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Green Left Weekly issue #761, 6 August 2008
Bolivia: Popular offensive in lead-up to vote

With the August 10 recall referendum on Bolivian President Evo Morales and eight out of nine prefects (governors) approaching, the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) government, together with the social movements, has launched an offensive against attempts by the right-wing opposition to prevent the e... » Guantanamo Bay: Who cares for this boy?

His hair has grown, his voice sounds a little deeper and his wounds appear to have healed somewhat. But what isn’t clear from the first ever Guantanamo Bay interrogation video to be released for public consumption is that Omar Khadr is blind in one eye. » Serbia: The war criminal Karadzic and Western hypocrisy

The Serbian government last month cornered Radovan Karadzic, the former leader of the Bosnian Serb Republic during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. » Socialism or barbarism?

From the first day it appeared online, the masthead of the Climate and Capitalism blog has carried the slogan “Ecosocialism or Barbarism: there is no third way”. » Sudan: The indictment of al-Bashir

Below is a July 20 statement from the Sudanese Communist Party, which is waging a struggle for democracy and justice against the current regime. It is reprinted from http://links.org.au. » Afghanistan The ‘good war’ continues death and repression

While some, including US presidential hopeful Barack Obama and the Australian government of PM Kevin Rudd, attempt to present the US-led occupation of Afghanistan as a “good war” counterposed to the disastrous occupation of Iraq — seen as a distraction from the “war on terrorism&... » Colombia: `Narco state' illegally uses Red Cross, Telesur logos

Colombia is a “narco-state that applies and puts into practice state terrorism that affects the region”, insisted Nicaragua’s ambassador to the Organisation of American States (OAS), Denis Moncada, on July 24. » Ecuador: New constitution vote as conflict rises

On September 28, the people of Ecuador will be asked to vote on a new constitution, drafted over the past eight months by an elected constituent assembly. » Venezuela: Major bank to be nationalised

VENEZUELA Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced plans to nationalise one of the countries largest banks, the Bank of Venezuela, according to a July21 Xinhua.com report. » France: Move to dismantle 35-hour week

New laws were passed through the French Senate on July 23, which will see the virtual dismantling of the law that limits the working week for employees to 35 hours, which was introduced by the Socialist Party (SP) government in 1998. » Iran: West use sanctions and dialogue

On July 19-20, the latest negotiations over Iran’s uranium enrichment program were held in Geneva between the five UN Security Council members (the US, Britain, France China and Russia) and Germany on one side and Iran on the other. » New Zealand's fastest growing party registered

Below is a July 30 statement by the Residents Action Movement. » The marginalisation of women in the post-9/11 US

UNITED STATES The Terror Dream: Fear & Fantasy in Post-9/11 America By Susan Faludi Scribe Melbourne, 2007 351 pages, $35 »


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