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Headlines from GLW #763, 20 August 2008:


Carbon criminals, forests and climate change
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 16 August 2008
AUSTRALIA: It’s easy to get confused about forests and climate change. Deforestation and forest degradation contribute to around 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to the burning of fossil fuels to produce energy. Climate scientists say that preserving our forests is a quick, easy and cheap way to prevent further global warming. »

Behind the war on South Ossetia
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 16 August 2008
On August 7, after a week of border clashes, Georgia’s pro-Western President Mikheil Saakashvili launched a military attack against South Ossetia. »

Green Left Weekly's $250,000 Fighting Fund: Ripped off by the bank!
GENERAL, 15 August 2008

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An ideal corporate Olympics
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 14 August 2008
“Go Red for China!” was the slogan unveiled on the Chinese mainland by Pepsi-Cola, whose ubiquitous blue can will, “for a limited time”, be red. »

Channel Seven, the Olympics and censorship
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 16 August 2008
With the focus on media censorship in China during the Olympics, it is somewhat ironic that Channel Seven refused to run an ad encouraging PM Kevin Rudd, while he was in China, not to remain silent on the repression of the Tibetan people. »

Bolivia: Historic vote confirms will for change
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 16 August 2008
With 99% of votes counted, Bolivia’s first indigenous president won a crushing 67.43% vote in the August 10 recall referendum. »

Colombia: Urgent solidarity appeal
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 15 August 2008
The below appeal for solidarity has been issued by Peace and Justice for Colombia (PJFC), . Liliany Obando was a featured international guest at the Latin America and Asia International Solidarity Forum held in Melbourne over October 11-14 last year. Obando has been contracted to carry out work for Agricultural Workers Union Federation (FENSUAGRO), although she was never an official representative or member of a leadership body of the union. »

The challenge for unions
OUR COMMON CAUSE, 15 August 2008
When does a worker, even a casual or part-time worker, join a union? When it’s clear that membership brings better pay, working conditions and job security. Why, then, is union membership among workers at an all-time low? Because in so many industries union membership doesn’t seem to bring these benefits. »

Indonesia: Anti-gay campaign sweeps Jakarta
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 14 August 2008

Australia bullies Pacific nations over free trade
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 14 August 2008

Sudanese refugees to contest council elections
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 15 August 2008

El Salvador: Left challenge gathering momentum
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 15 August 2008

Brazil: Big capital takes over agriculture
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 15 August 2008

Venezuela: Land reform faces violent attack in valley
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 15 August 2008

Climate emergency rallies gain momentum
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 16 August 2008

Also in #763:


read »International News

  • Afghanistan: Coalition bombing kill...
  • An ideal corporate Olympics
  • Argentina: Who won the rural crisis...
  • Australia bullies Pacific nations o...
  • Behind the war on South Ossetia
  • Bolivia: Historic vote confirms wil...
  • Brazil: Big capital takes over agri...
  • Colombia: Urgent solidarity appeal
  • Cuba carries out new land reform
  • El Salvador: Left challenge gatheri...
  • India: Victory for Bhopal survivors...
  • Indonesia: Anti-gay campaign sweeps...
  • Indonesia: Union militant to contes...
  • Peru: Conflict grows, government sl...
  • Venezuela: Land reform faces violen...

    • read »Comment & Analysis

  • Carbon criminals, forests and clima...
  • Channel Seven, the Olympics and cen...
  • Habib still fighting for justice
  • No ‘performance pay’ for ...
  • Sudanese refugees to contest counci...
  • Letters: Write on: Letters t...
  • Resistance!: NUS tailors pol...
  • Resistance!: The Olympics ar...
  • Our Common Cause: The challe...
  • Our Common Cause: The challe...

    • read »General

  • Green Left Weekly's $250,000 Fighti...

    • read »Australian News

  • ’Terror’ trial nears end
  • 'Super Saturday' for public power
  • 'Super Saturday' for public power
  • Actions against the NT intervention...
  • BHP takes advantage of gaps in AWA ...
  • CFMEU leader contests ABCC charges
  • Climate emergency rallies gain mome...
  • Communities fight to save Mary Rive...
  • Comrade Issy Wyner (1916-2008)
  • Milk workers win pay rise
  • Nuclear warships to be banned in Ta...
  • Socialist Alliance to run in WA sta...
  • Socialists campagn for Marrickville...
  • Sudanese refugees to contest counci...
  • Sunshine residents organise against...
  • Victorian TAFE teachers to strike
  • Young activists take on Newcastle c...
  • Brief: Forum boosts campaign...

    • read »Cultural Dissent

  • Review: Lessons from the cam...
  • Review: Privatisation: the c...
  • On the box
  • Rod Quantock celebrates 40 years


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