Wars are fought over access to scarce resources. The 20th century was dominated by wars over colonial possessions and energy resources.
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If there is one thing heading towards a complete meltdown even faster than our economy then it’s Melbourne’s privatised metropolitan public transport system.
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The scientific evidence is conclusive. The delicate ecological balance of the planet is being destroyed.
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The December release of the federal governments climate policy left little room for doubt. Kevin Rudd Mr 5% is no friend of the climate movement.
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If the world’s foremost scientific authority made a point of condemning what we were doing, most of us would at least pause to wonder if we were getting things right.
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Along with the sheer brutality and horror inflicted on Palestinians, the massacre in Gaza has resulted in a serious political setback for Israel. Internationally, support for the Israeli apartheid state has been weakened and Hamas’ legitimacy has skyrocketed.
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The traditional holiday season was cut short for the activists who produce and distribute Green Left Weekly - the Israeli government’s latest genocidal war on the Palestinian people in Gaza made certain of that.
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Watershed Victoria is an environmental organisation dedicated to the campaign against the proposed desalination plant at Wonthaggi in Victoria, and for a sustainable water policy. Watersheds Chris Heislers spoke to Green Left Weeklys Katherine Bradstreet.
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Alice Springs, the heart and pulse of Australia. While that is true in terms of location, few Australians know very much about their heart.
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Israel's carnage Once again, well done for your coverage of Israel's treatment of another set of human beings. Many people seem to be a bit credulous and have fallen for the Exclusive Jewish state's public relations campaign in the period
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If authoritative, peer-reviewed science suddenly found obesity or smoking to be twice as lethal as earlier believed, would the news be all over the media? Of course it would.
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January 26 is the first Invasion Day (Australia Day) since the federal Labor government made the official apology recognising the wrongs suffered by the Stolen Generations - the Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families and lands.