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Green Left Weekly issue #771, 22 October 2008
Refounding Bolivia: struggle for the new constitution

Bolivian President Evo Morales has called for a national referendum on the country’s new draft constitution on December 7. » Cuban Five case exposes US hypocrisy

The case of the Cuban Five, five Cubans who have spent the past 10 years in US jails for the undercover gathering of intelligence on terrorism against their country, provides further evidence of the hypocrisy of US rhetoric about fighting terrorism and supporting human rights. » France: For a left that stops making excuses

Hand in hand with the struggles of French workers and students has been the massive growth in popularity of postal worker and Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) spokesperson Olivier Besancenot. » France: New Anticapitalist Party gains momentum

In August, over 1300 people attended the Revolutionary Communist League’s (LCR) annual “Summer University”. » Milk scandal: capitalism threatens babies

The recent infant milk formula scandal in China, in which at least four babies have died and over 50,000 have become sick due to poisoning with the industrial chemical melamine, highlights the way capitalism cannot guarantee the health and well being of people — particularly the most vulnerable... » NZ McDonald’s workers strike for wages, fair trade coffee

On October 10, McDonald’s workers who are members of the Unite union, as well as community fair trade groups held a protest outside Queen Street McDonald’s in Auckland. » The Latin American alternative: a new financial system

As stock markets crashed and a global credit squeeze threatened global economies, Latin American governments pushed ahead with plans for a new financial architecture, to replace the current bankrupt system. » ‘The end of neoliberalism’

The interview below was carried out by Argentinean newspaper Pagina 12 with Monthly Review editor and Marxist economist John Bellamy Foster. It was posted on http://www.mrzine.monthylreview.org on October 10, from which the version below is abridged. The full version is included as part of a wide... » ‘The worst of all crises’

The developed capitalist system is today in a crisis. » Britain: Anti-bank bailout protesters storm City

Several hundred students and other activists brought the City of London to a standstill in a flash protest on October 10, according to a report posted to Socialistworker.org.uk the followed day. » Canada: parody distributor SLAPP-ed

Distributing a parody newspaper may seem an unlikely crime. » Canada: Tamils protest Sri Lankan cricket team

Hundreds of Tamil people turned up on October 11 for an awareness and protest campaign in Toronto against the Sri Lankan cricket team. » Colombia: Uribe declares state of emergency

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe declared a 90-day “state of emergency” on October 9 to break up a six-week strike by the National Association of Judicial Employees (Asonal Judicial — AJ). » Iraq: Draft pact for continuing occupation

On October 15, the United States and Iraqi governments agreed on a draft security pact, which could result in US troops being withdraw from Iraqi cities by the middle of 2009 and from Iraq entirely by 2011. » Sarah Palin versus the moose

Ever since Andrew Johnson welcomed the New York Mutuals to the White House in 1867, presidential politics has exploited professional sports. It’s a foolproof way for politicians to show voters they enjoy competition, fair play and are salt-of-the-turf Americans. » Chicago sheriff stops evictions

UNITED STATES Bankers in Chicago are angry with Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart. » Nader leads Wall Street protest

UNITED STATES Independent presidential candidate and anti-corporate activist Ralph Nader led a protest of hundreds in front of the New York Stock Exchange against the US government’s US$700 billion Wall Street bail-out package on October 16, according to an AFP report that day. » Venezuela closes McDonald’s for tax violations

Venezuela’s tax and customs enforcement office, SENIAT, forced a 48-hour closure of all 115 McDonald’s restaurants in the country on October 9 as a punishment for tax irregularities, according to an October 10 Venezuelanalysis.com article. » Venezuela: Indigenous people make gains

On October 12, the National Day of Indigenous Resistance, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez delivered land titles to traditional land to four indigenous communities, according to an October 14 Venezuelanalysis.com article. »


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