GLW issue 780, published 2009-01-28.

Germany: SPD stumbles

Germany began a "super election year" on January 18 when the west German state of Hesse went to the polls for the second time in twelve months.

Review confirms Wollongong council cover-up

An independent review into the notorious Vellar mansions in Wollongong has confirmed what residents have known for some time: construction of the buildings was illegal and a deliberate cover up took place.

Our Common Cause: Climate change — the danger is now

The fate of advanced human civilisation — and perhaps of our species itself — hangs in the balance. Fuelled by human-induced greenhouse gas emissions, global warming is advancing at a pace inconceivable to scientists just a few years ago.

Australian News

Rallies for Gaza continue

Four hundred people rallied on January 17 demanding an end to Israel’s massacres in Gaza and calling for the Australian government to cut ties with Israel.

Florentine forest campaign escalates

Forestry Tasmania has pushed more than three kilometres of road through the old growth forests of the Upper Florentine Valley, sparking weeks of intense protest.

Further Australian News

International News

Memoir of a soldier of conscience

Road from ar Ramadi: The Private Rebellion of Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia
By Camilo Mejia
The New Press, 2007
312 pages, $45 (hb)

What does Obama mean for the world?

More than one million people gathered in bitter cold in Washington DC to witness the historical inauguration of an African American as president.

Further International News

Comment and Analysis

Who pays for the recession?

On January 19, Access Economics interrupted the rosy consensus among economists that the Australian economy may avoid recession, arguing that the economy was already contracting and would fall into recession within the first three months of 2009.

100% renewable energy — how do we get there?

The December release of the federal government’s climate policy left little room for doubt. Kevin Rudd — Mr 5% — is no friend of the climate movement.

Further Comment and Analysis

Editorial

Climate change - facing facts

The scientific evidence is conclusive. The delicate ecological balance of the planet is being destroyed.

Letters

Write On: Letters to the editor

Mona Mona community Good to see Jonathan Strauss writing about Mona Mona (GLW #779). I live in the area and over the years I've come to learn some of the history of this area, including the extraordinary story of Mona Mona. More than 10

General

Green Left Weekly's $250,000 Fighting Fund: Gaza, Obama and the hope for change

The massive public turnout in the US for the inaugural presidential address of Barack Obama underlines the incontestable fact that millions of people in the US and around the world invest great hope for change in him. But amid the bloody ruins of Gaza, the latest victims of US-backed imperialist war blinked uncomprehendingly at TV images of this spectacle of euphoria.

Resistance!

Proud to be on Palestine's side

The following is a statement released by the socialist youth organisation, Resistance.

What about young workers?

“Things will get worse before they get better.” These were the shrewd words of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaking on January 20.

Cultural Dissent

The meaning of Obama

“American Revolution: The Fall of Wall Street and the Rise of Barack Obama”
By Kate Jennings
Quarterly Essay 32
Black Inc, 2008
132 pages, $15.95

On the box

The Long March — Pieces together the Long March of 1934, in which the Chinese Red Army broke out of their base in Jiangxi, southeast China, under attack by the ruling nationalist forces. Besieged by over a million nationalist soldiers, the

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