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Headlines from GLW #770, 15 October 2008:


Don't pay for a failed system
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 11 October 2008
“Meltdown” is a word that one hears a lot on the news these days. »

Afghan war: Unwinnable, unjust — end it now!
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 11 October 2008
Britain’s most senior military commander in Afghanistan, Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith, told the British media about the US/NATO occupation of Afghanistan that “We are not going to win this war”. »

West Papuans demand their freedom
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 10 October 2008
“The right of self-determination is important because it’s part of the pure principle of democracy”, Jacob Rumbiak, foreign affairs co-ordinator of the West Papua National Authority (WPNA), explained to Green Left Weekly during the national conference of the Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) on September 13-14. »

Garnaut final report met with protest
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 10 October 2008

350 new subscriptions: an investment in people's power
GENERAL, 11 October 2008
Green Left Weekly is launching a campaign for an extra 350 subscriptions before the end of 2008. Every new subscription helps build a people-powered movement for change and you can help us! »

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Other Headlines


Methane study reveals serious new climate threat
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 10 October 2008
Millions of tonnes of the potent greenhouse gas methane have apparently begun leaking from the seabed beneath wide areas of the Arctic Ocean, the British Independent reported on September 23. »

Canada: Media giant sues pro-Palestinian activists
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 10 October 2008
Canada’s largest media group is suing Palestinian solidarity activists who created a parody version of the Vancouver Sun newspaper. »

John Pilger: The fall of Mbeki — the hidden truth
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 10 October 2008
The political rupture in South Africa is being presented in the outside world as the personal tragedy and humiliation of one man, Thabo Mbeki. It is reminiscent of the beatification of Nelson Mandela at the death of apartheid. »

Bolivian indigenous people lead democracy struggle
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 10 October 2008
A popular uprising in Bolivia is defending its government and democratic institutions against US-inspired minority violence. »

Sydney's transport crisis: build railways, not roads
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 11 October 2008
There has been intense media speculation on the fate of New South Wales infrastructure plans following the “discovery” of a supposed $20 billion dollar “black hole” in the NSW budget, announced by departing treasurer Michael Costa on September 5. »

From Clarrie O'Shea to the ABCC - the struggle for union rights
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 11 October 2008
The campaign against the jailing of tramways union leader Clarrie O’Shea, in Melbourne in May 1969, for refusing to pay fines imposed under the infamous anti-union penal powers of the time is rich with lessons for today’s campaign against the Australian Building and Construction Commission’s (ABCC) witch hunt of construction unionists. »

Ecuador: New progressive constitution adopted
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 10 October 2008

El Salvador: Delegation exposes US interference
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 11 October 2008

Peruvian government in crisis
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 11 October 2008

Climate emergency: no more business as usual
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 11 October 2008

Abortion reform passed in Victoria
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 11 October 2008

Also in #770:


read »International News

  • A guide to the Wall Street meltdown...
  • Afghan war: Unwinnable, unjust — ...
  • Bolivian indigenous people lead dem...
  • Canada: Media giant sues pro-Palest...
  • Ecuador: New progressive constituti...
  • El Salvador: Delegation exposes US ...
  • John Pilger: The fall of Mbeki — ...
  • Latin Americans pay homage to Che G...
  • Mumia Abu Jamal: Fall of the House ...
  • Need versus greed: a different kind...
  • Peruvian government in crisis
  • Thailand: Right-wing mob riots outs...
  • The Asian implications of the finan...
  • The race to rescue the bankers
  • United States: Boeing workers strik...
  • United States: Labour board limits ...
  • West Papuans demand their freedom
  • World indigenous people’s meet...

    • read »Comment & Analysis

  • Banks are bastards
  • Don't pay for a failed system
  • From Clarrie O'Shea to the ABCC - t...
  • Methane study reveals serious new c...
  • Sydney's transport crisis: build ra...
  • Letters: Write On: Letters t...
  • Resistance!: Abortion law: `...
  • Resistance!: Who's Australia...
  • Our Common Cause: What role ...

    • read »General

  • 350 new subscriptions: an investmen...
  • Green Left Weekly's $250,000 Fighti...

    • read »Australian News

  • Abortion reform passed in Victoria
  • Climate emergency: no more business...
  • Devil in the detail for NSW public ...
  • Epic kayak journey takes petitions ...
  • Garnaut final report met with prote...
  • Industrial cops target building wor...
  • TAFE students outraged
  • Unionists to visit Saharawi Camps
  • Vietnam PM to visit Australia
  • Voices from Venezuela book launched...
  • Workcover under attack
  • `Shame, Anna, shame!'
  • Brief: Activist misses out o...
  • Brief: Labor MP joins Greens...
  • Brief: Protest against Afgha...
  • Brief: Speak-out for human r...

    • read »Cultural Dissent

  • Review: A confused critique ...
  • Review: Graphic reality of w...
  • Review: Hope, terror and you...


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