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Headlines from GLW #766, 10 September 2008:


The killing business: Australia and the arms trade
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 6 September 2008
AUSTRALIA: On the 90th anniversary of Armistice Day this November, Adelaide was due to play host to the largest military corporations in the world, who would be displaying the most sophisticated weapons that have ever been created. The planned fair was cancelled on September 7 by the South Australian government on grounds of supposed “violent protests” being planned. »

Public education: Rudd continues Howard’s attacks
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 6 September 2008
AUSTRALIA: In the lead-up to last year’s federal election, the then-Labor opposition worked furiously to narrow the policy difference between itself and the Howard government. »

Iemma and Costa dumped — now dump power sell-off!
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 6 September 2008
AUSTRALIA: The overwhelming public opposition to electricity privatisation in NSW has claimed the political scalps of former premier Morris Iemma, hated treasurer Michael Costa and deputy premier John Watkins. »

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Afghanistan: The bloodletting continues
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 September 2008
On September 2, nine Australian soldiers were wounded — one left in a critical condition — in an ambush in southern Afghanistan. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) claims the Australian soldiers killed several of the alleged Taliban fighters responsible for the attack. »

Bolivia: ‘No going back’
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 September 2008
On September 1, Bolivia’s National Electoral Court (CNE) ruled that it would not allow the proposed December 7 referendum on a new constitution to go ahead. »

‘We demand a reason for hope’
RESISTANCE!, 6 September 2008
The federal government’s climate adviser, Professor Ross Garnaut, told the National Press Club on September 5 that while climate change is “diabolical”, “intractable” and “daunting”, Australia is a “special case” and cannot be expected to cut greenhouse gas emissions to the same extent as other “wealthy nations”. »

Pulp mill’s future looking shaky
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 6 September 2008
On August 28, Gunns Limited announced to the Australian Securities Exchange that there is a possibility the controversial Tamar Valley pulp mill may not proceed. »

Qld unions to rally against ABCC
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 7 September 2008
“Construction unions across Australia are running the Rights On Site campaign against the union-bashing ABCC [Australian Building and Construction Commission]. »

United States: Three long years of neglect
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 5 September 2008

United States: No shelter from the storm
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 5 September 2008

Kashmir: Repression rewards Hindu far right
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 5 September 2008

United States: The Republican right’s new face
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 5 September 2008

United States: Protests and repression mark Republican convention
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 5 September 2008

Thailand: Behind the protests
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 September 2008

Venezuela: New mission, laws to extend popular power
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 September 2008

Cuba: Surviving Gustav
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 September 2008

Venezuela: Union movement rebuilds, industrial disputes grow
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 September 2008

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