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Headlines from GLW #754, 11 June 2008:


Behind the rise of Obama
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 June 2008
UNITED STATES: “America, this is our moment”, stated Barack Obama on June 3 after winning enough delegates to become the presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. »

From Hanson to Camden: Australia’s racist shame
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 7 June 2008
AUSTRALIA: “The thought of our beautiful Camden accommodating to this religion is a disgrace … This Islamic school will change the town forever”, “Hayley”, a Camden resident, was quoted by the November 6 Sydney Morning Herald as saying in relation to an attempt to build an Islamic school in the far-outer Sydney suburb. »

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Putting the wrong ones on trial
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 June 2008
There is a trial currently taking place in Belfast that seems to explain plainly how nothing makes any sense. »

Workers and environmentalists need a new alliance
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 7 June 2008
Like many others, I cut my activist teeth during the Franklin River campaign of the early 1980s. Like thousands of others, I joined the blockades in south west Tasmania and, like hundreds of others, was arrested for my troubles and spent a week in Risdon Jail. »

Rudd vindicates anti-war movement — bring all the troops home
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 7 June 2008
On June 2, while announcing the withdrawal of 550 Australian combat troops from Iraq, PM Kevin Rudd told parliament that all the arguments justifying the troop deployment in the first place were lies. This vindicates the anti-war movement’s position since the 2003 invasion. »

Venezuela: Massive turnout for PSUV primaries
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 June 2008
In a massive show of support for the new United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) — established to unite the mass movement that supports the Bolivarian revolution led by President Hugo Chavez — on June 1 some 2.5 million PSUV members participated in an historic process of electing candidates for the upcoming regional elections in November. »

Cuba: Lessons for a greener world
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 June 2008
We all know about climate change, forest destruction and other ecological threats, but in Latin America environmental concern is treated more seriously than perhaps in any other part of the world. »

Bolivia: Referendums of reaction
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 8 June 2008
On June 1, the eastern Bolivian provinces of Beni and Pando followed the May 4 referendum in Santa Cruz, holding referendums for “autonomy” from the national government. Together with Tarija, whose “autonomy” referendum is scheduled for June 21, these four eastern provinces, known as the “half moon”, are a stronghold of the right-wing oligarchy that is attempting to destablise the government of President Evo Morales. Below is a June 2 article by Paul Kellogg, originally published at http://www.poleconanalysis.org, on what is behind the referendums, which have no legal standing under Bolivian law. »

Israel: The occupation corrupts
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 8 June 2008
I cannot say that I ever liked Ehud Olmert. But now I almost feel sorry for him. »

Israel: Haaretz promotes pro-genocide website
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 8 June 2008

The politics of food
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 7 June 2008

Public transport: tinkering not enough
OUR COMMON CAUSE, 7 June 2008

El Salvador: Political killings marks rise of right-wing violence
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 June 2008

Stop anti-Venezuela articles in the NYT
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 June 2008

United States: New court ruling against Cuban Five
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 June 2008

NSW budget a gift to big business
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 7 June 2008

Malaysia: Government ‘declares war’, socialists fight back
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 June 2008

Pakistan: Thousands demonstrate against price hikes
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 June 2008

Indonesisia: Student hunger strike against fuel price rise
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 June 2008

Bolivia nationalises hydrocarbon transport company
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 8 June 2008

Also in #754:


read »International News

  • Afghani civilians killed, imprisone...
  • Behind the rise of Obama
  • Bolivia nationalises hydrocarbon tr...
  • Bolivia: Referendums of reaction
  • Colombia appears before ILO over un...
  • Cuba rejects Rome Summit food crisi...
  • Cuba: Lessons for a greener world
  • El Salvador: Political killings mar...
  • Indonesisia: Student hunger strike ...
  • Israel: Haaretz promotes p...
  • Israel: The occupation corrupts
  • Italy: Farmers protesting in Rome e...
  • Malaysia: Government ‘declares...
  • New York accepts gay marriage
  • Pakistan: Thousands demonstrate aga...
  • Putting the wrong ones on trial
  • Stop anti-Venezuela articles in the...
  • United States: New court ruling aga...
  • Venezuela: Massive turnout for PSUV...

    • read »Comment & Analysis

  • ‘Guest worker’ schemes = ...
  • Come to the Resistance national con...
  • From Hanson to Camden: Australia’...
  • Palestine’s struggle against 60 y...
  • Rudd vindicates anti-war movement ...
  • Solidarity brigade fosters links an...
  • The politics of food
  • Workers and environmentalists need ...
  • Our Common Cause: Public tra...

    • read »General

  • Change, hope and slippery politicia...

    • read »Australian News

  • Climate group targets power substat...
  • Cultural sector hurt by cuts
  • Farmers descend on Melbourne
  • No TAFE fee increases and privatisa...
  • NSW budget a gift to big business
  • Public sector workers battling in N...
  • Qld socialists discuss reach out op...
  • SA budget outstanding for business
  • Threat to jobs and safety on NSW tr...
  • WA premier calls for GM product ban...
  • Xstrata emissions cover-up
  • Brief: Save Fitzroy Legal Se...

    • read »Cultural Dissent

  • Review: Oil industry mayhem
  • Review: The proud history of...
  • Review: The trouble with Ind...
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