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Headlines from GLW #759, 23 July 2008:


Rudd’s green paper = higher carbon pollution
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 19 July 2008
Whatever the final detail of the federal government’s carbon emissions trading scheme — the framework of which is contained in the green paper released by climate change minister Penny Wong on July 16 — there’s one thing we can be sure of: it won’t be of much use in cutting Australia’s carbon emissions. »

New report: Why troops should leave Afghanistan
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 19 July 2008
AFGHANISTAN: ALP defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon has used his first visit to the US to call for an escalation of the war in Afghanistan. »

Pope protest celebrates civil liberties win
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 19 July 2008
A spirited rally of 1500 people protesting against the pope’s reactionary policies took place on July 19 against the backdrop of an important civil liberties victory in the courts. »

The last lemming: World leaders betray us on climate change
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 19 July 2008
Soon after Australian government adviser Professor Ross Garnaut presented his draft climate change review on July 4, world leaders gathered in a Japanese mountain resort for an expanded version of the annual G8 summit meeting. »

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Venezuela: Encouraging steps forward for union movement
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 19 July 2008
“As a product of four weeks of meetings between the different currents in the National Union of Workers (UNT), together with important union federations, we have democratically decided, in consultation with the grassroots, that [on September 19-21] we will hold a national congress. »

John Pilger: Britain and the cause of fear and ignorance
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 19 July 2008
The British lawyer Gareth Peirce, celebrated for defending victims of miscarriages of justice, wrote recently in relation to the conflict in Northern Ireland. »

Bolivia: MAS, opposition prepare for recall referendums
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 19 July 2008
With the victory of an unlikely opposition candidate in the June 29 election for prefect (governor) of Chuquisaca, the number of opposition-controlled prefectures increased to seven out of nine. »

Against ALP corruption
OUR COMMON CAUSE, 19 July 2008
Supposedly due to “dysfunction”, NSW local government minister Paul Lynch sacked another elected local council on July 9. Based on the recommendation of commissioner Richard Colley, who headed up the recent public inquiry into the council, Lynch declared all elected offices of Shellharbour City Council (SCC) vacant. »

ABCC makes gains under Rudd
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 19 July 2008
Figures from the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) show that since the election of the Labor government in November, the commission has upped the ante in its witch-hunt of building industry workers. »

Renewable energy, not coal!
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 19 July 2008
An anti-privatisation rally calling for the expansion of “renewables, not coal” was held outside NSW treasurer Michael Costa’s Newcastle office on July 14. »

Zimbabwe: Union solidarity against dictatorship
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 19 July 2008

West Papuan students need justice
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 19 July 2008

Canadian MPs demand justice for Cuban Five
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 19 July 2008

Britain: New excuses to deny Chagos refugees justice
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 19 July 2008

El Salvador: US admits interference in 2004 vote
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 19 July 2008

Peru: Social rebellion spreads nationwide
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 19 July 2008

Venezuela increases Caribbean cheap oil deal
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 19 July 2008

Letter to Rudd: uphold Aboriginal rights
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 19 July 2008

Climate Camp blockades coal port
RESISTANCE!, 19 July 2008

The consequences of Miss Universe
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 19 July 2008

Wielangta and the forest wars
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 19 July 2008

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  • Canadian MPs demand justice for Cub...
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  • El Salvador: US admits interference...
  • Ireland: Britain’s spying slam...
  • Ireland: Doubt thrown on British Ar...
  • Italy sends wrong message with Tami...
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  • John Pilger: Britain and the cause ...
  • New report: Why troops should leave...
  • Nicaragua: Opposition seeks unity t...
  • Pakistan: The struggle for democrac...
  • Peru: Social rebellion spreads nati...
  • Venezuela increases Caribbean cheap...
  • Venezuela: Encouraging steps forwar...
  • West Papuan students need justice
  • Zimbabwe: Union solidarity against ...

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  • Anti-‘terror’ hype and the crim...
  • Bruce Trevorrow’s legacy (1956...
  • Desal plant picket shut down
  • Letter to Rudd: uphold Aboriginal r...
  • NSW government: defending the indef...
  • Rudd’s green paper = higher ca...
  • The consequences of Miss Universe
  • The last lemming: World leaders bet...
  • Victorian teachers divided
  • Letters: Write On: Letters t...
  • Resistance!: Climate Camp bl...
  • Our Common Cause: Against AL...

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  • Fighting the twin crises
  • Greens leader resigns
  • Join the next brigade to revolution...
  • Know your rights
  • Poll: Rudd is failing workers
  • Pope protest celebrates civil liber...
  • Power workers strike for new agreem...
  • Protests: End income quarantining!
  • Rally opposes corporatised housing
  • Renewable energy, not coal!
  • Struggle after Guatemala’s pea...
  • Wielangta and the forest wars
  • Workers for Anti-Discrimination Ref...

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