GLW issue 711, published 2007-05-30.

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New left newspaper launched in Switzerland

A new weekly left newspaper, antidot, has been launched in the German speaking part of Switzerland. The first issue appeared on May 1. The paper is published by a collective, the “antidot Verein”, comprising a broad spectrum of individuals and organisations, including a branch of the Greens, a branch of the Workers’ Party (PdA), the Socialist Alternative (SolidariteS), ATTAC Switzerland, anarchist organisations and others. The newspaper aims to provide an antidote to mainstream media and a forum for discussion among the social, environmental and political movements and groups on the left in the German speaking part of Switzerland. Visit <http://antidot.ch>.

Fidel Castro criticises British military spending

On May 21, Cuban President Fidel Castro condemned the British Navy’s purchase of a new nuclear attack submarine, saying it illustrates “the sophisticated weaponry being used to maintain the unsustainable order developed by the imperial system of the United States”. According to British military officials, the HMS Astute — which will be launched on June 8 — and two further submarines to be purchased, will each cost US$7.2 billion. “The most surprising thing is that with that sum, 75,000 doctors could be trained to attend to 150 million people”, Castro noted.

A radical greenhouse gas emissions reduction target

The Socialist Alliance has adopted radical greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets as part of its political program — 95% of stationary power emissions and 60% of overall emissions compared to 1990 levels by 2020, and 90% of overall emissions by 2030.

A radical greenhouse gas emissions reduction target

The Socialist Alliance has adopted radical greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets as part of its political program — 95% of stationary power emissions and 60% of overall emissions compared to 1990 levels by 2020, and 90% of overall emissions by 2030.
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