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Loose Cannons

An inconvenient truth "America's elder statesman of finance, Alan Greenspan, has shaken the White House by declaring that the prime motive for the war in Iraq was oil. In his long-awaited memoir, to be published tomorrow, Greenspan, a Republican

Voices in defence of Bolivia

The following statement was originally posted on , in response to the current US-backed campaign of destabilisation against the democratically-elected government of President Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous president, elected in December 2005 with just under 54% of the vote. Visit the site to add your name.

Vote with your feet, march on the street

This year, Walk against Warming rallies are happening two weeks before the federal election. The rallies will be an important way for thousands of people across Australia to send a direct message to governments about the massive changes we need to avoid dangerous climate change. But more than that it will also give young people a voice and inspire them beyond the federal election to get active in grassroots campaigns to stop climate change.

UNITED STATES: 50,000 demand 'Free Jena 6'

A Louisiana appeals court threw out the only remaining conviction against Mychal Bell, the first of the Jena 6 to be put on trial in an example of modern-day Jim Crow injustice that has stunned people around the globe.

Lessons from the APEC protest victory

In defiance of the biggest security campaign ever seen in Australia, aimed at intimidating and deterring people from protesting at APEC, up to 15,000 people joined the Stop Bush Make Howard History protest in Sydney on September 8. The rally was a huge victory a mass demonstration of our collective strength on the streets that Howard and Bush can only pretend to ignore.

Solidarity needed to defend Bolivia's revolution

The following statement was issued on September 17 by the Democratic Socialist Perspective, a Marxist tendency in Australias Socialist Alliance.

Socialist Alliance launches Welfare Rights Charter

The Socialist Alliances new Welfare Rights Charter was launched on September 14 to an enthusiastic audience at the Southport Community Centre.

Venezuela's revolutionary internationalism

Next month, a representative of the foreign ministry of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela will visit Australia to address the Latin America and Asia Pacific International Solidarity Forum in Melbourne on October 11-14.s, Green Left Weeklys Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter conducted an interview in Caracas last November with Venezuelan vice-minister for Asia, the Middle East and Oceania, Vladimir Villegas. Villegas talked about the Venezuelan governments revolutionary approach to international relations.

A new vision for Australia

This statement was issued by Sam Watson, leading Indigenous activist and Socialist Alliance Senate candidate for Queensland. To sign or comment of the statement, or to view what others have said, visit .

Washington's war on democracy (and its discontents)

The War on Democracy
Directed by John Pilger & Chris Martin
96 minutes
In limited release nationally
http://www.warondemocracy.net