GLW issue 793, published 2009-05-06.

Video on Nepal's coup and the mass resistance

This is a video explaining the current situation in Nepal and providing a glimpse into the mass resistance on the streets to the elite’s "soft coup" to bring down the Maoist-led elected government

Support demcracy, support the Nepalese people! Solidarity statement

Statement by the Democratic Socialist Perspective, May 5, 2009. www.dsp.org.au

Boycott causing Israel 'problems'

After Israel’s December-January military assault on Gaza, the global boycott campaign against Israel is starting to have an impact.

Brown: Greens want to amend CPRS

On April 28, the Greens on Campus and the Law Students Society hosted a forum on the University of Melbourne with Greens Senator Bob Brown.

Further

Australian News

Workers stand strong in West Gate dispute

Construction company John Holland and unions are locked in discussions to settle a nine-week-long industrial dispute.

'We want unions of our choice to represent us'

The speech below was made by Darren Vanderkaay at a solidarity picnic on April 26 at Melbourne’s Yarraville Gardens. The picnic was hosted by the Western Suburbs Community and Unions Coalition. Darren is one of 39 workers unfairly sacked from the West Gate Bridge strengthening project by construction company John Holland.

Further Australian News

International News

Peru: Amazonian indigenous people rise up

“Since April 9, an uprising has been occurring in the Peruvian countryside involving the Amazonian indigenous peoples from 1350 communities and a diversity of ethnicities”, said legendary peasant leader, Hugo Blanco in an important message. A translation of Blanco’s appeal for solidarity with this so-far mostly unreported struggle is printed below.

Peru: Destructive Amazonian highway near completion

The nightmarish prospect of a scarred Amazonian jungle reeking of diesel fumes from end to end, as heavy-laden trucks thunder by in round-the-clock convoys, is fast becoming a reality.

Further International News

Comment and Analysis

New laws gut workplace safety

On April 4, 2008, federal workplace minister Julia Gillard announced a review into occupational health and safety (OH&S) laws. The government said the review was aimed at harmonising OH&S laws across Australia.

All foreign troops should leave Afghanistan

The article below is based on an April 30 statement by the Stop the War Coalition Sydney http://www.stopwarcoalition.org.

Further Comment and Analysis

Editorial

Rudd's hypocrisy is killing people

On April 29, PM Kevin Rudd announced an extra 450 troops would be sent to Afghanistan to participate in the latest US-led “surge”.

Letters

Write on — letters to the editor

Mine workers under surveillance BHP-Billiton Mount Arthur Coal have just recently been found to have acted unlawfully by installing GPS tracking devices into 2 fuel trucks at the Mt Arthur Coal mine near Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley. When

General

Green Left Weekly's $250,000 fighting fund: A victory against privatisation

Ironically, it was the first of May — workers’ day — and we were protesting against privatisation outside the NSW Labor Party offices.

Resistance!

'You fail to act'

The following open letter is to Tasmanian federal Labor MP Duncan Kerr, from Resistance.

Cultural Dissent

Darwin's struggle against 'scientific' racism

Darwin’s Sacred Cause: Race, Slavery & the Quest for Human Origins
By Adrian Desmond & James Moore
Allen Lane, 2009
485 pages, $55 (hb)

Papalote goes bush again

Papalote will be touring NSW this month. Musica Viva’s CountryWide has offered this renowned group shows in Cobar, Brewerina, Lighting Ridge and Warren.

Further Cultural Dissent

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