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Green Left Weekly issue #781, 4 February 2009
Bolivia: Celebrations as constitution passed

After Bolivia’s new constitution that greatly expands rights for the indigenous majority was passed in a national referendum on January 25, thousands gathered in La Paz to celebrate. » Iceland: Protests bring down government

Ongoing mass demonstrations in response to a severe economic crisis has led to the collapse of the Icelandic government. Prime Minister Geir Haarde resigned on January 23 along with the whole government cabinet. » Nepalese Maoists gear-up to take to the streets

A senior leader of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M), CP Gajurel stated that the Maoists are prepared to unleash yet another “massive” struggle to institutionalise the Nepal’s new republic, According to a January 4 NepalNews.com article. » Venezuela: Popular mobilisation for “yes” vote

At a rally of tens of thousands in Plaza Caracas on January 23, President Hugo Chavez called on Venezuelan workers to mobilise for the electoral battle for the “Yes” campaign for a vote in the February 15 referendum in favour of a constitutional amendment to abolish the two-term limit on e... » Israel fails to stop Palestine’s struggle for freedom

“What truce are they talking about. We work on the land just like farmers. We don’t have bombs. These people don’t want to make any truce”, Khalil Mohamed Breaim told Al Jazeera on January 28. » Sri Lanka: A war on Tamils

The “war” that is going on in Sri Lanka is a liberation struggle of the Tamil people for their right to self-determination, which would enable them to exist with equality, dignity and safety in the area of historical habitation of the Tamil people — the north and the east of Sri Lanka... » Capitalism’s burning house

John Bellamy Foster is editor of US socialist publication Monthly Review, professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and author of a number of books including Marx’s Ecology. This interview with him on the economic crisis is republished with permission from WIN magazine, the journal of the... » Antarctic warming rapidly say scientists

Yet another global warming sceptic argument has bitten the dust with the release of new research indicating that Antarctica is warming rapidly. » Bolivian VP:‘We are consolidating our process of change’

On January 25, the people of Bolivia voted overwhelming to approve a new constitution, a demand first raised by the indigenous movements in the early 1990s. » Indigenous activists send SOS for the Amazon

BRAZIL A human banner made up of more than 1000 people, seen and photographed from the air, sent the message “SOS Amazon” to the world, in the first action taken by indigenous people hours before the opening in northern Brazil on January 27 of the 2009 World Social Forum (WSF). » France: General strike hits

“Huge crowds have taken to the streets in France to protest over the handling of the economic crisis, causing disruption to rail and air services”, according to a January 29 BBC News report. » Israel: Jews and Arabs refusing to be enemies

The article below is reprinted from http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org. For more information, contact the Communist Party of Israel, http://www.maki.org.il, info@maki.org.il. » Mark Steel: The real source of terror

The worrying part about whether the ceasefire in Gaza can hold together will be whether the international community can stop the flow of arms to the terrorists. » Why the West backs Israel — and how to make it stop

Israel is an apartheid state. This is the explanation for the appallingly assymetrical nature of the Israel-Palestine conflict, graphically demonstrated in the latest carnage in Gaza. »


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