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Green Left Weekly issue #784, 25 February 2009
Venezuela: Referendum victory advances process of change

“Today we opened wide the gates of the future … Truth against lies [and] the dignity of the homeland has triumphed”, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez insisted to tens of thousands of celebrating supporters after Venezuelans voted to amend the constitution to end term limits on all ele... » United States: Stimulus package falls short

The article below is an abridged editorial published by the US Socialist Worker on February 18. Visit http://www.socialistworker.org. » Italy: Right messes with medicine

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and others on the Italian right have had much to say recently about various medical matters. » Third World health crisis

If the gloomy predictions are to be believed, this crisis of capitalism will potentially prove worse than that of the 1930s Great Depression. » The rise of ‘socialism for the 21st century’

“For us there is no valid definition of socialism other than the abolition of the exploitation of one human being by another”, insisted Argentinean-born revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara at the Afro-Asian Conference in Algeria, 1965. » Afghanistan: Australian troops kill children, again

Five children were shot dead by Australian troops on February 12, near the village of Sarmorghab in Oruzgan province. » Report confirms Israeli war crimes in Gaza

The latest brutal attacks on Gaza have had a perverse effect on Israeli politics. Extreme right wing political parties have gained greater support in the recent Israeli elections. » Calls to end Sri Lanka’s genocidal war

Published below is a statement initiated by young Tamil Australians for Australian citizens add their name to in order to protest against the brutal and genocidal war being waged by the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) against the Tamil people. » Egypt: Strike against fertiliser export to Israel

The below article is Abridged from . This strike action follows the successful actions of South African dockworkers, whose refusal to move Israeli goods resulted on February 6 in a ship carrying Israeli goods being unable to offload its cargo. » Guadeloupe: General strike spreads

The article below is a statement released on February 16 by the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA) in France on the situation in the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, which are still French-run colonies (French Antilles). It is reprinted from http://monthlyreview.org/mrzine. » Scotland: Campus occupations for Gaza

On February 9, 40 students from Glasgow University occupied its computer science research building. This was just one in a series of university occupations by students across Britain — involving as many as 24 campuses at one point — in solidarity with the people of Gaza. » Threat of 25% drop in world food

World food production will decrease by as much as 25% by 2050 due to “environmental breakdowns” associated with climate change, according to the United Nations. » Zimbabwe: Free Jestina Mukoko

The health of Zimbabwean human rights activist Jestina Mukoko has deteriorated as she enters her third month in jail. » Zimbabwe: MDC surrender saves Mugabe regime

After the June 27, 2008 putsch by Robert Mugabe, signs were always there that the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) were headed for surrender. It officially happened on January 30 when the party hoisted a white flag on top of its Harvest House headquarters. »


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