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Green Left Weekly issue #760, 30 July 2008
What does Obama have to fear?

UNITED STATES There’s no way of saying this without sounding a bit pretentious, but I was in Chicago a couple of weeks ago. And the most instructive person I met may have been a frail old Black woman in a newsagent, who picked up a newspaper with a photo of Barack Obama on it, and thrust it under my nose. » Bolivia: Tensions rising as vote looms

BOLIVIA Tensions and uncertainties continue to rise as what some are calling a bout of “referendumitis” sweeps through Bolivia. » Sri Lanka: Remembering Black July

Reprinted from http://asia-pacific-action.org. Visit http://blackjuly.info for more information and documentaries. » Afghanistan: Increasing bombs, escalating suffering

The following article is abridged from http://asia-pacific-action.org. » Iraq: Britain responsible for prisoner abuse

The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) on July 10 agreed to a payout of £2.83 million to ten Iraqi victims tortured in custody by British soldiers in Basra in 2003. » Prisoner exchanges a defeat for Israel

“I return from Palestine, only to go back to Palestine. I promise families in Palestine that we are coming back, me and my brothers in the resistance”, newly released Samir Kuntar, one of the longest serving prisoners in Israel, told a jubilant crowd of tens of thousands in Beirut on July ... » WTO attacking the poor

The below is an abridged July 18 statement by Bolivian President Evo Morales on the current round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. The full version, with notes, can be read at http://boliviarising.blogspot.com. » Zimbabwe: Socialists call for mobilisations against Mugabe

ZIMBABWE The following article by the International Socialist Organisation of Zimbabwe first appeared in the July issue of Socialist Worker, newspaper of the ISOZ. Visit http://iso.zim.googlepages.com. » Latin America’s struggle for integration and independence

Commenting on how much the two had in common — same age, three children, similar music tastes — Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said to Mexican President Felipe Calderon on April 11 that “perhaps we represent the new generation of leaders in Latin America”. » Cuba: Celebrations of advancing gay rights

Several hundred Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and their friends converged at the Mi Cayito section of Guanabo Beach east of Havana on June 14, to celebrate newfound pride and launch “Together with You”. » Scottish by-election deals Labour savage blow

BRITAIN The British Labour Party and beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown were dealt a new, savage blow in the Glasgow East by-election, which Labour lost to the Scottish National Party (SNP), according to a July 25 British Independent article. » Guatemala: Agrofuel company represses Indigenous communities

Rights Action calls for protests against Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) policies that fund agrofuel monoculture. » Nepal: Elites manoeuvre to exclude Maoists

Three months after the historic April elections to the constituent assembly that has created a republic, Nepal finally has its first president. » Palestine: Ship to challenge Gaza blockade

Reprinted from Ma’an News. Visit http://www.maannews.net. »


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