Headlines from GLW #777, 3 December 2008:

‘We are all Palestinians’

EDITORIAL, 7 January 2009

EDITORIAL: “An entire refugee family in one fell swoop was killed this morning as they took cover in their home, which took a direct hit from Israeli shells”, according to a diary direct from Palestine written by Laila El-Haddad and published on January 4 on Electronic Intifada. »

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Israel’s bloody assault on Gaza continues

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 5 January 2009

“It’s absolutely impossible, unbelievable, it’s a massacre.” »

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Australian protests in support of Gaza

AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 6 January 2009

Pip Hinman, from Sydney Stop the War Coalition, held a shoe aloft — in tribute to Iraqi reporter Muntader al-Zaidi — to roars of approval from a 10,000-strong crowd in Sydney on January 4. »

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World stands up against terror

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 January 2009

People all over the world have finally taken US President George Bush’s call for a “war on terror” seriously, taking to the streets to demand the biggest terrorist organisation in the Middle East, the Israeli Defence Force, immediately cease its terror campaign against the people of Gaza. »

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Gaza: Reality turned inside out

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 January 2009

When you read the statements from Israeli and US politicians, and try to match them with the pictures of devastation in Gaza, there seems to be only one explanation. They must have one of those conditions, called something like “Visual-Carnage-Responsibility-Back-To-Front-Upside-Down-Massacre-Disorder”. »

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Academic union urges immediate Israeli boycott

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 January 2009

The following appeal was issued on December 29 by the Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees. »

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Free Palestine: Israeli socialist speaks out

COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 7 January 2009

Isaac Shuisha, an Israeli citizen and student involved in the Palestine solidarity movement in Sydney, spoke to Green Left Weekly’s Simon Butler about the reasons behind Israel’s assault on Gaza and the campaign for a free Palestine. Shuisha is a member of the socialist youth organisation, Resistance. »

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Egyptian government feels its people’s ire

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 January 2009

Thousands of Egyptians have taken to the streets to protest the continuing Israeli aggression against Gaza and the participation of the Egyptian regime in the isolation of its population. »

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Child death toll soars in Gaza

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 January 2009

Between 1pm on January 4 and 2.30pm on January 5, 77 people were killed by the Israeli assault on Gaza. Of the victims, a staggering 21 were children. »

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Israel — an apartheid state

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 January 2009

In a 1969 interview, then-Israeli PM Golda Meir, referring to the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, said: “It is not as though there was a Palestinian people … and we came and threw them out and took their country … They did not exist.” »

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Venezuela, Cuba condemn Israel, offer Gaza support

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 8 January 2009

While Western powers and many Arab governments are complicit in Israel’s crimes against the people of Gaza, the revolutionary governments of Venezuela and Cuba have strongly opposed Israel’s war. »

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Stand up for the people of Gaza

COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 7 January 2009

[The following statement was issued by the Socialist Alliance on January 6]. »

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Trade unionists for Palestine

AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 7 January 2009

[The petition below is being circulated within the Australian trade union movement]. »

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The Flame: Arabic-language supplement special Gaza edition

GENERAL, 11 January 2009

With the help of Socialist Alliance members in the growing Sudanese community in Australia, Green Left Weekly -- Australia's leading socialist newspaper -- is proud to publish a regular Arabic language supplement. »

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Blood and tears in the streets of Gaza

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 30 December 2008

Gaza is under attack by one of the most deadly military machines on the planet — with even worse to come as Israel masses troops for a threatened ground invasion. »

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Climate refugees — the hidden cost of climate change

COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 3 December 2008

“If these people can spend millions and millions on sending troops to fight other countries, why can’t they spend maybe a couple of billions just to save people, like ourselves; the marginalised, poorest of the poor. Why? Because we are taking the brunt, we are the victims of these green[house] gas emissions, the pollution made by industrialised countries.” »

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Economic crisis: Rich make world’s poor pay

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 29 November 2008

The current global economic crisis has all the earmarks of an epoch-defining event. Mainstream economists now openly employ phrases like “systemic meltdown” and “peering into the abyss”. »

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Rudd, Wong on target for disaster

COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 15 December 2008

In the lead up to the November 2007 Federal elections, ALP leader Kevin Rudd assured voters that his party took climate change seriously and would follow a very different path from that of the anti-environmental Howard government. »

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Venezuela: The significance of the election results and the new struggles

INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 29 November 2008

Supporters and opponents of Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution have come out with differing assessments post the November 23 regional elections, which Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had defined as the most important electoral contest yet for the process of change. »

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Charges against building unionist dropped — a victory for all workers

AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 29 November 2008

The Commonwealth Department of Public Prosecution’s (CDPP) formal withdrawal of charges against Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) official Noel Washington on November 28 is a major victory for all workers and unionists. »

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Other Headlines

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Cuba: Eco-materials, hurricanes and...

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Gaza: Reality turned inside out

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Greek left condemns police murder o...

Indonesia: Tracing a path towards p...

Israel attacks mercy ship bring sup...

Israel — an apartheid state

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Israeli socialists condemn deadly a...

Judiciary under attack in East Timo...

Killing of two Saharawi students co...

Malaysia: Bicycle protesters for wo...

Malaysian socialist MP on the ‘...

Mumbai Attacks: An Al-Qaida attempt...

Palestinians in Israel declare stri...

Poznan climate talks: fiddling whil...

Sri Lanka: Tamil women and the stru...

United States: Struggle for union d...

United States: The Clinton era, mar...

United States: Victory at Republic ...

Venezuela, Cuba condemn Israel, off...

Venezuela: Big march in defence of ...

Venezuela: Chavez orders investigat...

Venezuela: Stop the killing of trad...

Venezuela: The significance of the ...

Venezuela: US-backed right-wing lau...

Venezuela: Workers propose a clean ...

Venezuela; Solidarity brigade sees ...

Venezuelan trade union leaders shot...

Western Sahara’s struggle for sel...

World stands up against terror

Zimbabwe: Call for mass action agai...

read »Comment & Analysis

457 Visa review released

A town like Alice: alcohol and the ...

“Desalination must be a last reso...

Big Brother ALP seeks to censor int...

Climate refugees — the hidden cos...

Coalminers call for no more coal, r...

Free Palestine: Israeli socialist s...

Internet: the final frontier?

Nationalisation — a key demand in...

No more Aboriginal deaths in custod...

Redefining ‘fair’: Labor’s ne...

Rudd, Wong on target for disaster

Socialist Alliance: ‘Israel
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Socialist Alliance: Rudd’s Whi...

Stand up for the people of Gaza

Stop the Tillegra Dam

Stop the War Coalition calls on Rud...

Strong surge in socialist vote in V...

The ALP and the right to strike

The NT intervention must be ended!

Trans community demands justice!

Editorial: ‘We are all Pal...

Resistance!: Climate action ...

Editorial: End the domestic ...

Resistance!: How to fight gr...

Our Common Cause: Public man...

read »General

Green Left Weekly’s $250...

The Flame: Arabic-language...

Green Left Weekly is taking a break...

read »Australian News

ALP retains control of NSW PSA

Australian protests in support of G...

Battle for the forests and water

BlueScope must open its books

Charges against building unionist d...

Indigenous leaders: We will never g...

International revolutionaries to ad...

Kimberley LNG faces mounting opposi...

Mary River dam delayed

Mural portrays Sri Lanka’s denial...

NSW public servants debate pay deal...

Pensioners demand a fair go

Protesters condemn 5% carbon emissi...

Public oppose road tunnel

Q-Rail cuts rural services

Sixth national conference strengthe...

TAFE teachers demand improvements

Trade unionists for Palestine

Unions rally — pledge not to co-o...

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