GLW issue 779, published 2009-01-21.

John Pilger: Holocaust denied

“When the truth is replaced by silence”, the Soviet dissident Yevgeny Yevtushenko said, “the silence is a lie”.

Australian protests demand a free Gaza

Protests against the Israel’s ongoing military assault and siege on Gaza have continued across Australia as the Palestinian death toll mounts.

Israel — the case for a union boycott

The horror of what is unfolding in Gaza is forcing more people to come out to support Palestine. People are coming out onto the streets in tens or hundreds of thousands all over the world.

Hobart protests against war on Palestine

Seventy people attended a protest on January 15 outside MP Duncan Kerr’s office in Hobart to voice their outrage against Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

Australian News

Filipino workers mistreated by John Holland

Six Filipino workers were sacked in December without reason by the John Holland Group from a major Queensland construction project.

Unions to challenge Fair Work Australia bill

A group of Victorian trade unions have sought legal advice on the possibility of lodging a complaint with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) against the ALP federal government.

Further Australian News

International News

Fifty years of the Cuban Revolution

On January 1, 2009, the small island nation of Cuba celebrated the 50th anniversary of a revolution that overthrew a brutal dictatorship and set Cuba on its long and often complicated road towards socialism.

Cuba celebrates 50 years of revolution

Citizens across Cuba have thronged the streets of cities and towns to welcome the “Caravan of Liberty”, a convoy of trucks and buses retracing the path of Fidel Castro and the victorious fighters of the Rebel Army, after the declaration of the defeat of the Batista dictatorship on January 1, 1959.

Further International News

Comment and Analysis

Green Left Weekly Fighting Fund: Back into the fray!

The traditional holiday season was cut short for the activists who produce and distribute Green Left Weekly - the Israeli government’s latest genocidal war on the Palestinian people in Gaza made certain of that.

Stop the Tillegra Dam

Green Left Weekly’s Zane Alcorn spoke to Sally Corbett, chairperson of the No Tillegra Dam group, which is seeking to have Hunter Water reverse their 2006 decision to build a dam comparable in size to Sydney Harbour near Dungog, about 90km out of Newcastle.

Further Comment and Analysis

Editorial

Peace requires justice — freedom for Palestine

The January 15 bombing with white phosphorous of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency that housed hundreds of refugees and humanitarian aid was not an isolated incident.

Letters

Letters to the editor

Israel's carnage Once again, well done for your coverage of Israel's treatment of another set of human beings. Many people seem to be a bit credulous and have fallen for the Exclusive Jewish state's public relations campaign in the period

Resistance!

Students resist eviction

On January 15, around 25 homeless students and supporters marched on the administration building of the University of Melbourne. They carried mattresses and bedding, having been evicted from their houses two days earlier in a pre-dawn raid.

Cultural Dissent

Peaceful alien or communist threat?

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Directed by Scott Derrickson, starring Keanu Reaves & Jennifer Connelly
Screening in cinemas Connelly
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Directed by Robert Wise, starring Michael Rennie & Patricia Neal.

A poem for Gaza

I never knew death until I saw the bombing of a refugee camp Craters filled with disfigured ankles and splattered torsos But no sign of a face, the only impression a fading scream I never understood pain Until a seven-year-old girl clutched my

Further Cultural Dissent

Sports for a few

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