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Green Left Weekly issue #780, 28 January 2009
Greece: The revolt continues

The demonstrations that rocked Greece at the end of last year resumed on January 9, picking up where they left off before the holidays with a militant march of 20,000 teachers and students in Athens. » Sri Lanka: Genocide of the Tamil minority

There is a humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka, where the Tamil minority in the island’s north and east are facing annihilation at the hands of the Sinhalese-dominated government. » Eco-socialist declaration, call for global network

According to the signatories of the Belem Ecosocialist Declaration, “humanity today faces a stark choice: ecosocialism or barbarism”. » Venezuela: Constitutional reform campaign heats up

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on January 20 that the government would not permit violent protests by “the pitiyanquis [“little yankies”]”, according to the January 21 Ultimas Noticias. » Cuba leads way in children’s rights

Cuba is the top-ranking developing country when it comes to protecting children’s rights, according to a new Child Development Index (CDI). » Zimbabwe: Criminal health policies

Compelling evidence of the Zimbabwe government’s criminality in the area of health and human rights was released in Johannesburg on January 14 by Physicians for Human Rights in its report, Health in Ruins: A Man-Made Disaster in Zimbabwe. » Free Palestine, break ties with apartheid Israel

“Perhaps one day we will understand how wrong our actions in this region have been from time immemorial.” » What does Obama mean for the world?

More than one million people gathered in bitter cold in Washington DC to witness the historical inauguration of an African American as president. » El Salvador: Leftists dominate parliament after vote

The below article is abridged from a January 19 statement from the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, visit http://www.cispes.org. » Germany: SPD stumbles

Germany began a "super election year" on January 18 when the west German state of Hesse went to the polls for the second time in twelve months. » Hamas and Palestine’s right to exist

If Western politicians and media are to be believed, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) is an anti-Semitic, religious fundamentalist, terrorist outfit that forms part of an al-Qaeda (or, alternatively, Iranian) led movement to violently impose Islamic law on the world, and dedicated... » Memoir of a soldier of conscience

Road from ar Ramadi: The Private Rebellion of Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia By Camilo Mejia The New Press, 2007 312 pages, $45 (hb) » United States: People-driven change

The article below is abridged from a January 21 US Socialist Worker editorial, http://www.socialistworker.org. » Why Israel won’t survive

Once again, Israel demonstrated that it possesses the power and the lack of moral restraint necessary to commit atrocities against a population of destitute refugees it has caged and starved. »


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