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Headlines from GLW #743, 12 March 2008:


West supports Israel’s Gaza holocaust
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 March 2008
PALESTINE: On March 4 and 5, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a brief visit to Israel, ostensibly to advance a “peace process” between Israel and the Palestinians, launched in the US resort of Annapolis last November. »

Carbon cuts: why rich countries must lead the way
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 8 March 2008
Last May, the ALP announced a target for greenhouse gas emission reductions that, if observed generally across the world’s major emitting countries, would give humanity virtually no chance of avoiding climate catastrophe. »

Iraq: No more blood for oil
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 March 2008
IRAQ: US chief of staff operations director General Carter Ham told a February 25 press briefing that the Pentagon plans to keep its occupation force in Iraq at 140,000 troops after the end of the 30,000-strong US troop “surge” in July. »

Australian government continues Israeli love affair
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 8 March 2008
Well, so much for our new government taking an even-handed position on Israel/Palestine. »

Afghanistan: US spy chief admits war going badly
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 9 March 2008

The real impact of the welfare 'quarantine'
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 8 March 2008
As the quarantining of Indigenous welfare payments (50% of individual welfare benefits being received as gift cards for certain shops) rolls out across the Northern Territory, its alleged benefits need to be weighed against the possible cultural and economic consequences. »

CFMEU to campaign against ABCC
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 8 March 2008

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Other Headlines


John Pilger: Bringing down the new Berlin Walls
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 8 March 2008
The breakout of the people of Gaza in late January provided a heroic spectacle unlike any other since the Warsaw ghetto uprising and the smashing down of the Berlin Wall. »

Colombia retreats as Correa and Chavez stand firm
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 8 March 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced the Colombian state as a “terrorist state”, and said it had become “the Israel of Latin America”, following the Colombian military’s bombing of Ecuadorian territory on March 1 that killed up to 21 members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Chavez argued the US government was behind Colombia’s actions. »

Colombia: Destablising the ‘new Latin America’
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 8 March 2008
Just weeks after the Ecuadorian and Venezuelan governments called on Colombia to respect the need for peace and negotiation with the guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP), the Colombian of President Alvaro Uribe launched an extensive armed air and land assault against the insurgency movement. »

Rethinking ‘opposing imperialism’
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 9 March 2008

Echoes of Stolen Generations as child taken
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 8 March 2008
The Melbourne Age reported on February 27 that child abuse charges against an Indigenous woman from the NT had finally been dropped after two years. The woman’s son has still not been returned to her by Family and Children’s Services Northern Territory (FACS), however. »

United States: Soldiers raise their voices against occupation
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 March 2008

Raul Reyes and Colombia’s tragedy
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 March 2008

Britain’s global power empire
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 March 2008

The failure of Human Rights Watch in Venezuela and Haiti
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 March 2008

SA Unions oppose Labor attack on injured workers
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 8 March 2008

Teachers demand pay rise, permanent jobs
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 8 March 2008

Centrelink to slash staff
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 8 March 2008

Climate Change/Social Change conference agenda takes shape
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 8 March 2008

Students to strike against Gunns
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 8 March 2008

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  • Britain’s global power empire
  • Colombia retreats as Correa and Ch...
  • Colombia: Destablising the ‘ne...
  • Indonesia: Peasant activist assassi...
  • Iraq: No more blood for oil
  • John Pilger: Bringing down the new ...
  • Panama: Unionist murdered, repressi...
  • People protest Uribe’s war pol...
  • Raul Reyes and Colombia’s trag...
  • Repression intesifies in Peru
  • The failure of Human Rights Watch i...
  • United States: Soldiers raise their...
  • West Papua: Students rally for self...
  • West supports Israel’s Gaza holoc...

    • read »Comment & Analysis

  • Australian government continues Isr...
  • Carbon cuts: why rich countries mus...
  • CFMEU to campaign against ABCC
  • Rethinking ‘opposing imperiali...
  • Sid Spindler, 1932-2008
  • The real impact of the welfare 'qua...
  • Wanted: a powerful movement to beat...
  • Letters: Write On
  • Resistance!: 'Operation Iraq...
  • Resistance!: Student poverty...
  • Our Common Cause: Corporate ...

    • read »General

  • $250,000 Fighting Fund: The prince ...

    • read »Australian News

  • Bill allows AWAs to continue
  • Catholic teachers take stopwork act...
  • Centrelink to slash staff
  • Climate Change/Social Change confer...
  • Company profile: ABC Learning
  • Divers demand collective agreement
  • Echoes of Stolen Generations as chi...
  • Melbourne protest demands an end to...
  • Pilger addresses 200 in Katoomba
  • Push for local councils to be GM-fr...
  • Rallies mark International Women's...
  • Rudd’s move to ‘recognise...
  • SA Unions oppose Labor attack on in...
  • Students to strike against Gunns
  • Teachers demand pay rise, permanent...
  • Union protest backs sacked guest wo...
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  • Brief: Students for strike a...
  • Brief: Union protest backs s...

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