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Green Left Weekly issue #716, 4 July 2007
Interview with Eva Golinger: US continues destabilisation push in Venezuela

VENEZUELA In the wake of widely covered opposition protests against the Venezuelan government’s decision not to renew Radio Caracas Televison’s (RCTV) broadcasting licence following its countless violations of the law and its role in the 2002 coup attempt against the democratically elected governmen... » Morocco committing 'all kinds of atrocities' in Western Sahara

WESTERN SAHARA Secretary general of the Saharawi Union of Journalists and Writers (UPES) Malainin Lakhal, currently on a speaking tour of Australia, spoke to Green Left Weekly’s Tony Iltis about the human rights situation in Western Sahara and the Saharawi people’s long struggle for democracy and self-de... » Bolivia: Decolonisation or disintegration?

BOLIVIA She stood out at the table crowded by journalists and onlookers who kept entering the room. Her white hat with an intricate band of weaving shadowed her face as she spoke out in the constituent assembly’s Vision of the Country commission: “I will never forget how they killed our ancestors ... » New high-tech superpower or US sweatshop?

CHINA In a move reminiscent to the 1947-89 Cold War, on June 15 Washington imposed a series of restrictions on the export to China of high-tech goods, including aircraft engines, high-performance computers and other technologies that might have military applications. » Timorese activist: Xanana doesn't offer a progressive alternative

EAST TIMOR East Timor is holding parliamentary elections on June 30. Many commentators predict former president Xanana Gusmao’s new party, the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), will form government, ousting the current ruling Fretilin party. However, a new government is unlikely to bri... » Iraq: Washington's 'meaningless' offensive

IRAQ “One week after American forces mounted their assault on insurgent strongholds in western Baquba, at least half of the estimated 300 to 500 fighters who were there have escaped or are still at large, the colonel who is leading the attack said Monday”, the June 26 New York Times reported. ... » Nigeria: General strike forces retreat on fuel prices, tax

NIGERIA Nigeria’s combative working-class movement has shown its strength and militancy. An overwhelmingly observed four-day nationwide general strike, which began on June 20, succeeded in rapidly forcing the country’s new president to back down on an announced doubling of value-added tax and incr... » Northern Ireland: British government covers up collusion in lawyer's killing

NORTHERN IRELAND Four years after an inquiry established collusion between British intelligence, the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the loyalist paramilitary killers of leading Belfast civil rights lawyer Pat Finucane, the Northern Ireland Public Prosecution Service (PPS) ruled on June 25 that there was “insuffi... » Israel launches new attacks on Gaza

PALESTINE Renewed Israeli airstrikes and ground incursion into the densely populated Gaza Strip have resulted in at least 13 Palestinians, including three children, being killed and more than 44 injured. » South Africa: Strike ends, COSATU declares 'victory'

SOUTH AFRICA After several days of intensive, sometimes heated, discussions and membership consultations, public-service unions voted on June 28 to end their national strike and accept the South African government’s “settlement offer”. The strike, which began on June 1, was the longest and largest... » Venezuela: United socialist party, popular power advance

VENEZUELA According to a June 25 Venezuelanalysis.com report, the formation of the new United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) has entered a new phase. Officials and party militants had met in Caracas the previous weekend at the “National Meeting of Candidates for PSUV Militants in Caracas”. Acco... »


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