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Green Left Weekly issue #773, 5 November 2008
Write On: letters to the editor

LETTERS Democracy ... US-style

RESISTANCE! Having “free” and “fair” multi-party elections is the United States’ main claim to democracy. But just how democratic is US capitalism? » Young Liberals’ academic witch-hunt falls flat

RESISTANCE! The Young Liberals are testing the long-held notion that academic autonomy is sacrosanct. Their so-called “Make Education Fair” campaign is really a witch hunt against progressive educators and academics. » Not so super

OUR COMMON CAUSE There’s one positive aspect of global financial chaos. It throws into question the Australian model of funding our retirement—compulsory superannuation. » Environmental crisis — sustainable solutions

The Climate Emergency – No More Business as Usual conference, held in Adelaide on October 10-11, included 18 workshops canvassing many issues around the politics of the environment: from food production and peak oil, to theories of political change and educational programming. The following art... » Scrap the ‘anti-terror’ laws!

The October 23 acquittal of Jack Thomas from a terrorism charge highlights what is wrong with Australia’s anti-terror laws and the way they are being applied. » Economy, living standards and the debt trap

Financial journalists are earning their bread and butter speculating on the depth of the recession that awaits the world economy. » Pilger: NT intervention a new land grab

With its banks secured in the warmth of the southern spring, Australia is not news internationally. It ought to be. An epic scandal of racism, injustice and brutality is being covered up in the manner of apartheid South Africa. » Mulrunji tragedy continues with Wotton declared guilty

On October 24, Palm Island community leader Lex Wotton was found guilty of “riot with destruction” in a trial where police were accused by the defence counsel of “lying through their teeth”. Wotton is due to be sentenced on November 7. » Australian government’s refugee policy kills

A new documentary, A Well-Founded Fear, to be broadcast on SBS on November 19, documents the deaths of nine Afghan refugees who were returned to Afghanistan after having their asylum applications rejected. » Brookland Greens: bad laws and developer greed

In early September, residents of the Brookland Greens estate, about 50 kilometres south-east of Melbourne, were advised by the Country Fire Authority that methane from the landfill nearby had reached potentially explosive levels and they should get out of there as soon as they could. No emergency ho... » Defend our homelands!

The following statement was written by Bree Blakeman (Djawulanganing) on behalf of the Gumatj clan nation, MataMata Homeland, North-East Arnhem Land. » Give the bankers a break

The world is going through difficult times and right now there seems no end to the downward spiral of the global economy. Fears of economic depression on the scale of the 1930s are widespread. » NSW teachers: protect salaries and conditions

Teachers in New South Wales public schools are committed to an ongoing campaign of legal, political and industrial action to secure salary justice and maintain rights and conditions that have been achieved through past struggles. » Turkish socialist: ’Join the fight for the working class’

Turan Ertekin, an activist in the Turkish community and Socialist Alliance member, came to Australia in 1980. » Yuendumu residents: ‘We want self-determination’

On September 29, Harry Nelson, former Yuendumu (Northern Territory) council president, presented Indigenous affairs minister Jenny Macklin with a statement, written in Warlpiri and English, signed by 236 residents. Macklin was in the community to officially open a new pool, the funding of which pred... »


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