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Headlines from GLW #780, 28 January 2009:


Free Palestine, break ties with apartheid Israel
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 23 January 2009
“Perhaps one day we will understand how wrong our actions in this region have been from time immemorial.” »

100% renewable energy — how do we get there?
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 24 January 2009
AUSTRALIA: The December release of the federal government’s climate policy left little room for doubt. Kevin Rudd — Mr 5% — is no friend of the climate movement. »

Water and the thirst for profit
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 24 January 2009
Wars are fought over access to scarce resources. The 20th century was dominated by wars over colonial possessions and energy resources. »

What does Obama mean for the world?
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 23 January 2009
More than one million people gathered in bitter cold in Washington DC to witness the historical inauguration of an African American as president. »

Top climate scientist slams coal, carbon trading
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 24 January 2009



Other Headlines


Who pays for the recession?
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 24 January 2009
On January 19, Access Economics interrupted the rosy consensus among economists that the Australian economy may avoid recession, arguing that the economy was already contracting and would fall into recession within the first three months of 2009. »

Greece: The revolt continues
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 23 January 2009
The demonstrations that rocked Greece at the end of last year resumed on January 9, picking up where they left off before the holidays with a militant march of 20,000 teachers and students in Athens. »

Our Common Cause: Climate change — the danger is now
OUR COMMON CAUSE, 24 January 2009
The fate of advanced human civilisation — and perhaps of our species itself — hangs in the balance. Fuelled by human-induced greenhouse gas emissions, global warming is advancing at a pace inconceivable to scientists just a few years ago. »

Sri Lanka: Genocide of the Tamil minority
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 23 January 2009
There is a humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka, where the Tamil minority in the island’s north and east are facing annihilation at the hands of the Sinhalese-dominated government. »

Eco-socialist declaration, call for global network
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 23 January 2009
According to the signatories of the Belem Ecosocialist Declaration, “humanity today faces a stark choice: ecosocialism or barbarism”. »

The new attack on native title
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 24 January 2009
The federal Labor government, in coordination with state and territory governments, is forcing Aboriginal communities to give up communal land ownership in exchange for future housing and infrastructure improvements. »

Venezuela: Constitutional reform campaign heats up
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 24 January 2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on January 20 that the government would not permit violent protests by “the pitiyanquis [“little yankies”]”, according to the January 21 Ultimas Noticias. »

Cuba leads way in children’s rights
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 23 January 2009

Zimbabwe: Criminal health policies
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 23 January 2009

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