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Green Left Weekly issue #762, 13 August 2008
Venezuela: Bank takeover, decrees signal ‘new offensive’

Announcing the nationalisation of Banco de Venezuela, which will now be “put at the service of the people”, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stated during a live televised broadcast on July 31 that it would be transformed into a “socialist bank”. » Will Doha, like Dracula, come back from the dead?

Like the good Count of Transylvania, the so-called Doha Round of trade negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO) collapsed twice — in Cancun in 2003 and in Potsdam in 2007 — only to come back from the dead. » South Korean unions call for solidarity

Below is an abridged call for solidarity from the Korean Federation of Trade Unions against July 24 arrest warrants issued for the KCTU leadership by the government of President Lee Myung-bak, as part of a crackdown on the mass movement against the decision to allow US beef imports. The full stateme... » Afghanistan: Open letter from a persecuted journalist

Below is an open letter from Naser Fayaz, a journalist for ATN TV channel, which has been sent to human rights organisations. It is reprinted from http://asia-pacific-action.org. The Revolutionary Women of Afghanistan, http://rawa.org, “requests all its supporters and well-wishers of Afghan ... » Letter to Evo — statement of solidarity

BOLIVIA Democratic Socialist Perspective, http://dsp.org.au » Paraguay: New space for left struggle

The defeat of the Colorado Party (PC) in the April presidential election meant much more than a change of government in Paraguay. » Venezuela: Pro-revolution parties unite, unions split

Speaking on his weekly program Alo Presidente on August 3, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced important steps towards unity of pro-revolution parties in the lead-up to the November 23 regional elections. » Hypocrisy, human rights and the Beijing games

The Beijing Olympic games, which began on August 8, are shaping up to be a perfect reflection of our times — taking place against a backdrop of human rights abuses, terrorism scares and under a blanket of chemical smog. » Bolivia’s struggle for justice, against right-wing offensive

“Given everything that is occurring in Tarija, Santa Cruz, Pando and Beni, we have to denounce … that we are on the threshold of a real coup d’etat against the constitutional order”, announced Bolivian minister of the presidency, Ramon Quintana, on August 7. » United States: Obama and the elephant in the room

Much of the world is fascinated by the US presidential election campaign. » Ecuador: Chevron battles government, indigenous people

International oil giant Chevron is lobbying the US government to cancel trade deals with Ecuador over a court case where it faces a US$16 billion fine for polluting the Amazonian rainforest. » Inter-Palestinian strife as Israel continues attacks

A bombing that killed five Hamas members and a five-year-old girl on July 25 in the Gaza Strip has escalated tensions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories between the Hamas government in Gaza and the Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA), based in the West Bank. » Pakistani peasants rally against frame-up

More than 10,000 peasants rallied on August 4 in Okara, Punjab demanding the withdrawal of false charges of murder against the leaders of Tenant Association of Punjab (AMP). » Sri Lanka listed South Asia’s worst human rights abuser

The below article is reprinted from http://tamilnet.com. » Schwarzenegger’s wage cuts condemned

UNITED STATES Unionists protested on July 20 in San Francisco against the decision by Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to cut the wages of more than 200,000 state workers to the federal minimum wage of US$6.55 per hour, alleging he must do so because the state legislature has not passed a budget. » West Papua: Thousands rally for justice

“At least 3,000 people mobilized by the Papuan Christian Communication Forum staged a rally in Jayapura” on August 4, a Jakarta Post article reported the following day. »


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