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Green Left Weekly issue #798, 17 June 2009
Nigeria: Shell found guilt of human rights abuses, murder

BRIEF This article is abridged from Oil Change International. » Peru: Battle for the Amazon

Peruvian President Alan Garcia ordered a violent crackdown on indigenous protesters near the town of Bagua Grande, 1400 kilometres north of Peruvian capital Lima. Special Forces opened fire, including from helicopters. » Veolia/Connex abandons Jerusalem rail project due to boycott Israel campaign

Veolia is the French corporation that owns Connex, which runs Melbourne’s train system. It has been the target around the world, including in Melbourne, of protests by the Palestinian solidarity campaign as part of the growing “boycott, divestment and sanctions” (BDS) campaign targeting Israel... » El Salvador: 'Change begins now!'

The article below is abridged from a June 3 statement by the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador. For more information, visit . » Ireland: Campaign against extradition of Basque activists launched

The Don’t Extradite the Basques Campaign was formally launched on June 10 against the extradition to Spain of Belfast-based Basque pro-independence activists Inaki de Juana and Arturo “Benat” Villanueva at a press conference in west Belfast. » Latin America backs Cuba in new blow to US

The June 2-3 general assembly meeting of the Organisation of American States in Honduras passed a resolution that overturned the OAS’s 1962 decision to exclude Cuba from the body due to its commitment to socialism. » Lebanon: US interference mars elections

The Hezbollah-led opposition March 8 Coalition has conceded defeat in the June 7 Lebanese federal elections, which were marked by increasing US interference in the elections. For its part, the Israeli government raised fears a victory for the opposition would lead to war. » Western Sahara: Phosphate workers exploited by Australia, Spain

Saharawi workers met in El Aaiun in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara on May 15 to discuss their grievances with their former employers: both Spanish companies and the Spanish government. » Middle East: Can Obama bring peace?

US President Barack Obama’s June 4 speech at Cairo University has been reported in the Western media as a decisive change in US foreign policy. It has been presented as the fulfilment of his election promise to find a way out of the wars and conflicts that his predecessor, George Bush, had started... » Goodbye GM — an opportunity for green jobs

General Motors, as we know it, has been totalled. » Argentina: Chavez shakes up election campaign

The May 21 announcement by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of the nationalisation of a series of companies involved in steel and iron production has shaken up an otherwise lacklustre election campaign in Argentina for National Congress on June 28. » Mainstream parties punished in Euro poll

With some 375 million eligible voters from 27 countries electing 736 members of parliament, the European Parliament elections, from June 4-7, were the largest multi-country elections ever held. » Microsoft blocks Cuba from using Messenger

This article is reprinted from the Morning Star. » United States: Homes demolished due to overproduction

As more US people become homeless and the recession deepens, The Guaranty Bank of Austin has decided to demolish 12 brand-new double story homes in Victorville, California. » Venezuela condemns Peruvian massacires

In response to the fatal clashes between indigenous protesters and the Peruvian government, Venezuela’s foreign ministry has released a statement expressing its solidarity with both the security forces and the indigenous people killed. Venezuelan indigenous affairs minister Nicia Maldonado called ... » Venezuela: Socialist party calls for debate about media

As part of a the struggle for a new, participatory and democratic socialism, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), the mass party led by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, has called for a national debate on the role of the corporate-owned private media. »


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