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Green Left Weekly issue #792, 29 April 2009
Youth Wages Suck!

RESISTANCE!, AUSTRALIA Business doesn’t want to rip off young workers. We have deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s word for it. » Zeitgeist — beyond the hype

RESISTANCE!, AUSTRALIA Two years ago the film Zeitgeist made its way onto the internet scene, receiving millions of views on YouTube. Last year a new film was released called Zeitgeist Addendum, which sparked the “Zeitgeist movement”. » Time to stand up for refugee rights!

OUR COMMON CAUSE, AUSTRALIA The recent tragic explosion and loss of life on board an asylum seeker boat off Ashmore Reef has put refugee issues back near the top of the Australian political agenda. » Biochar — menace or benefit?

AUSTRALIA Sometimes you have to hand it to capitalism. It’s sheer magic the way the system takes promising concepts, hands them over to the market and turns them into howling social and environmental disasters. » ALP & Greens rule out free public transport

AUSTRALIA Blacktown ALP NSW MP Paul Gibson has openly urged Premier Nathan Rees to make public transport free. » Greenpeace report: Renewables are doable

AUSTRALIA On June 13, rallies around Australia will launch a new grassroots climate campaign for 100% renewable energy by 2020. » Victorian Trades Hall Council: ‘abolish the ABCC’

AUSTRALIA An April 28 mass protest called by six national building industry unions against the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) in Melbourne has received full support from the Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC). » Refugees: Let them land! Let them stay!

When an asylum seeker vessel exploded on April 16 while being taken to Christmas Island, killing five people, many of the critically injured were first transported to an offshore oil rig before being transferred to hospitals on the mainland. » Who pays for the recession?

On April 21, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd finally conceded that “it’s inevitable that Australia … will be dragged into recession”. » The Hugo Chavez Show: the other side

On April 21, SBS screened two documentaries about Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian revolution he is leading. One of them was The Hugo Chavez Show, produced by Frontline, a program on the US-based PBS channel. » More jobs or higher profits?

AUSTRALIA Telstra has once again started to sack staff. The communications union fears up to 2000 workers will be “let go” by mid-year. This makes a total of close to 12,000 job losses over the four years since CEO Sol Trujillo took the helm. » Power to the people campaign builds

AUSTRALIA The successful April 18 “Stop the Sell-Offs!” public meeting of the Sydney Power to the People coalition (pictured) gave the campaign against the privatisation of NSW public services a strong boost. » ‘Rid the world of capitalism’

The following article is abridged from a speech given by Ian Angus, associate editor of Socialist Voice www.socialistvoice.ca in Canada, and founding member of the Ecosocialist International Network. The speech was delivered at the final session of the World at a crossroads Conference in Sydney, ... »


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