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Headlines from GLW #804, 29 July 2009:


The Afghan war — unjust and unwinnable
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 July 2009
Afghan prisoners of war at the US military-run prison at Bagram, outside Kabul, have refused to wash or leave their cells in protest at their indefinite imprisonment since at least July 1, the Sydney Morning Herald said on July 17. »

Equal love: same-sex marriage rights now
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 26 July 2009
AUSTRALIA: A national campaign calling for same-sex marriage called Equal Love has been running for five years and has attracted growing support. Its focus is to shift public attitudes to gay and lesbian relationships through a campaign involving education and direct action protests. »

Pacific Islanders struggle against climate change
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 26 July 2009
AUSTRALIA: For Pacific Islanders, climate change is not a threat looming somewhere in the future. Rising sea levels and unpredictable weather are having devastating effects right now. Climate change has already forced some communities to leave their traditional homes. »

Unionist faces jail for not answering ABCC questions — abolish anti-union secret police!
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 26 July 2009
On August 11, Ark Tribe, a member of the South Australian Branch of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), will appear in court charged with refusing to answer questions from the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC). »

No new houses: Labor’s Aboriginal housing plan
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 26 July 2009
AUSTRALIA: On July 15, elders left the remote Aboriginal community of Ampilatwatja for more remote ancestral lands. They were protesting a dire lack of basic services in their community, despite repeated government promises to “close the gap” and end Aboriginal disadvantage. »

Honduras: The hour of the grass roots
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 July 2009
Three weeks after the June 28 military coup that expelled Honduran President Manuel “Mel” Zelaya, the Central American country remains shaken by a profound and dynamic popular upsurge demanding Zelaya’s return and the restoration of democracy. »

Is the recession really over?
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 26 July 2009
AUSTRALIA: On July 21, Access Economics released its forecasts for the Australian economy. It predicted Australia was through the worst of the recession. »

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Other Headlines


US escalates war build-up against Latin American revolution
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 July 2009
The US State Department and the coup regime in Honduras have publicly stated what many of us already knew: the June 28 military coup was not just directed against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, but also Venezuela and the unfolding Latin American revolution. »

Venezuela: Class struggle heats up over battle for workers’ control
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 July 2009
On July 22, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez again declared his complete support for the proposal by industrial workers for a new model of production based on workers’ control. »

Refugees: targeted in transit, forgotten when they arrive
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 26 July 2009
More than three months after a fatal explosion on an asylum seeker boat, only one new detail has come to light: Northern Territory police still have not formally identified the five people killed from the blast, ABC Online said on July 18. »

The climate movement needs freedom of speech
RESISTANCE!, 26 July 2009
The following open letter was sent to the Australian Youth Climate Coalition from Resistance. It is in response to the Power Shift 2009 conference in Sydney on July 11-13. »

ALP plans new terrorism laws after Jakarta bombings
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 26 July 2009
New anti-terrorism laws have been signalled in the immediate aftermath of the July 17 terrorist bombings in Jakarta. »

Private education: a rogue industry
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 26 July 2009
International students are big business in Australia. Enrolments peaked at a record 543,898 and generated $15.5 billion in export income in 2008. »

Obama should free the Cuban Five
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 24 July 2009

Zimbabwe:The struggle for a people-driven constitution
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 July 2009

Britain: Factory occupation a fight for jobs and planet
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 July 2009

West Papua: Indonesian impunity at Freeport mine
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 25 July 2009

Cuba: How the workers and peasants made the revolution
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 24 July 2009
»

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  • Cuba: How the workers and peasants ...
  • Honduras: The hour of the grass roo...
  • Israel’s illegal settlements expa...
  • Obama should free the Cuban Five
  • Peru: Justice for Santiago Manuin
  • Protests support democracy in Iran ...
  • The Afghan war — unjust and unwin...
  • US escalates war build-up against L...
  • Venezuela: Class struggle heats up ...
  • West Papua: Indonesian impunity at ...
  • Zelaya: ‘Democracy has a price an...
  • Zimbabwe:The struggle for a people-...

    • read »Comment & Analysis

  • ACTU job summit: Half measures and ...
  • Bailed-out companies to advise Qld ...
  • Equal love: same-sex marriage right...
  • Is the recession really over?
  • No new houses: Labor’s Aboriginal...
  • Pacific Islanders struggle against ...
  • Private education: a rogue industry...
  • Refugees: targeted in transit, forg...
  • Unionist faces jail for not answeri...
  • Letters: Write On: Letters t...
  • Resistance!: Solidarity with...
  • Resistance!: The climate mov...
  • Our Common Cause: Don’t fl...

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  • Green Left Weekly fighting...

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  • Begging and protests outlawed in Al...
  • Candy from the mouths of babes
  • Climate ideas restricted at Festiva...
  • Fremantle residents rally against u...
  • Ken Loach boycotts Melbourne film f...
  • Police Taser sets Warburton man ali...
  • Qld police misconduct exposed
  • Qld teachers still prepared to stri...
  • Rally against looming rail staff cu...
  • Thiess workers fight for jobs
  • Brief: Ramos-Horta discusses...
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