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Headlines from GLW #814, 21 October 2009:


Copenhagen: rich countries push dirty deal
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 17 October 2009
Many have touted December’s United Nations’ sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen as a “make or break” chance to halt dangerous climate change. But the richest nations are on a warpath to make sure this “last chance” becomes a “no chance” event. »

Tamils flee genocide — refugees should be welcomed!
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 19 October 2009
On October 15, almost 260 Tamil refugees were stranded at an Indonesian port in west Java. They were refusing to disembark from the boat that had carried them from Malaysia and pleaded for the Australian government to hear their case. That evening they declared a hunger strike. »

NT intervention: ‘a land grab’
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 19 October 2009
The Ampilawatja walk-off national speaking tour is spreading the word about life under the Northern Territory intervention and the Aboriginal elders who have walked off their community in opposition. »

Socialist wins Freo council seat
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 17 October 2009
Socialist Alliance WA co-convenor Sam Wainwright was elected from the Hilton Ward to the Fremantle Council in the October 17 poll. »

Michael Moore slays capitalism
REVIEW, 19 October 2009
REVIEW: Capitalism: A Love StoryWritten, directed & produced by Michael MooreIn cinemas November 5 »

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Hugo Blanco: Indigenous ‘struggle for nature’
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 17 October 2009
“The world needs to understand the importance of the struggle in defence of nature”, Hugo Blanco, legendary Peruvian peasant leader active in the indigenous peoples’ struggle against corporate exploitation in the Amazon, told Green Left Weekly in late September. »

NSW Climate Camp speaks louder than words
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 19 October 2009
The NSW town of Helensburgh, an hour south of Sydney, is now gripped by a discussion about coal and green jobs after the NSW Climate Camp held over October 9-11. »

United States:: Right-wing attack as liberals retreat
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 17 October 2009
The heat is on the administration of US President Barack Obama. »

Honduras: Talks stall, British unions demand action
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 17 October 2009
An October 16 deadline set by Honduran President Manual Zelaya for the regime that ousted him in a military coup to agree to his reinstatement has passed without a settlement. Zelaya had warned that if his reinstatement was not agreed to by that time, Honduras would become “ungovernable”. »

Target 350: climate protests go global
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 19 October 2009
What do a Jewish congregation in the Alaskan town of Fairbanks, the Browniz coffee shop in the port city of Salalah, Oman and a Shanghai primary school have in common? »

Time for a surge in peace
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 19 October 2009
The eighth anniversary of the war in Afghanistan has come and gone. As Prime Minister Kevin Rudd considers yet another troop surge, for most Australians this milestone represents just another statistic, another number to skip over in the morning papers. »

Henry review to cut taxes — for the rich
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 19 October 2009
In May last year, federal Treasurer Wayne Swan announced the formation of the Australia’s Future Tax System Review, to be run by Treasury secretary Ken Henry. When the Henry review reports to government in December, its recommendations are likely to leave the wealthy smiling and the rest of us grinding our teeth. »

Afghanistan: ‘a war of fear, death, corruption, and poverty’
RESISTANCE!, 19 October 2009
High school student Malalai Noori gave the below speech to an October 10 rally against Australia’s involvement in the war in Afghanistan. »

United States: Struggle for same-sex rights grows
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 17 October 2009

Also in #814:


read »International News

  • Copenhagen: rich countries push dir...
  • France: Voters reject postal privat...
  • Greece: The right wing falls
  • Honduras: Talks stall, British unio...
  • Hugo Blanco: Indigenous ‘struggle...
  • Mexican gov't moves to smash power ...
  • Palestine: UN war crimes report cen...
  • Puerto Rico: General strike called ...
  • South Africa: Shack dwellers under ...
  • United States: Cuban Five campaign ...
  • United States: Interracial couple d...
  • United States: Struggle for same-se...
  • United States:: Right-wing attack a...
  • United States; Chomsky on the Cuban...

    • read »Comment & Analysis

  • Australia’s racism exposed
  • Ethical elitism on climate change?
  • Henry review to cut taxes — for t...
  • Is 350 the right carbon target?
  • Population is not to blame for clim...
  • Queensland locked in abortion stale...
  • Response from Balibo consu...
  • Tamils flee genocide — refugees ...
  • Target 350: climate protests go glo...
  • The good and the bad of the Greens...
  • Time for a surge in peace
  • Letters: Write on: letters t...
  • Resistance!: Afghanistan: ...
  • Resistance!: Rise Against bo...
  • Our Common Cause: What exit ...

    • read »General

  • Green Left Weekly Fighting...

    • read »Australian News

  • Abortion, corruption and cops
  • Circumstantial evidence convicts ...
  • Cuba brigade promises insight, insp...
  • NSW Climate Camp speaks louder than...
  • NT intervention: ‘a land grab’
  • Racism begets violence in Alice Spr...
  • Rudd abandons Australia’s first s...
  • SA attorney general: ‘Indigenous ...
  • Socialist wins Freo council seat
  • Solar Systems workers demand
  • TAC tells Rudd to “go back home
  • Brief: ‘Bring the troops h...
  • Brief: ‘Stop toxic racism!...
  • Brief: Just transition tour:...
  • Brief: Latin American commun...

    • read »Cultural Dissent

  • Review: Global warming: plag...
  • Review: Michael Moore slays ...
  • Review: NITV: A voice for Ab...
  • Mary Travers: the music will endure...
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