW #728, 24 October 2007:


Howard's "reconciliation" cynicism
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 19 October 2007
On October 12, PM John Howard announced his plan to hold a referendum to alter the preamble to the Australian constitution to include an acknowledgment of the original inhabitants of Australia. This is a departure from Howard’s historic position against “symbolic” gestures of reconciliation — a position that in the past has earned him the ire of Indigenous groups, who in 2000 literally turned their backs on Howard when he refused to apologise for previous governments’ complicity in the horrendous policies that led to the Stolen Generations. »

Widespread rejection of racist scapegoating
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 19 October 2007
Claims by immigration minister Kevin Andrews that African refugees are less capable of resettling in Australia than other migrant groups have been met with widespread condemnation by welfare, community and human rights organisations. »

New Zealand: 'Anti-terror' raids condemned
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 19 October 2007

Green Left Weekly's $250,000 Fighting Fund: We need more than the worm
GENERAL, 19 October 2007

Venezuela: Campaign for socialism grows
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 19 October 2007

Conference builds left alliances and international solidarity
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 20 October 2007

Landmark IR court hearing to begin
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 20 October 2007
A landmark Federal Court hearing for 96 Western Australian construction workers that begins on October 24 is the most dramatic demonstration yet of the impact of the Howard government’s draconian IR laws. »

China: Wage share plunges
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 19 October 2007

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ECUADOR: Forging a `citizens' revolution'
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 19 October 2007
After winning a stunning 82% of the vote in the April 14 referendum for a constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution, Ecuador’s left-wing president Rafael Correa scored his third major victory in a year on September 30 with his party, Country Alliance, winning 70% of the votes for the new assembly. »

Resistance and the struggle for a free Burma
RESISTANCE!, 19 October 2007
Resistance is an active, campaigning organisation. We’re in there where the struggle is. We don’t just talk about standing up for the oppressed. We actually do it. Recently, we met members of the Burmese community in Canberra at a series of protests outside the Burmese embassy. When we met them, we naturally wanted to jump into the struggle right there alongside them. We were involved in the first meeting of the Canberra Network for Democracy in Burma (CNDB), and helped organise the protest on October 13 for the international day of solidarity with the Burmese struggle. »

`Send the Burmese military regime into the dustbins of history!
RESISTANCE!, 19 October 2007

Cutting off voting to disenfranchise youth
RESISTANCE!, 19 October 2007

Students plan walkout against pulp mill
RESISTANCE!, 19 October 2007

Build the vote for Socialist Alliance!
OUR COMMON CAUSE, 19 October 2007
As the 2007 federal election gets underway, an odd trend is showing up in the opinion polls. After eleven-and-a-half years of Coalition government and an ALP “opposition” that stood “shoulder to shoulder” with it in so many of its crimes, the combined vote for the two “parties of government” is back up to 90% (48% for Labor and 42% for the Coalition according to the Nielsen poll released on October 19). »

Behind the blather
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 19 October 2007

Liberal and Labor hypocrisy on nurses' dispute
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 19 October 2007

Liberal and Labor hypocrisy on nurses' dispute
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 19 October 2007

'Remember David's death by pulling out the troops
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 19 October 2007

Howard's agenda: private feast, public famine
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 19 October 2007
In his frantic bid to secure a fifth consecutive election victory for the Coalition, Prime Minister John Howard has fired up the amp and is loudly proclaiming his message that growth and increased private wealth will solve all problems. Howard is presenting his message — pump-primed by a lavish promise of personal tax cuts (largely for the already wealthy) and proclamations that economic growth can proceed unhindered (in spite of growing environmental concerns and increasing inequality) — like a spruiker at a country sideshow: enjoy the fairy floss and don’t mind the smell of bullshit. »

Threats to deport Ali Humayun
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 19 October 2007
Ali Beg Humayun was threatened with deportation by the immigration department (DIAC) on October 8. Humayun, a queer Pakistani man, has been locked up for over two-and-a-half years in the Villawood detention centre and is currently appealing a Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT) decision not to grant him refugee status. »

Student walkout against Gunns
BRIEF, 19 October 2007

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read »International News

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  • Britain: Rumbles in Respect
  • British postal strike brings mail t...
  • China: Wage share plunges
  • ECUADOR: Forging a `citizens' revol...
  • Former US captains: 'Bring back the...
  • Marshall Islands: US opposes nuke-t...
  • New Zealand: 'Anti-terror' raids co...
  • New Zealand: Gains for right in cou...
  • Respect's Salma Yaqoob: ‘Deter...
  • US officer: ‘Taliban has stron...
  • Venezuela to write off Guyana debt
  • Venezuela: Campaign for socialism g...

    • read »Comment & Analysis

  • 'Remember David's death by pulling ...
  • Behind the blather
  • David Matthews — 1927-2007
  • Global warming, biofuels worsen wor...
  • Howard's "reconciliation" cynicism
  • Howard's agenda: private feast, pub...
  • Landmark IR court hearing to begin
  • Liberal and Labor hypocrisy on nurs...
  • Liberal and Labor hypocrisy on nurs...
  • Threats to deport Ali Humayun
  • War, revolution and the birth of th...
  • Letters: Letters to the Edit...
  • Resistance!: Cutting off vot...
  • Resistance!: Resistance and ...
  • Resistance!: Students plan w...
  • Resistance!: `Send the Burme...
  • Our Common Cause: Build the ...

    • read »General

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  • Correction
  • Green Left Weekly's $250,000 Fighti...
  • Winners of the Venezuela Solidarity...

    • read »Australian News

  • Burma protesters call for end to mi...
  • Conference builds left alliances an...
  • Nurses face intimidation over work ...
  • Widespread rejection of racist scap...
  • Brief: Burrow to speak at ed...
  • Brief: Rally condemns pulp m...
  • Brief: Socialist candidate o...
  • Brief: Student walkout again...
  • Brief: WA public servants se...

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