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Green Left Weekly issue #795, 20 May 2009
Bankers' friend? The Obama presidency so far

The US Socialist Worker is running a series of commentary from a range of left-wing perspectives assessing the first 100 days of US President Barack Obama. Two contributions are published below. To read more of the commentary, visit www.socialistworker.org. » The struggle for Nepal

The political crisis caused by the refusal of the head of the Nepalese Army to implement instructions from the elected civilian government is continuing in Nepal. » Palestine: The catatrophe that never ended

Israel calls it the anniversary of independence. But for Palestinians, May 15 commemorates terrible ethnic cleansing. » Asain left parties support Nepalese people

The following statements are reprinted from Links, international journal of socialist renewal » Paraguay: Protests, rubber bullets greet criminal's return

Workers and activists gathered in the central plaza of Asuncion, Paraguay on May 1 to commemorate International Workers Day. Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, a former priest elected in April last year on a pro-poor platform, marked the day by raising the minimum wage by 5%, half of what many of t... » John Pilger on Sri Lanka's brutal war: Distant voices, desperate lives

In the early 1960s, it was the Irish of Derry who would phone late at night, speaking in a single breath, spilling out stories of discrimination and injustice. Who listened to their truth until the violence began? » Afghanistan: US soldier says sorry for occupation’s crimes

At an April 5 anti-NATO protest in Strasboug, Matthis Chiroux apologised to Afghan feminist Malalai Joya for the crimes of the US-led occupation of Joya’s country. » Statement against war on Tamils initiated by World at the Crossroads participants:

The statement below was initially circulated at the World at a Crossroads conference hosted by Green Left Weekly in Sydney, April 10-12. A selection of the much larger number of names that signed on are included below. To add your name to the statement, email stuartmunckton@gmail.com » Hugo Chavez speaks to GLW bureau: 'Socialism will save world'

“Socialism will save Venezuela; socialism will save the world”, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on May 10 during his weekly TV program Alo Presidente. » Ireland: Visteon workers win deal

On May 3, Visteon workers occupying their west Belfast plant voted to end their 36-day sit-in protest, An Phoblacht said on May 7. » New Zealand: Union wins gains for vulnerable workers

The Unite union is New Zealand’s newest trade union and one of its most dynamic. » Peru: State of siege declared to put down revolt

The Peruvian government decreed a 60-day state of emergency on May 9 across various districts in the Amazonian region in the east. » Sri Lanka: The West backs genocide

On the night of May 9, the Sri Lankan Army conducted one of the most brutal assaults in recent history against a civilian population. Medical sources within the so-called safe zone in, told Tamilnet.com that as many as 2000 people had been killed by heavy shelling in the Vanni region in the island... » The Bologna plan: education as a business service

The Bologna process is the name for the measures contained in the proposed European Higher Education Area. The stated aim of the European Union’s EHEA is to create compatible and coherent higher education systems across the continent. » Venezuela: Oil-related companies expropriated

Venezuela’s National Assembly passed a law on May 7 that assigns control over goods and services connected to the country’s petroleum industry to the state. »


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