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Comment & Analysis

Green Left Weekly issue #743, 12 March 2008
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LETTERS 'Operation Iraqi Subjugation'

RESISTANCE! As the Iraq war approaches its fifth anniversary on March 20th, it is important to remember why the war was started. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 the US has looked to find new ways to justify its military interventions in order to increase economic prosperity and further expand its... » Student poverty and prostitution

RESISTANCE! Poverty is a dominant feature of life for many university students. Statistics from Melbourne University show that living expenses (excluding course fees) for a student in share accommodation amount annually to around $25,000. Most students must work at least one job to supplement the meagre governm... » Corporate child care

OUR COMMON CAUSE Over 70% of long-day childcare services in Australia are delivered by business, according to Professor Deborah Brennan of the University of NSW’s Social Policy Research Centre, writing in the February 29 Melbourne Age. » Rethinking ‘opposing imperialism’

In the most recent edition of Green Left Weekly (GLW #742, links to all contributions in debate so far are below), well-known progressive anti-imperialist activist, Professor Stephen Zunes, has proclaimed that I am a liar. » Carbon cuts: why rich countries must lead the way

Last May, the ALP announced a target for greenhouse gas emission reductions that, if observed generally across the world’s major emitting countries, would give humanity virtually no chance of avoiding climate catastrophe. » Australian government continues Israeli love affair

Well, so much for our new government taking an even-handed position on Israel/Palestine. » The real impact of the welfare 'quarantine'

As the quarantining of Indigenous welfare payments (50% of individual welfare benefits being received as gift cards for certain shops) rolls out across the Northern Territory, its alleged benefits need to be weighed against the possible cultural and economic consequences. » CFMEU to campaign against ABCC

“We’re approaching the future with some confidence notwithstanding the obstacles that are put in our path by institutions like the ABCC [Australian Building and Construction Commission]”, Dave Noonan, national secretary of the construction division of the Construction, Forestry, Minin... » Sid Spindler, 1932-2008

Former Democrat senator Sid Spindler died at his home on March 1, aged 75. He had dedicated his life to opposing injustice and campaigning for a more socially just world, even when this might have been unpopular. He was always prepared to stand up and be counted on social justice issues. » Wanted: a powerful movement to beat electricity privatisation

Any day now the findings of the special Consultative Reference Committee (CRC), set up by the NSW government to “test the impacts” of its plans to privatise its electricity generation and retailing assets, will become public. »


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