GLW issue 803, published 2009-07-19.

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Oppose Garrett's sell out — leave uranium in the ground

He occupied a (somewhat self-appointed) position as a hero of Australia’s environment and Indigenous rights movements for decades. Yet these days, former Midnight Oil frontman and current ALP environment minister Peter Garrett works overtime to prove his credentials as a defender of big business and the big polluters.

Honduras: Anti-Chavez 'free speech' warriors linked to coup

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) is well-known for its mission to expose the Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chavez as a threat to free speech “all over the continent”.

Building a working-class response to the climate crisis

We have a coal industry and a government — even some unions — that tell workers they must choose between a safe climate future and their jobs, their livelihood.

Rally against proposed Kimberly gas plant

PERTH: Thirty people rallied against a proposed new gas plant on July 10 outside the Perth Offices of Chevron and Shell. The protest was organised by the Wilderness Society. The two companies are considering joining a proposed joint venture development with fellow-fossil fuel companies Woodside, BHP Billiton and BP for a gas processing (LNG) industrial hub at James Price Point, 50 km north of Broome, in the Kimberly.
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