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Headlines from GLW #792, 29 April 2009:


Refugees: Let them land! Let them stay!
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 24 April 2009
When an asylum seeker vessel exploded on April 16 while being taken to Christmas Island, killing five people, many of the critically injured were first transported to an offshore oil rig before being transferred to hospitals on the mainland. »

Who pays for the recession?
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 25 April 2009
On April 21, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd finally conceded that “it’s inevitable that Australia … will be dragged into recession”. »

Sri Lanka’s anti-Tamil genocide escalates
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 April 2009
On April 19, the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) moved ground troops into what it had declared a “no-fire zone” in the north of the island, into which tens of thousands of Tamil civilians remain crowded. »

Summit of the Americas: Left governments condemn capitalism, back Cuba
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 April 2009
The fifth Summit of the Americas, bringing together all the nations of the Americas except Cuba, occurred in Trinidad and Tobago over April 17-19. In the lead up, a meeting was held in Caracas of the nations that make up the Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas (ALBA — Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Honduras and Dominica). »

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Tamils rally for end to genocide
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 25 April 2009
Four hundred Tamils and their supporters gathered in Melbourne on April 23 for an emergency protest. It was organised in response to the Sri Lankan government’s latest brutal military escalation in the north of the island. »

Durban and the West’s racist hypocrisy
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 April 2009
The Durban Review Conference, held in Geneva on April 20-24, was supposed to review the progress made in implementing Declaration and Program of Action of the World Conference against Racism held in Durban, South Africa, in 2001. »

Nepal: Elite revolt threatens democracy
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 April 2009
Less than two weeks after the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) won by-elections in six constituencies across Nepal, it is facing fresh resistance by the old elite. »

Latin America: Summit reveals a changing continent
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 April 2009
The fifth Summit of the Americas was held over April 17-19 in Trinidad and Tobago, bringing together representatives from all countries of the Americas except Cuba. »

Biochar — menace or benefit?
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 24 April 2009
Sometimes you have to hand it to capitalism. It’s sheer magic the way the system takes promising concepts, hands them over to the market and turns them into howling social and environmental disasters. »

Abortion law raises its ugly head
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 25 April 2009
A 19-year-old Cairns woman faces up to 14 years in jail after being charged under Queensland’s abortion laws. It is the first time in more than 50 years such charges have been laid. »

ALP & Greens rule out free public transport
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 25 April 2009
Blacktown ALP NSW MP Paul Gibson has openly urged Premier Nathan Rees to make public transport free. »

Greenpeace report: Renewables are doable
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 24 April 2009
On June 13, rallies around Australia will launch a new grassroots climate campaign for 100% renewable energy by 2020. »

Victorian Trades Hall Council: ‘abolish the ABCC’
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 24 April 2009

Fiji: New power play in coup saga
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 April 2009

Vanuatu: Land fight intensifies
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 April 2009

United States: Support for capitalism limited
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 April 2009

Why the US still hates Cuba
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 April 2009

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  • Canada: Unions under rising attack
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  • Durban and the West’s racist hypo...
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  • Latin America: Summit reveals a cha...
  • Nepal: Elite revolt threatens democ...
  • Scottish unions, Nobel laureate con...
  • Sri Lanka’s anti-Tamil genocide e...
  • Summit of the Americas: Left govern...
  • United States: Support for capitali...
  • Vanuatu: Land fight intensifies
  • Who are the Tamil Tigers?
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  • ‘Rid the world of capitalism’
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  • Greenpeace report: Renewables are d...
  • More jobs or higher profits?
  • Power to the people campaign builds...
  • Refugees: Let them land! Let them s...
  • Victorian Trades Hall Council: ‘a...
  • Who pays for the recession?
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