GLW issue 771, published 2008-10-22.

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Green Left Weekly's $250,000 Fighting Fund: A $20 investment worth more than the bailouts

I’ve lost count of how much bailout money governments have thrown at the global financial crisis. We all remember the US$700 billion that the US Congress recently approved, but in the months before that the US Reserve had already dished out nearly the same amount in bailouts, buyouts and guarantees for bad loans.

'Free the Five' campaign tour

SYDNEY — More than 100 people attended a public forum on October 17 featuring Maria Eugenia Guerrero, sister of “Cuban Five” political prisoner Antonio Guerrero.

Banks for people, not profit!

The economic meltdown on Wall Street and its massive repercussions world-wide won’t be going away in a hurry.

Protect the Florentine!

HOBART — Overnight on October 12, 20 activists staged a protest against logging operations in the Florentine Valley. The protest was organised by environment group Still Wild Still Threatened.
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