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Headlines from GLW #761, 6 August 2008:


Six reasons to phase out coal exports
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 2 August 2008
AUSTRALIA: The export of coal is an important issue for climate campaigners to consider. Australia exports more carbon dioxide in the form of coal than its entire domestic emissions of the gas. »

Islam, racism and women’s rights
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 2 August 2008
A French court has denied a woman citizenship because she wears a burqa — a veil covering the entire body — according to a July 11 Reuters report. »

Refugee rights victory, but work remains
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 2 August 2008

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Guantanamo Bay: Who cares for this boy?
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 2 August 2008
His hair has grown, his voice sounds a little deeper and his wounds appear to have healed somewhat. But what isn’t clear from the first ever Guantanamo Bay interrogation video to be released for public consumption is that Omar Khadr is blind in one eye. »

Bolivia: Popular offensive in lead-up to vote
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 2 August 2008
With the August 10 recall referendum on Bolivian President Evo Morales and eight out of nine prefects (governors) approaching, the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) government, together with the social movements, has launched an offensive against attempts by the right-wing opposition to prevent the electoral process going ahead. »

Serbia: The war criminal Karadzic and Western hypocrisy
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 2 August 2008
The Serbian government last month cornered Radovan Karadzic, the former leader of the Bosnian Serb Republic during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. »

AMWU’s climate plan for manufacturing
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 2 August 2008
A survey of unionists in the heart of Australia’s coal regions shows strong sentiment for action to stop climate change. The poll, commissioned by the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU), surveyed 400 AMWU members in the Bowen Basin, Gippsland, Newcastle and the Hunter Valley. »

Sudan: The indictment of al-Bashir
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 2 August 2008
Below is a July 20 statement from the Sudanese Communist Party, which is waging a struggle for democracy and justice against the current regime. It is reprinted from http://links.org.au. »

Socialism or barbarism?
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 2 August 2008
From the first day it appeared online, the masthead of the Climate and Capitalism blog has carried the slogan “Ecosocialism or Barbarism: there is no third way”. »

Rudd’s secret industrial inquisition
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 2 August 2008
Former PM John Howard’s blandly named Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) remains under PM Kevin Rudd. It is prosecuting Victorian vice-president of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), Noel Washington, who faces six months’ jail for not answering questions about a union meeting. »

Unionists step up campaign against Work Choices, ABCC
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 2 August 2008

How to ease the rent squeeze
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 2 August 2008

Afghanistan The ‘good war’ continues death and repression
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 2 August 2008

Ecuador: New constitution vote as conflict rises
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 2 August 2008

Colombia: `Narco state' illegally uses Red Cross, Telesur logos
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 2 August 2008

Venezuela: Major bank to be nationalised
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 2 August 2008

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read »International News

  • Afghanistan The ‘good war’...
  • Bolivia: Popular offensive in lead-...
  • Colombia: `Narco state' illegally u...
  • Ecuador: New constitution vote as c...
  • France: Move to dismantle 35-hour w...
  • Guantanamo Bay: Who cares for this ...
  • Iran: West use sanctions and dialog...
  • New Zealand's fastest growing party...
  • Serbia: The war criminal Karadzic a...
  • Socialism or barbarism?
  • Sudan: The indictment of al-Bashir
  • The marginalisation of women in the...
  • Venezuela: Major bank to be nationa...

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  • AWU quackery on the aluminium indus...
  • Casino economy destroys super funds...
  • How to ease the rent squeeze
  • Islam, racism and women’s righ...
  • Refugee rights victory, but work re...
  • Rudd’s secret industrial inquisit...
  • Six reasons to phase out coal expor...
  • Letters: Letters to the edit...
  • Resistance!: Venezuela: Anot...
  • Resistance!: Women need a ne...
  • Our Common Cause: People pow...

    • read »General

  • Fighting Fund: Waking up from a dea...
  • Rev. Helen Cox (1937-2008): passion...

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  • Celebrating thge Cuban Revolution
  • Community rallies against hospital ...
  • Gold Coast feels the power of commu...
  • Lex Wotton to tour Victoria
  • NSW farmers take on BHP Billiton
  • Rally for the river
  • Truckies call off shutdown
  • Unionists step up campaign against ...
  • Brief: Action for Aboriginal...
  • Brief: ALP as bad as Liberal...
  • Brief: Cuban doctors inspire...
  • Brief: Picket closes CSR sit...
  • Brief: Public sector workers...

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