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Green Left Weekly issue #794, 10 May 2009
Venezuelan workers march in march in ‘battle for socialism’

A huge mobilisation of up to a million workers took place in Caracas on May 1 — the international workers’ day. » Boycott Israel campaign starts to bite

Motorola, Caterpillar, Veolia, the Tesco supermarket chain, and other companies across the world that do business with Israel are suffering losses due to a global boycott in support of Palestinian rights. » Pakistan: Workers and peasants resist fundamentalists and elite

On May 6 and 7, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zadari was in Washington to exchange platitudes with US President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai. » To save planet, end capitalism, Morales says

Bolivian President Evo Morales called a special press conference in New York on April 22. The UN general assembly had passed a motion put by Bolivia’s radical, pro-poor government to make that day “International Mother Earth Day”. » Venezuela, Cuba reject US ‘terror’ label

On April 30, the US state department released its 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism. » Tamils and the media's rape of truth

When it comes to reporting on the situation for the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka, with no reporters on the ground to witness the Sri Lankan Army’s carnage, newspapers like the Melbourne Age and the Sydney Morning Herald suddenly discover “reliable information” on what the Liberation Tigers of ... » Nepal: The people resist elite coup

“This is not just a Maoist movement”, Green Left Weekly’s correspondent in Kathmandu, Ben Peterson, said on the struggle that has erupted in Nepal. “This is threatening to become a new people’s movement, like the one that swept away the monarchy.” » Afghanistan: US civilian massacre sparks protests

“We ask the Afghan government to force the American forces to leave Afghanistan. They kill more civilians than Taliban”, an angry Haji Nangyalai told AFP on May 7 at a demonstration outside government offices in the western town of Farah. » Canadian academics support Tamil self-deterimination

The article below is abridged from a May 6 Tamilnet.com report. » El Salvador: Protests block parliament

Supporters of El Savador’s left-wing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) stormed parliament on May 1 in protest against attempts to impose a right-wing deputy as Congress president. » France: More strikes and protests planned

Frances’s eight major union federations held demonstrations across the country on May 1 — the international workers’ day. It was the third jointly organised day of mass workers demonstrations this year. » Iran: Workers arrest at May Day protest

The statement below was released by the International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran. For more information, contact info@workers-iran.org or alliance@workers-iran.org. Visit the site of Solidarity Committee with Iranian Workers-Australia, at www.unionkar.com. » Malaysia: Police invade state parliament

Police detained dozens of opposition activists, lawyers and legislators on May 6 and 7, as protests erupted around the ruling National Front (BN) removal of the opposition People’s Alliance (PR) state government of Perak. » Palestine:‘Watered down’ UN report released

The article below is abridged from a May 7 Inter-Press Service report. » Panama: Millionaire wins elections, left strengthened

Much has been made in the international media of right-wing multimillionaire Ricardo Martinelli’s victory in Panama’s May 3 presidential elections. Martinelli’s triumph has been trumpeted as a break in the recent trend of left-wing electoral victories in the Americas. » Peru: Indigenous uprising deepens

An uprising by the Amazonian indigenous people of Peru continues to grow and get more radical in the face of government inaction. » Sri Lanka: 2000 civilians feared killed in one night

More than 2,000 civilians were slaughtered by Sri Lankan Army shelling on the night of May 9, Tamilnet.com reported. » Sri Lanka: Elderly women starve in camps

The article below is reprinted from a May 5 Tamilnet.com report. » Venezuela: New pharmaceutical plant launched

“The country is not going to sink. Despite the world economic crisis, we will keep advancing in social and human development”, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said, inaugurating a new pharmaceutical plant at Las Adjuntas, Caracas, on May 3. He was speaking on his weekly TV program Alo Presiden... »


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