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EDITORIAL As the only weekly newspaper in Australia to regularly house news, discussions and debates on capitalism’s crises and socialist solutions, Green Left Weekly is proud to be hosting the World At A Crossroads conference, to be held at Sydney Girls High, over the Easter weekend (April 10-12). » ‘I decided to do something about it’

RESISTANCE!, AUSTRALIA As capitalism sinks into a growing crisis of war and economic meltdown, people around the world are waking up to the fact that something is drastically wrong with the system that is throwing millions into poverty, wrecking our climate and turning entire countries into battlefields. » Pope ‘manipulates science’ on HIV/AIDS

RESISTANCE!, AUSTRALIA According to a 2008 report by UN agencies UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation, an estimated 1.9 million people were newly infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa in 2007, bringing the number of people living with HIV in the region to 22 million. » Our rights at work: Where the bloody hell are they?

OUR COMMON CAUSE, AUSTRALIA If Lewis Carroll’s Alice were to suddenly come to life in Australia today, there’s one place she find familiar — the Wonderland world of industrial relations minister Julia Gillard’s Fair Work Act (FWA). » ALP ‘fixes’ Aboriginal education

AUSTRALIA Labor governments at state and federal levels are persisting with two unpopular proposals for education in remote Aboriginal schools — the scrapping of bilingual education and the linking of welfare payments to school attendance — despite opposition from communities and educators. » Switch off the CRPS — Switch on renewables

A number of Climate Action Groups (CAGs) in NSW held a series of actions at federal MP offices on March 27. » Freedom and justice for Tamils!

AUSTRALIA This article is based on a speech given by Jay Nathan, a young Tamil activist, at a rally protesting the Sri Lankan genocide against the people of Tamil Eelam, in Sydney on March 28. » Defend free speech — oppose net censorship plan

AUSTRALIA “I’m a huge supporter of the civil society and the internet is the Wild West at the moment”, federal communications minister Stephen Conroy told SBS’s Insight on March 31. Conroy and the Labor Party remain determined to fence the internet in, joining a short list of countries that attempt to... » Economic crisis: Women will suffer most

As the economic crisis continues to worsen, with capitalism unable to stop the spiral towards a global depression that will plunge millions into poverty, women will experience the negative consequences more rapidly and with more severity. » Eco-activist spotlight: Aiming for a carbon-free future

AUSTRALIA Green Left Weekly’s Simon Butler spoke to Karen Cieri, one of the founders of Top End Transition group based in Darwin. » No ABCC-lite!

AUSTRALIA The federal government’s report on the future of the Australian Building Construction Commission (ABCC), released on April 3, was met with disappointment by unionists. » Renewed struggles against privatisation in NSW

AUSTRALIA The struggle against the privatisation schemes of the NSW government is beginning to revive. On April 2, an angry demonstration of prison officers besieged parliament house, protesting against prison privatisation plans. » Safe as houses?

AUSTRALIA The federal government is hoping those who receive their $900 “stimulus package” payment from April 6 spend and spend big. » Unions step up campaign to abolish the ABCC

AUSTRALIA The Building Industry Group (BIG) unions have decided to up the ante on the campaign to abolish the undemocratic Australian Building Construction Commission (ABCC). » Victory for Blue Wedges paddlers

AUSTRALIA In 2005, anti-dredging campaign group Blue Wedges joined Somali pirates, Peruvian raiders and Gulf terrorists on the US Office of Naval Intelligence’s international threat list as a credible threat to international shipping. »

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