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Headlines from GLW #790, 5 April 2009:


The summit with no answers
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 4 April 2009
The Group of 20 meeting of leaders of the world’s biggest economic powers was marked for failure even before it began on April 1. »

Defend free speech — oppose net censorship plan
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 4 April 2009
AUSTRALIA: “I’m a huge supporter of the civil society and the internet is the Wild West at the moment”, federal communications minister Stephen Conroy told SBS’s Insight on March 31. Conroy and the Labor Party remain determined to fence the internet in, joining a short list of countries that attempt to censor it. »

Hugo Chavez: Venezuela and capitalism’s crisis
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 4 April 2009
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), the party led by Chavez that has almost 6 million aspiring members, has also produced a document analysing the global economic crisis and the tasks for revolutionary socialists for discussion in its branches across the country. A translation of the document can be read at the socialist e-journal, Links (). »

Economic crisis: Women will suffer most
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 3 April 2009
As the economic crisis continues to worsen, with capitalism unable to stop the spiral towards a global depression that will plunge millions into poverty, women will experience the negative consequences more rapidly and with more severity. »

Australian Tamil hunger strike against genocide
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 12 April 2009
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ALP ‘fixes’ Aboriginal education
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 3 April 2009
Labor governments at state and federal levels are persisting with two unpopular proposals for education in remote Aboriginal schools — the scrapping of bilingual education and the linking of welfare payments to school attendance — despite opposition from communities and educators. »

Isolating Israel — lessons from South Africa
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 4 April 2009
The article below is by Salim Vally, a leading member of the Palestine Solidarity Committee in South Africa and a veteran anti-apartheid activist. A longer version is posted at http://www.links.org.au. Vally will be a featured guest at the World at a Crossroads conference, in Sydney, April 10-12. For more information, or to register, visit ;http://www.worldatacrossroads.org. »

The cost of exposing Sri Lanka’s murderous regime
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 4 April 2009
The article below is by Brian Senewiratne, who is from Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese ethnic majority and a long-time Tamil rights activist. For his uncompromising stance against the long-term oppression, and current brutal military offensive, against the Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority by the Sinhalese chauvinist regime, he was recently barred from entering Malaysia and was singled out and victimised by Canadian and Australian immigration officials. »

More international guests to attend World at a Crossroads
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 3 April 2009
Leader of the International Socialist Organisation Zimbabwea and former MP for Highfield in Harare, Munya Gwisai, along with two representatives of the external relations committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Le Vinh Thu and Le Gia Kien, are the latest additions to the growing international speaker line-up at the World at a Crossroads conference. »

India: Anti-poor policies made worse by crisis
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 4 April 2009
Kavita Krishnan is the national secretary of the All India Progressive Women's Association and a former president of the All India Students' Association. She is also a central committee member of the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) and editor of Liberation magazine. Krishnan will be an international guest at the World at a Crossroads conference in Sydney, April 10-12. For more information, or to register, visit World at a Crossroads. »

Switch off the CRPS — Switch on renewables
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 3 April 2009
A number of Climate Action Groups (CAGs) in NSW held a series of actions at federal MP offices on March 27. »

Freedom and justice for Tamils!
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 3 April 2009
This article is based on a speech given by Jay Nathan, a young Tamil activist, at a rally protesting the Sri Lankan genocide against the people of Tamil Eelam, in Sydney on March 28. »

‘I decided to do something about it’
RESISTANCE!, 4 April 2009
As capitalism sinks into a growing crisis of war and economic meltdown, people around the world are waking up to the fact that something is drastically wrong with the system that is throwing millions into poverty, wrecking our climate and turning entire countries into battlefields. »

Victorian government cuts public sector wages
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 4 April 2009

Filippino military rebel: ‘We need system change’
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 4 April 2009

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  • Britain: Left alliance formed for E...
  • Britain: Thousands protest G20, cop...
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  • G20 Summit ‘entrusts beef to vult...
  • Hugo Chavez: Venezuela and capitali...
  • India: Anti-poor policies made wors...
  • Iraq techers appeal for support
  • Isolating Israel — lessons fro...
  • Israel: Court endorses racist march...
  • Israeli economy hurt by boycott
  • Nepal: A visit to a rebel army
  • Pakistan: Between imperialist drone...
  • The cost of exposing Sri Lanka’...
  • The summit with no answers
  • United States: Massive protest chal...
  • United States: Unemployment jumps
  • United States:The fight against for...
  • Venezuela promotes Arab-Latin Ameri...
  • Venezuela: Measures to protect the ...
  • Venezuela: Right-wing teachers' str...
  • Victorian government cuts public se...
  • Workers occupy Visteon plants in Ir...

    • read »Comment & Analysis

  • ALP ‘fixes’ Aboriginal ed...
  • Defend free speech — oppose net c...
  • Eco-activist spotlight: Aiming for ...
  • Economic crisis: Women will suffer ...
  • Freedom and justice for Tamils!
  • No ABCC-lite!
  • Renewed struggles against privatisa...
  • Safe as houses?
  • Switch off the CRPS — Switch on r...
  • Unions step up campaign to abolish ...
  • Victory for Blue Wedges paddlers
  • Resistance!: ‘I decided to...
  • Resistance!: Pope ‘manipul...
  • Editorial: Their crisis, our...
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  • CPRS won’t meet challenge of c...
  • Government savages job centres
  • Hundreds rally against Black deaths...
  • Indigenous land claim resolved
  • Melbourne marks Palestine Solidarit...
  • Monash activist disciplined for Pal...
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  • Qantas workers strike
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