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Green Left Weekly issue #801, 6 July 2009
Proud to stand with Palestine — a response to The Australian

EDITORIAL, AUSTRALIA The July 1 Australian carried an extraordinary attack by Ilan Grapel on Green Left Weekly and its monthly Arabic insert the Flame titled “A willing ally to Hamas’s hatred”. Both publications are guilty of a “radical anti-Israel stance”, Grapel said. » Scrap the war machine – green jobs now!

RESISTANCE!, AUSTRALIA Over July 1 and 2, defence industry and government representatives met in Adelaide for the annual Defence Industry Exhibition (DIE). » Solidarity with the people of Honduras

RESISTANCE!, AUSTRALIA The news of a military coup in Honduras reached most Resistance activists as on the morning of June 29. There was much sadness, anger and frustration but also determination not to allow yet another coup to happen against a democratically elected leader in the Americas. » Reds under the bed, rats in the sewer

OUR COMMON CAUSE, AUSTRALIA The Socialist Alliance and Green Left Weekly have upset the apple cart again! While articles in the Australian accuse GLW of being in bed with the “hate-filled” Hamas, the muck-raking ALP factional blog Vexnews blasts an “extreme left ALP candidate” for being a secret member of the “virule... » Poll supports flawed carbon trading

AUSTRALIA As the government tries to pass its controversial carbon trading legislation, the latest polling indicates widespread public support for it. A recent Nielsen poll found 65% support the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), while just 25% oppose it. » Labor strangles health and safety laws

AUSTRALIA On June 10, the federal government’s new occupational health and safety (OH&S) peak body — the Safe Work Australia Council (SWAC) — held its first meeting. Workers in Australia took one more step towards eroded and unsafe working conditions. » Australia's shame: Racism and Indigenous health

AUSTRALIA The first person in Australia to die from H1N1 virus (or "swine flu") was an Aboriginal man from a remote community. » Refugees are not criminals

AUSTRALIA The mainstream media has gone into a frenzy over Indonesian claims that thousands of new refugees will soon seek refuge in Australia. » Fair Work Act – a reason to celebrate?

AUSTRALIA Low-paid workers in luxury hotels, including cleaners and kitchen staff, were the first to lodge an application with Fair Work Australia (FWA) when the federal government’s new industrial relations regime, the Fair Work Act 2009, came into effect on July 1. » Indigenous prisoners speak out

AUSTRALIA This year is the seventh year Melbourne’s Community Radio 3CR will broadcast its Beyond the Bars program. » Pledge to fight racism, climate change

AUSTRALIA The three crises facing capitalism — jobs, the environment and war— were the subject of Victoria's Socialist Alliance conference on June 27. »


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