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Green Left Weekly issue #772, 29 October 2008
Venezuela: Between assassination plots and abstention

Talk of assassination plots and rising concerns about a high abstention rate have marked the beginning of the November 23 regional elections race. » Bolivia: Right-wing push to stop change defeated

After three months of intense class struggle, there can be no doubt that the US-backed right-wing opposition to the government of President Evo Morales has suffered three important defeats. » Bolivia: ‘The people will decide’

“For the social movements and the Bolivian people, the approval of the new constitution is key to reversing the centuries of discrimination”, Julio Salazar, executive secretary of the Six Federations of Coca Growers from the Tropics of Cochabamba, told Green Left Weekly. » Anti-Palestinian pogrom on Yom Kippur

The ancient Palestinian coastal city of Acre was the scene of four days of rioting following an incident that took place on the night of October 8, when a mob of Jewish fundamentalists attempted to lynch three Palestinians for the “crime” of driving a car on the Yom Kippur religious holiday. » El Salvador: ‘Central America is changing’

“Its not only South America that is changing, but also Central America”, Margarita Lopez, a deputy in the El Salvadorian National Assembly and political commission member of the left-wing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), told Green Left Weekly. » Race, financial crisis and Obama

UNITED STATES The deepening financial calamity exposes how the “fundamentals” of the economy impact on working people in the US, particularly African Americans. The so-called unfettered free market system has been a failure. » Bhutan: A democratic facade to hide oppression

If you’ve read what the mainstream media has had to say about Bhutan in the last year then you would probably have a strong impression of Bhutan and its government: a monarchy that has “given up its power” and embraced democracy. » Britain: Refusing to understand the problem

They’re not happy, these bankers who’ve been forced to resign, are they? » Colombian regime cracks down on indigenous protests

Thousands of indigenous Colombians are marching along the Pan American Highway — which connects the south-west of the country to the centre — to protest militarisation of their lands by government and paramilitary forces, as well as the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. » IMF vultures circle Iceland

Faced with the complete collapse of its financial system, the Icelandic government has accepted a US$6 billion “bailout package”, which would include more than $1 billion input from the International Monetary Fund. » Malaysian opposition stands up to racialism and intimidation

Some parties in Malaysia’s ruling National Front (BN) government are trying to intimidate opposition parties and social activists, Socialist Party Malaysia (PSM) secretary general S.Arutchelvan told Green Left Weekly, a few days after the PSM’s sole federal MP, Dr D. Jeyakumar, had his car... » Successful Western Saharan union congress

More than 380 delegates participated at the sixth congress of the General Union of Saguia El Hamra and Rio de Oro (-Western Sahara) Workers (UGTSARIO) in the Western Saharan refugee camp of El Aaiun in south-west Algeria from October 19-21. » What will an Obama presidency mean?

UNITED STATES Republican presidential candidate John McCain has let the dogs loose. Apparently, he’s decided that if winning the White House means whipping up the right wing into a racist frenzy, he’ll lead the charge. » Venezuela: The inspiring voices of an awakening people

Voices from Venezuela — Behind the Bolivarian revolution By Coral Wynter & Jim McIlroy Resistance Books, 2008 316pages, $25 Available from Resistance Books »


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