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Green Left Weekly issue #748, 30 April 2008
Haiti: Hunger made in the USA

HAITI The early April food riots in Haiti were a product of decades-long neoliberal economic policies foisted on the poverty-stricken nation. Since 2007, prices for a number of essential foods, including rice, rose by about 50%. » Venezuelan workers' movement at a crossroads

VENEZUELA First came the decision by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on April 9 to re-nationalise the Sidor steel plant, privatised by a pre-Chavez government in 1997, after a long workers’ struggle. » Right-wing revolt threatens Bolivia

BOLIVIA “Bolivia is on the verge of exploding”, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned on April 21. » US dockworkers to strike against war on May Day

UNITED STATES In an unannounced visit to Baghdad on April 20, US Secretary Condoleezza Rice praised Nuri al Maliki, Iraq’s Shiite prime minister, for “ordering” a military offensive last month in the Iraqi seaport city of Basra against anti-occupation Shiite cleric Moqtada al Sadr’s Mahdi Army militia. » The Olympics, sportswear and super-exploitation

Below is an abridged April 21 statement by the International Trade Union Confederation. » Malaysia: People’s Alliance ready to topple government?

MALAYSIA Evo’s ‘ten commandments’ to save the planet

BOLIVIA The message delivered by Bolivia’s indigenous president couldn’t be clearer: “If we want to save the planet, we have to put an end to and eradicate the capitalist model.” » Israel steps up killings as Hamas offers peace

PALESTINE On the evening of April 21, 60-year-old Fatin Abu Daqqa died after being refused permission by Israeli occupation forces to leave the Gaza Strip for medical treatment. » Paraguay: Left wins election, ends one-party rule

PARAGUAY Left-wing former bishop Fernando Lugo won Paraguay’s presidential election on April 20 with 41% of the vote, according to an April 21 AFP report. » Cuban permaculturalist: How Cuba made a ‘green revolution’

CUBA In the Worldwide Fund for Nature’s 2007 report, Cuba was the only country listed as having an ecologically sustainable economy. Cuban permaculturalist Roberto Perez recently completed an Australian tour, speaking to over 5000 people, describing how Cuba carried out a “green revolution”... » Chile: Protests for contraceptive pill

CHILE More than 20,000 people marched on April 22 through the streets of Santiago to demonstrate their rejection of the Constitutional Court’s ruling, which last week banned the distribution of the morning-after pill through the public health care system. » Iraq: Rice praises bloody assault on anti-occupation forces

IRAQ In an unannounced visit to Baghdad on April 20, US Secretary Condoleezza Rice praised Nuri al Maliki, Iraq’s Shiite prime minister, for “ordering” a military offensive last month in the Iraqi seaport city of Basra against anti-occupation Shiite cleric Moqtada al Sadr’s Mahdi Army... » South African workers score victory for Zimbabwean people

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomes the statement by a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson that the China Ocean Shipping Company, which owns the An Yue Jiang, has decided to recall the ship because Zimbabwe cannot take delivery of the 77 tonnes of weapons and ammunition on... » West Papuan students protest for sovereignty

WEST PAPUA Below is an abridged April 22 statement by the Institute for Papuan Advocacy and Human Rights. A statement the following day reported that the seven arrested students had been released. »


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