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Headlines from GLW #817, 11 November 2009:


Why Australia must welcome refugees
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 11 November 2009
Australia’s racist refugee policy continues to create greater horror stories. Over recent weeks, in a replay of the years of former prime minister John Howard, the prospect of masses of refugee boats landing on Australian shores have sent politicians and the corporate media into a frenzy of right-wing rhetoric. »

Afghanistan: an unjust war unravels — time for troops to leave
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 11 November 2009
On November 2, Hamid Karzai began another term as president of Western-occupied Afghanistan after being officially declared the winner in an election so blatantly fraudulent that his main opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, refused to take part in it any longer. »

David Spratt: Powerful working towards climate talks disaster
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 11 November 2009
The global community is supposed to be negotiating an agreement to contain greenhouse gas emissions to manageable levels. But with less than two months to the Copenhagen climate change conference, the big players are stuck in an elaborate game of chicken. »

Aboriginal leaders: ‘Rudd must change refugee policy’
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 11 November 2009
The following statement by Socialist Alliance Indigenous rights activists was released on November 4. »

Solidarity is vital for Indigenous struggle
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 11 November 2009
Three hundred and fifty kilometres north-east of Alice Springs a group of elders from the Alyawarr language group are sitting down in a rough, makeshift camp. Three kilometres away is their community of Ampilatwatja. »

Solidarity is vital for Indigenous struggle
OUR COMMON CAUSE, 11 November 2009
OUR COMMON CAUSE: Three hundred and fifty kilometres north-east of Alice Springs a group of elders from the Alyawarr language group are sitting down in a rough, makeshift camp. Three kilometres away is their community of Ampilatwatja. »

John Pilger: Cambodia’s holocaust remembered, 30 years on
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 5 November 2009
The aircraft flew low, following the Mekong River west from Vietnam. Once over Cambodia, what we saw silenced all of us on board. »

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Get on board a coal-free future
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 11 November 2009
Newcastle-based climate activist and Socialist Alliance member Laura Ealing is an organiser of the Just Transition Tour, a bus trip through NSW coal communities from November 20 to 26. She spoke to Green Left Weekly about the aims of the tour. »

Nepal: New uprising builds against governmment
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 November 2009
The Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (UCPN-M) has initiated a nationwide “people’s movement” to topple the government and anti-people forces. »

Venezuela, Colombia and the threat of war in Latin America
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 November 2009
The possibility of an imperialist war in the Americas came a step closer on October 30, when Colombia and the United States finalised a 10-year accord. The agreement allows the US to hugely expand its military presence in the Latin American nation. »

Venezuela: Socialists prepare for party congress
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 November 2009
Activists from the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) are preparing for the party’s second congress, scheduled to start on November 21. »

Honduras: Deal to restore Zelaya collapses
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 7 November 2009
The accord signed on October 30 to resolve the crisis that has brought Honduras to a standstill since the June 28 military coup has collapsed. The coup leader Roberto Micheletti has continued to refuse to accept the accord’s insistence that elected President Manuel Zelaya be reinstated. »

Union support escalates for anti-intervention walk-off
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 11 November 2009
A recent national speaking tour generated growing support for the Ampilatwatja community walk-off — an ongoing protest camp against the Northern Territory intervention. »

Treasury: ‘Recovery’ means real wage cut
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 11 November 2009
The Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) released by the federal Treasury on November 2 is upbeat. Revising the May budget’s projections for the Australian economy, it predicted unemployment will peak lower, growth will be higher and inflation will be under control. »

Iran: ‘The regime’s legitimacy has disappeared’
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 11 November 2009
Iranian activist Parveen Ardalan recently accepted the Olof Palme prize in Sweden for championing women’s rights. She was awarded the prize two years ago, but travel restrictions prevented her from accepting it. Swedish-based socialistFarooq Sulehria spoke with Ardalan about the situation in Iran. »

NSW plans billions more ‘black balloons’
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 11 November 2009
NSW Premier Nathan Rees launched a government “education program” about climate change in May. The “what you can do in your world” program urged householders to cut carbon pollution by using less energy and switching to energy-efficient light bulbs and electrical appliances. »

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  • David Spratt: Powerful working towa...
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  • Iran: ‘The regime’s legitimacy ...
  • Iranian government jails sugar unio...
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  • Venezuela: Socialists prepare for p...

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  • ACF responds on population
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  • NSW plans billions more ‘black ba...
  • Solidarity is vital for Indigenous ...
  • Treasury: ‘Recovery’ means real...
  • Union support escalates for anti-in...
  • Why Australia must welcome refugees...
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