GLW issue 771, published 2008-10-22.

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.

Further

Australian News

NT intervention: 'We have only just begun to fight'

An independent review into the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER), or NT intervention, has been accused of being “watered down” before its final release in order to not embarrass the federal Labor government.

Community groundswell against tunnel

Across 12 Melbourne suburbs, a groundswell of community outrage is growing against the proposal for a new road tunnel that will link the eastern and western suburbs.

Further Australian News

International News

Sarah Palin versus the moose

Ever since Andrew Johnson welcomed the New York Mutuals to the White House in 1867, presidential politics has exploited professional sports. It’s a foolproof way for politicians to show voters they enjoy competition, fair play and are salt-of-the-turf Americans.

Colombia: Uribe declares state of emergency

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe declared a 90-day “state of emergency” on October 9 to break up a six-week strike by the National Association of Judicial Employees (Asonal Judicial — AJ).

Further International News

Comment and Analysis

Rudd's $10.4 billion bonus for big business

“This strategy is designed to help pensioners, carers and families, and first home buyers”, declared Australia’s Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in his October 14 address to the nation. Rudd was announcing a $10.4 billion “economic security strategy” in response to the global financial crisis.

Coal addiction: Can Australia kick the habit?

Our addiction to coal is not only killing our planet but also those who mine it, burn it and live around it, a Perth climate activist has claimed.

Further Comment and Analysis

Abolish the ABCC: Wilcox fudges the...

Letters

Letters to the editor

The vanishing protest The October 13 meeting of the Parramatta Your Rights at Work group received a visit from a young organiser from Unions NSW, whose lamentable job it was to report on the future of the campaign against power

Feature letter: Abortion: no laws are needed

Thank you for your article "Is the abortion law reform in Victoria enough?" [GLW #768]. I appreciate your comments about Canada (one correction: the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League has been defunct for about 5 years, and a different national

General

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

Resistance!

Uncertain futures: It's time for change!

Young people today face an uncertain future. Watching the news on any channel at night is proof enough of this. The current crisis taking precedence on news broadcasts around the globe is of course the financial crisis.

Education for liberation

A student at a Hobart High School was suspended two weeks ago for dying his hair a bright colour.

Cultural Dissent

Cuba, bloggers and the internet wars

The Blogging Revolution
By Antony Loewenstein
Melbourne University Press, 2008
294 pages, $32.95 (pb)

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