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Headlines from GLW #807, 18 August 2009:


Global warming in the Himalayas — the threat to Asia’s water
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 16 August 2009
Pemba Dorje Sherpa is the world record holder for the fastest climb of Mount Everest. He toured Australia from August 11 to 17 to raise awareness about the drastic impacts of climate change on the Himalayas. »

Full access to RU486 — abortion is a woman's choice
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 16 August 2009
Access to safe medical and surgical abortion is a right that women have fought for and are still to fully achieve. They’ve kept fighting because the right to decide if and when to bear children is a cornerstone for women’s equality in society. »

Racism and ‘anti-terror’ laws — a threat to civil liberties
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 16 August 2009
On August 12, ALP federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland announced a discussion paper that foreshadowed a new raft of draconian “anti-terror” laws. The proposed new laws would give police the power to enter premises without a warrant and create new “terrorist” offences. »

Venezuela: ‘The revolution is profoundly young’
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 15 August 2009
Recalling the words of Les MiserablesVictor Hugo, United Socialist Party of Venezuela Youth (JPSUV) leader Heryck Rangel said “nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come, and today in Venezuela, the time of socialism has arrived”. »

John Kaye on the myth of energy privatisation
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 16 August 2009
Below is an abridged version of a speech by Greens NSW parliamentarian John Kaye at an anti-privatisation forum held at Parramatta Town Hall on July 16. »

CPRS defeated — now what?
OUR COMMON CAUSE, 16 August 2009
OUR COMMON CAUSE: The following statement is from the Socialist Alliance national executive in response to the Senate rejection of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. »

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Sharing the recession pain?
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 16 August 2009
On August 6, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released labour force figures for July that showed unemployment remained steady at 5.8%. However, while the total number of people employed stayed stable, full-time jobs fell by 16,000 while part-time employment rose by 48,200. »

Ireland: Conference discusses persecution of Basque movement
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 15 August 2009
More than 100 people attended a conference in Belfast on August 8 on political persecution in the Basque Country organised by the Don’t Extradite the Basques Campaign as part of Feile an Phobail (Festival of the People). »

Colombia-US military plan causes grave concern
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 16 August 2009
South American presidents have expressed deep concerns over a United States plan to increase its military presence in Colombia. They voiced their fears at a Union of South American Nations (Unasur) summit in Quito, Ecuador on August 10. »

Fight reinstates Geelong workers
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 16 August 2009
Two Geelong council workers who were sacked on July 24 for accepting free steak sandwiches from a Geelong club owner have been reinstated. The victory followed an escalation in the two-week-old dispute, when the Australian Services Union (ASU) members walked off the job on August 10. »

Christian right’s ‘faggot-free’ breakfast
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 16 August 2009
Two equal love activists were bundled off the stage at a Christian right breakfast held in Parliament House on August 13. »

Foreign Correspondent censors Venezuela’s majority
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 16 August 2009
The following statement was released by the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network on August 12. Visit www.venezuelasolidarity.org. »

Palestine: Fatah meets amid infighting, accusations
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 15 August 2009

Israel: Gays murdered amid rise of the right
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 15 August 2009

Unions should not support Thai fascists
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 15 August 2009

Kanaky: Resistance and repression of independence movement
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 16 August 2009

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  • Chavez: ‘The empire wants our res...
  • China: Privatisation sparks clashes...
  • Colombia-US military plan causes gr...
  • Ecuador’s Correa launches new ter...
  • Honduras: Eyewitness report on viol...
  • Honduras: US accused of being two-f...
  • Ireland: Conference discusses perse...
  • Israel: Gays murdered amid rise of ...
  • Kanaky: Resistance and repression o...
  • Palestine: Fatah meets amid infight...
  • Papua new Guinea: Melanesian land a...
  • The great G8 carbon con-job
  • Unions should not support Thai fasc...
  • United States: BHP in climate bill ...
  • Venezuela respons to Obama’s hyop...
  • Venezuela: ‘The revolution is pro...
  • Venezuela: ‘US preparing an attac...

    • read »Comment & Analysis

  • Foreign Correspondent cens...
  • Australian unions and the boycott I...
  • Christian right’s ‘faggot-free...
  • Full access to RU486 — abortion i...
  • Global warming in the Himalayas —...
  • John Kaye on the myth of energy pri...
  • Racism and ‘anti-terror’ laws ...
  • Sharing the recession pain?
  • West Papua ignored at Pacific Islan...
  • Letters: Write On: Letters t...
  • Resistance!: Fight for the r...
  • Resistance!: Retired coalmin...
  • Our Common Cause: CPRS defea...

    • read »General

  • Green Left Weekly’s Figh...

    • read »Australian News

  • Aboriginal language rescue: ‘cyni...
  • Cops strip prisoners: paper
  • Education union to fight league tab...
  • Fight reinstates Geelong workers
  • Industrial action certain if buildi...
  • Palestine solidarity tour rocks Bri...
  • Uni workers strike against job cuts...
  • UNSW staff campaign for new agreeme...
  • Brief: Balibo scree...
  • Brief: ‘Billionaires for c...
  • Brief: Justice for Mr Ward!
  • Brief: Rees and Campbell hec...
  • Brief: The anti-imperialist ...
  • Brief: Thiess workers’ dis...
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  • Brief: West Papua occupation...
  • Brief: Wollongong students s...

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