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Headlines from GLW #764, 27 August 2008:


Public transport: make it frequent, make it free
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 22 August 2008
AUSTRALIA: On July 28, the Sydney Morning Herald revealed internal state government documents stating that even if prices for petrol, parking and road tolls increased massively, Sydney’s car use would still climb beyond NSW government targets by 2016. »

Bonded labour? Pacific `guest worker’ scheme
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 22 August 2008
AUSTRALIA: This month the federal Labor government announced a pilot seasonal worker scheme in the horticulture industry. Under the trial, up to 2500 visas will be available over three years for workers from Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea to work in Australia for up to seven out of any 12 months. Swan Hill in Victoria and Griffith in NSW, among other horticultural districts, are being considered for the pilot. »

Abortion debate heats up in Victoria
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 23 August 2008
The act of a doctor performing an abortion in Victoria has been listed as a crime in the Crimes Act since 1958. »

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Cuban unionist: The workers key participants in revolution
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 27 August 2008

Bolivia: Right-wing rebellion spurs left offensive
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 23 August 2008
Violent attacks on police officers, roadblocks, civic stoppages enforced by armed fascist youth groups and threats to cut off meat supplies and take over gas fields have all been part of what left-wing Bolivian President Evo Morales has denounced as an attempted “civil coup” by “desperate people” following his August 10 recall referendum victory. »

Colombian regime launches new crackdown
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 22 August 2008
Taking advantage of the political capital it gained with the Colombian military rescue of high-profile Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) prisoner Ingrid Betancourt on July 2, the government of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has launched a major crackdown on political opponents and social movement leaders. »

The vampire bleeding Australian cities
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 23 August 2008
The social impact of increasing petrol prices and mortgage costs, and persistent inflation, continues to deepen. The financial pressure on lower-income households across Australia has massively increased, according to Jago Dodson and Neil Sipe in their study Unsettling Suburbia: The New Landscape of Oil and Mortgage Vulnerability in Australian Cities, released through Griffith University on August 11. »

Peru: APEC, ‘free trade’ and Australia’s mining agenda
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 22 August 2008
On November 22 this year, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ meeting will convene in Lima, Peru. »

Nationalism, revolution and war in the Caucasus
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 23 August 2008
Since the European Union-brokered ceasefire brought the shooting war between Georgia and Russia to an end on August 12, there has been a war of words between Russia and the West. »

Africa forced to clean up after a party it didn’t go to
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 23 August 2008
“We are the creditors!” insist a new layer of African social activists, victimised by the ongoing Third World debt crisis but now gathered to fight back. »

A younger, greener council for Newcastle
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 23 August 2008
When you see the line-up of candidates running for Newcastle council in the September 13 elections, you notice the average demographic is seriously out of whack with that of the region. »

Paraguay: Lugo sworn in, Chavez pledges aid
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 22 August 2008

Telstra’s union busting plan leaked
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 22 August 2008

Sri Lanka: Let the Tamils govern themselves
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 23 August 2008

Venezuela: Boss's campaign of terror against unionists
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 23 August 2008

Struggle against pulp mill continues
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 24 August 2008

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  • Nationalism, revolution and war in ...
  • New Nepalese government finally for...
  • Pakistan: Dictator gone, but not hi...
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  • Peru: APEC, ‘free trade’ ...
  • South African social justice resear...
  • Sri Lanka: Let the Tamils govern th...
  • Struggle against pulp mill continue...
  • Tibet: China accused of shooting pr...
  • Venezuela: Boss's campaign of terro...
  • Venezuela: Pro-revolution candidate...
  • Venezuela: Solidarity sign-on lette...
  • Venezuela: Unemployment drops, grow...

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  • Abortion debate heats up in Victori...
  • Bonded labour? Pacific `guest worke...
  • Issy Wyner, 1916-2008
  • NSW community housing tenants pay f...
  • Public transport: make it frequent,...
  • Remembrance Day to be marked by arm...
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  • Sexism rears its ugly head again
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  • TAFE teachers strike against pay ri...
  • Telstra’s union busting plan leak...
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