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Green Left Weekly issue #722, 29 August 2007
Venezuela: Radical proposals spark debate

VENEZUELA On August 15 — the third anniversary of President Hugo Chavez’s victory in the recall referendum of 2004 and the 202nd anniversary of Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar’s famous oath not to rest “until the chains of oppression are lifted from my people” — tens o... » Bolivia: End of the new social pact?

BOLIVIA Having come out of an intense period of political confrontation, including the biggest mobilisation in Bolivia’s history, this landlocked country situated in the heart of rebellious South America seems on the verge of plunging into a new phase of open conflict. At the centre of this is the country... » East Timor: Fretilin leader calls for Australian troops’ withdrawal

EAST TIMOR Former East Timorese prime minister Mari Alkatiri has called for the withdrawal of Australian troops from his country. Speaking to Agence France-Presse on August 20, he said: “It would be better for Australian troops to just return home if they cannot be neutral. They came here to help us solve... » Western Sahara and the new international order

WESTERN SAHARA Representatives of Western Sahara’s Polisario Front (the Saharawi liberation movement) and the Moroccan government met in Manhasset, New York, on August 10 and 11 with a view to “achieving a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution, which will provide for the self-determina... » Latin America: Building an alternative to ‘free trade’

The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), the Cuban- and Venezuelan-initiated Latin America trading bloc that bases itself on solidarity and cooperation, is continuing to expand and develop as a genuine alternative to the US-pushed neoliberal “free trade” policies that have cause... » Chicago Black community to police: No more killings!

The Chicago Black community has accused the police of unjustifiably killing two unarmed Black men during the first week in August in separate incidents and abusing those who have come into the street to protest those killings. » Indonesia: New evidence links spy agency to activist's murder

New evidence has been presented in a judicial review of Garuda Indonesia pilot Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto — who was acquitted last year for murdering renowned human rights activist Munir — that links the murder with the National Intelligence Agency (BIN). » Iraq: US collaborators announce ‘new’ alliance

IRAQ On August 16, Iraqi PM Nuri al Maliki and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani announced the formation of a “new” political alliance consisting of Makili’s Islamic Dawa (Dawn) party, Talabani’s Patriotic Union of Kudistan (PUK), Massound Barzani’s Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) an... » Israel: Sudanese refugees deported

ISRAEL On August 20, Israel deported 50 Sudanese refugees who had entered the country from Egypt. The deportation went ahead despite 63 of the 120 members of the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) signing a petition calling on the Olmert government to allow them to remain in Israel until an alternative cou... » Scotland: Brownite MSP to be crowned Labour leader

SCOTLAND The official left-wing of the Scottish Labour Party has failed to get a candidate onto the ballot paper in the election of the party’s next leader. The August 22 Morning Star reported that “Any leadership candidate needed a minimum of five other MSPs [members of the Scottish parliament] to... » Will subprime crisis lead to recession?

UNITED STATES Following the first collapses among its lenders last year, the US subprime mortgage market began a sharper collapse in recent weeks, sustaining losses that an investment offshoot of Banque Agricole estimated in mid-August to be US$150 billion. » Promoting ‘democracy’ through civil disobedience

VENEZUELA In GLW #718, Jack Duvall, the president of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), published a letter in response to a couple of “errors” Eva Gollinger made in her interview “US continues destabilisation push in Venezuela” in GLW #716. Duvall denied accusations th... »


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