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People power stops gas drilling in Bentley

An ongoing blockade of a coal seam gas drill site in Bentley, 12 kilometres from Lismore’s CBD in NSW, has so far stopped gas company Metgasco from starting exploration in the area.

Refugee rights

Cambodia solution? Fresh plan to dump refugees

The former Labor government tried and failed with its ill-conceived "people swap" deal with Malaysia in 2011. Now, the Tony Abbott government has said it may try a resettlement deal with the even poorer nation of Cambodia.

Workers' rights

Editorial: Only unions can solve union corruption

The Royal Commission into the use of union funds began on April 9. The commission is not an attempt to stamp out corrupt union practices, but a serious political attack on unions by the Tony Abbott government.

Pakistan

Pakistan: 'Left unity a precious gain'

Farooq Tariq, the general secretary of the Awami Workers Party in Pakistan, will be one of the international guests at the 10th national conference of the Socialist Alliance, to be held in Sydney over June 7 to 9. He spoke to Green Left Weekly on Pakistani politics

Bolivarian Revolution

Venezuela: Chavistas debate pace of change

The violent anti-government protests that shook Venezuela in February have again thrust the issue of the pace of change into the broader debate over socialist transformation.
This week's Socialist Alliance 'Our Common Cause' column

Builders face government moves to seize homes, cars

For the first time in Australian history, construction workers are facing government moves to seize houses and cars in relation to an industrial dispute.
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Australian News

Greens winners as Labor, Liberals slump in WA poll

The Western Australia senate election re-run has resulted in a big drop in support for the major parties and significant swings to the Greens and the Palmer United Party (PUP).

Geelong workers rally for jobs guarantee

About 500 workers took to the streets of Geelong on April 7 demanding support for manufacturing jobs.
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International News

USAID's Cuba subversion just the ice tip in LA

A new investigation by the Associated Press into a project of the United States government-funded US Agency for International Development (USAID) project to create a Twitter-style social media network in Cuba has received a lot of attention.

Confronting Catalonia: a day in Spanish parliament

The Spanish congress met in Madrid on April 8 to hear a petition from the parliament of Catalonia: that the power to hold a non-binding referendum on its political future be granted to Catalonia under Section 150 of the Spanish constitution.
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  • Costa Rica: Status quo routed in poll
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Comment and Analysis

When Wollongong workers stared down the prime minister

A new documentary film Radical Wollongong, produced by Green Left TV, will premiere in Wollongong on May 18, followed by screenings in other cities and regional centres.

Carlo's Corner: No need to bother with the news

I am not going to bother following the news any more, I am just going to wake up each morning and drive large rusty nails straight into my eyeballs to save time.
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  • Battle to save the Pilliga heats up
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  • Muckaty takes legal action against...
  • Editorial: Only unions can solve union...
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Cultural Dissent

Inside China's economic miracle

The transformation of the Chinese economy a 20-fold rise in the size of the economy between 1979 and 2010 and huge development of private enterprise has been one of the most significant and remarkable phenomena in recent history.

Dave Zirin: US college football players win right to form union

The experts said that the efforts of the Northwestern University football (gridiron) team to form a union would crash and burn.
Further Cultural Dissent
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Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal

What's new at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal?

Nigeria: Africa’s number one economy -- for wealth evaporation In 2012, neoliberalism catalysed a national “Occupy Nigeria” strike that nearly overthrew the government after the removal of a petrol subsidy, under direct pressure from the IMF, writes Patrick Bond. Discussion: Are Russia and China imperialist powers?
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Editorial: Only unions can solve union corruption

The Royal Commission into the use of trade union funds is not a genuine attempt to stamp out corrupt union practices, but a political attack by the Tony Abbott government designed to weaken the union movement and break militant union activity.

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