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Headlines from GLW #805, 5 August 2009:


Macklin's Aboriginal housing blackmail — land rights, not takeovers!
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 2 August 2009
“We've had the gun at our head.” This is what William Tilmouth, Tangentyere Council CEO, said in response to Aboriginal affairs minister Jenny Macklin's triumphant July 29 announcement that the council had agreed to lease Alice Springs town camps to the federal government for 40 years in exchange for $135 million in housing upgrades »

Peace requires justice — why Obama’s Middle East ‘peace process’ is going nowhere
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 1 August 2009
Much of the debate about US President Barack Obama’s push for Middle East peace resembles the proverbial argument about whether the glass is half full or half empty. »

Government complicit in international education sham
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 2 August 2009
“The system here in Victoria for delivering quality training to both domestic students and international students is working very, very well”, Jacinta Allan, Victorian skills and workplace participation minister told ABC Stateline on July 24 in response to criticisms of Australia’s international education market. »

US war plans target Latin America
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 1 August 2009
With the June 28 military coup in Honduras, the agreement for five United States military bases in Colombia and the intensification of a dirty propaganda campaign against Venezuela, “the big question is whether the US will look at launching a war that will undoubtedly spread throughout the region, or whether it will decide to postpone such a scenario and attempt to continue dealing regular blows. »

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Iraq: The ‘withdrawal’ that wasn’t
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 31 July 2009
Zaineb Alani is an Iraqi antiwar activist living in the US. In this speech, delivered at the July 10-12 US conference of the National Assembly to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Occupations, she explains why the so-called withdrawal of US forces from Iraq does not mean an end to the occupation. The speech is abridged from the US Socialist Worker. »

John Pilger: Murdoch a cultural Chernobyl
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 31 July 2009
I met Eddie Spearritt in the Philharmonic pub, overlooking Liverpool. It was a few years after 96 Liverpool football fans were crushed to death at Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, on April 15, 1989. Eddie’s 14-year-old son, Adam, died in his arms. »

Rudd says poor to pay for recession
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 1 August 2009
We’ve heard it all before — especially those of us who can remember the rhetoric of the Hawke and Keating governments. A little pain now and everything will be much better for everyone in the long run. »

Sri Lanka: Attacks on journalists increase
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 2 August 2009
Months after the murder of prominent journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge in Sri Lanka, more journalists have been attacked as part of the Sri Lankan government’s war on free speech. »

ALP conference: The things Rudd failed to mention
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 1 August 2009
The national ALP Conference was held in Sydney from July 30 to August 1. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s speech on the opening day of the conference was full of congratulatory remarks about the greatness of his party and the way the ALP federal government had handled the economic crisis. »

Britain: Why the workers occupied the Vestas wind turbine plant
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 1 August 2009
The article below is an excerpt from a speech given by a worker from the Vestas wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight. Since July 20, Vestas workers launched an indefinite occupation of the plant in response to plans to close it by Danish company Vestas Windsystems. The speech is abridged from Savevestas.wordpress.com. »

Gordon Nuttall: tip of the corruption iceberg
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 2 August 2009
Former Queensland Labor cabinet minister Gordon Nuttall was sentenced to seven years jail on July 17. He was found guilty of corruptly receiving secret payments from two Queensland businessmen. »

Imperialism, people’s power and solidarity
OUR COMMON CAUSE, 2 August 2009
Socialist Alliance member Fred Fuentes is currently working in Caracas, Venezuela. Last week, he wrote back on the political situation there. »

United States: Bush’s birth control a disaster
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 2 August 2009
Right-wing, religiously driven sex education policies introduced by the administration of president George Bush Jnr have had disastrous results for the sexual and reproductive health of US youth, a July 17 report by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said. »

Climate change a present threat to Pacific nations
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 2 August 2009
Speakers from Micronesia, Kiribati, Tuvalu and the Torres Strait Islands described how climate change affects their everyday lives at meetings of 180 people in Brisbane on July 28 and 170 people in Melbourne on July 30 »

One bad Apple
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 1 August 2009

Swazis claim their democratic space
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 1 August 2009

Also in #805:


read »International News

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  • Britain: Why the workers occupied t...
  • Burma: Protesters arrested in lead ...
  • Colombia, Ecuador dispute deepens
  • Honduras: ‘The US must assume res...
  • Honduras: Thursday, Bloody Thursday...
  • Iraq: The ‘withdrawal’ that was...
  • One bad Apple
  • Peace requires justice — why Obam...
  • South African government workers wa...
  • Sri Lanka: Attacks on journalists i...
  • Swazis claim their democratic space...
  • United States: Bush’s birth contr...
  • United States: One thousand deaths ...
  • US war plans target Latin America
  • Venezuela cuts ties with Colombia o...

    • read »Comment & Analysis

  • ALP conference: The things Rudd fai...
  • Coal companies: ‘It’s not fair...
  • Fair Work Australia to rule on unio...
  • Gordon Nuttall: tip of the corrupti...
  • Government complicit in internation...
  • Holland picks new fight with West G...
  • John Pilger: Murdoch a cultural Che...
  • Macklin's Aboriginal housing blackm...
  • Population and consumption: Two sid...
  • Queensland climate summit organises...
  • Rudd says poor to pay for recession...
  • Rudd’s two-tiered health system
  • Steak sandwiches, potholes and work...
  • Support the sacked 457 visa holders...
  • Resistance!: Billionaires sa...
  • Resistance!: Liberals flag l...
  • Resistance!: Tasmanian ALP v...
  • Our Common Cause: Imperialis...

    • read »General

  • Green Left Weekly’s Figh...

    • read »Australian News

  • Climate change a present threat to ...
  • Deadly fire season ahead
  • Protesters condemn Labor’s ‘fai...
  • Students raise money for Palestine
  • Switch off Hazelwood, switch on ren...
  • Thousands rally for same-sex marria...
  • Brief: Back pay win for 7-11...
  • Brief: Locked-out workers in...
  • Brief: Protesters denounce N...

    • read »Cultural Dissent

  • Review: Saying something int...
  • Review: Spartacus: the slave...
  • Review: Wilfred Burchett as ...
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