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Headlines from GLW #785, 4 March 2009:


Obama and the 'war on terror'
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 28 February 2009
In a speech to military troops at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina on February 27, US President Barack Obama announced that most of the 142,000 US soldiers in Iraq will be withdrawn by August 2010, leaving behind a “residual force” of 50,000 troops. »

Aboriginal women condemn racist intervention
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 28 February 2009
Since the intervention into Northern Territory Aboriginal communities began in 2007, Aboriginal people have been subjected to a national spotlight that has demonised the men and rendered the women virtually powerless. »

Could government provide full employment?
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 28 February 2009
Government has a responsibility to restore full employment by making an “unconditional job offer” at a liveable minimum wage to all who want to work. »

Emissions trading - how to avoid action on climate change
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 28 February 2009
The Rudd government’s proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) is not just bad, it’s dangerous. »

Cuba: ‘No one is excess’
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 28 February 2009
Cuba is struggling to exit the “Special Period” — as the period of economic crisis that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union, its main trading partner, in the early 1990s is known — and the trade union movement is helping to chart the way forward, a leading Cuban unionist told Green Left Weekly in December. »

Bolivia: Legacy of Che Guevara endures
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 28 February 2009
A half century ago, a young doctor and Cuban guerilla sought to bring revolution to Bolivia and was brutally murdered for his efforts. Forty years after the death of Che Guevara, hundreds of Cuban doctors have been welcomed to assist Bolivians in establishing a fair and just society. »

Colombia: 'Green fuel' kills
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 28 February 2009
In October 2008, Ualberto Hoyos, a Colombian citizen, was shot through the head and killed by paramilitaries. Was this part of a drug feud? Was Hoyos a sympathiser of left-wing guerrillas? »

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Cambodia’s missing criminals
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 28 February 2009
At my hotel in Phnom Penh, the women and children sat on one side of the room, palais-style, the men on the other. It was a disco night and a lot of fun; then suddenly people walked to the windows and wept. »

Israel expands settlements in West Bank
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 28 February 2009
The Israeli apartheid state, seemingly unconcerned by worldwide outrage and condemnation of its latest attacks on Gaza, has set about extending its domination over the occupied territories. »

A spectre haunts imperialism
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 28 February 2009
Kavita Krishnan is a Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) and an editor of the Marxist magazine Liberation. Krishnan will be a keynote speaker at the World At A Crossroads conference in Sydney, April 10-12. Visit http://www.worldatacrossroads.org. »

Sam Watson — socialist for South Brisbane
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 28 February 2009
One of the most prominent Murri campaigners in Brisbane, longtime social justice activist, Sam Watson, will contest Queensland Premier Anna Bligh’s seat of South Brisbane at the March 21 state election. Watson is running as the candidate for the Socialist Alliance. »

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  • Bolivia: Legacy of Che Guevara endu...
  • Cambodia’s missing criminals
  • Colombia: 'Green fuel' kills
  • Cuba: ‘No one is excess’
  • Eastern Europe at breaking point
  • Ireland: Workers reject bosses’ s...
  • Israel expands settlements in West ...
  • Nigeria: Oil giants sued
  • Obama and the 'war on terror'
  • Political prisoners in Mexico
  • Sri Lanka: Conditions ‘rapidly de...
  • The capitalist workday, the sociali...
  • US college sacks critic of Zionism
  • Venezuela: The revolution and indig...

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  • A letter from Maribyrnong detainees...
  • Aboriginal women condemn racist int...
  • Could government provide full emplo...
  • Eco-activist spotlight: Beyond Zero...
  • Emissions trading - how to avoid ac...
  • Letty Scott, 1952 – 2009
  • No to prison privatisations!
  • NSW Health: from crisis to malaise
  • Nylex succumbs to ‘oversupply&...
  • Sam Watson — socialist for Sou...
  • Letters: Write On: Letters t...
  • Resistance!: Fighting women...
  • Resistance!: Zombie Plankton...
  • Our Common Cause: Women's st...

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  • Green Left Weekly's $250,0...

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  • Climate coalition forms
  • ETU takes on anti-union company
  • Foster's needlessly crushes jobs
  • Hospital construction site blockade...
  • Pacific Brands cuts 1850 jobs
  • Student unions divided over Palesti...
  • Tackling climate chaos
  • Venezuelan victory celebrated
  • Veteran of apartheid struggle to at...
  • VU staff pledge rolling strikes

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  • Review: Slumdog Milliona...
  • Review: A fiercely independe...
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