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Green Left Weekly issue #746, 9 April 2008
Venezuela: A party in transition for the transition to socialism

VENEZUELA Venezuela will not be the same after the formation of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) — whose founding congress concluded in March. Nor will Latin America. » Clara Zetkin, socialism and women’s liberation

In 1910, German revolutionary socialist Clara Zetkin put a proposal to the International Socialist Women’s Conference that the date March 8 become a day dedicated to fighting for women’s rights. » Carbon offset schemes mostly hot air

BRITAIN A new British government “kitemark” suggests that most carbon offset schemes are flawed, but fails to address the more fundamental problem of paying others to clean up after us. » Market madness: The US economic crisis

UNITED STATES As the full severity of the mortgage crisis emerged over the past year, there were still defenders of the free-market system ready to counter every criticism of sub-prime mortgage peddlers and profit-hungry banks by pinning the blame on the real culprits. » Argentina: Agricultural strike suspended

ARGENTINA On April 2, after much dialogue with the Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner government, agricultural producers suspended for 30 days a strike that began on March 11. » Bolivia: Literacy drive progresses

BOLIVIA Burmese protesters imprisoned

BURMA Chevron owes Ecuador billions for pollution

ECUADOR Ecuador sues Colombia over spraying

ECUADOR European Court removes minimum wage Iraq: US-Maliki assault on Basra backfires

IRAQ “The intense fighting in southern Iraq is entering its fourth day, bringing pressure on the Iraqi government to lead the country out of its plunge back into the prolonged sectarian violence of the past. The ceasefire announced by Iraq’s biggest sectarian militia last August, appears to be in tat... » Kosova: For an independent bi-national federation

KOSOVA Since Kosova declared independence on February 17, it has been recognised by only 33 countries, while most are “waiting and watching”. » Palestine: Thousands mark Land Day

Thousands of Palestinians across the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and Israel demonstrated on March 30, the 32nd anniversary of the killing by the Israeli security forces of six unarmed Palestinian demonstrators who held Israeli citizenship. They were participating in a protest against Isra... » Peru: Arrests for participating in Bolivarian conference

PERU Human rights group Rights Action, in a March 22 statement, said it was “extremely concerned about the current violations of fundamental human rights in Peru, particularly the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the right of peaceful assembly and association”. » Poland: Protests against US base

POLAND South Africa: Mbeki’s final failure

SOUTH AFRICA The one thing that President Thabo Mbeki has to be given credit for is his consistency. Ever since he ascended to South Africa’s political throne, the would-be king has stuck doggedly to the fundamentals of a macro-neoliberalism that has underpinned this country’s developmental path for the last... » South Africantownship residents protest housing crisis

SOUTH AFRICA On March 24, 20 members of the Alexandra Vukuzenzele Crisis Committee (AVCC) were arrested after having re-occupied houses in Alexandra extension seven since March 20. They were released on free bail the next day, but were rearrested on March 28 for contempt of court. » Death be not proud (but it is cost-effective)

UNITED STATES Even from my bed on the opposite side of the room it was possible to see the gruesome surgical-steel staples bisecting Miguel’s head. » Venezuela extends solidarity to European poor Venezuela: 'Media terorrism' condemned

VENEZUELA Journalists, communications specialists and other participants in a Caracas conference during the March 29-30 weekend demanded that political leaders in the region put the issue of “media terrorism” on the agenda of all international forums and meetings in which they participate. » Venezuelan government dismisses 'FARC documents'

VENEZUELA Venezuela’s foreign minister, Nicolas Maduro, has dismissed the authenticity of documents that the Colombian government claims were found in a computer that belonged to Raul Reyes, a leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). »


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