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Headlines from GLW #767, 17 September 2008:


How to crash a planet: Just follow Garnaut
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 13 September 2008
AUSTRALIA: On September 5, the government’s climate change adviser, Professor Ross Garnaut, released his recommendations for medium-term cuts to Australian greenhouse gas emissions. »

John Pilger: Western media justify Iraq, Afghan bloodshed
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 13 September 2008
Try to laugh, please. The news is now officially parody and a game for all the family to play. »

Bolivia: Fascist right launches ‘civic coup’
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 13 September 2008
“[Today] a civil-prefectural coup against the unity of the country and democracy has been initiated”, Bolivian minister of government Alfredo Rada declared on September 9, as a growing wave of violence by small gangs of fascist youth engulfed the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. »

Campaign grows to abolish the ABCC
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 13 September 2008
A sign-on statement calling on the federal Labor government to abolition the anti-union Australian Building and Construction Commission, and extending solidarity to any worker victimised by the ABCC, was initiated last week by Tim Gooden, the secretary of Geelong and Regional Trades and Labour Council. »

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The Wall Street ‘socialists’ save the rich again
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 13 September 2008
The Wall Street “socialists” are at it again — with another big-government takeover of privately owned firms, aimed at protecting the rich by extorting money from working people. »

Haiti: Human-made humanitarian disaster follows storms
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 13 September 2008
Below is an abridged transcript of an interview with progressive US radio program Democracy Now!, an independent program broadcast on over 700 radio stations. Visit http://www.democracynow.org for more information and the full transcript. »

Venezuela: New coup plot exposed, US ambassador expelled
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 13 September 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered the US ambassador in Caracas, Patrick Duddy, to leave the country within 72 hours on September 11. »

Wollongong demands elections!
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 13 September 2008
More than 100 people marched through the streets on September 13 to demand their right to participate in local council elections. The action, organised by Wollongong Against Corruption, was addressed by Vicki Curran, Paul Matters and Graham Larcombe from WAC, Peter Moran from the Greens, Jess Moore from the Socialist Alliance, plus others. »

Major parties punished in WA elections
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 13 September 2008

Same-sex law reform blocked
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 13 September 2008

Celia Hart — 1963-2008
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 13 September 2008

United States: Protests support the Cuban Five
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 13 September 2008

Papua New Guinea: Australian mining companies destructive role
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 13 September 2008

Western Sahara: Australian superphosphate not so super
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 13 September 2008

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