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How to get carbon-free power in Australia
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 6 March 2010
When it comes to avoiding the most catastrophic impacts of global warming then whatever the financial cost, the price is still worth paying. But new research by Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) shows Australia could meet 100% of its stationary energy needs from renewables in a decade and stimulate the economy at the same time. »

Human rights abuses: Bush’s policies continued
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 March 2010
In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre, Republican President George W. Bush launched illegal wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Bush enacted “anti-terrorism” policies under which people could be labelled “terror suspects” without evidence and abducted, jailed and tortured in secret. »

‘It’s like working for rations all over again’
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 6 March 2010
Changes to Aboriginal employment, infrastructure and welfare programs have stripped remote Aboriginal communities of resources and left many Aboriginal people, in effect, working for rations. »

Merak Tamils treated ‘like animals’
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 March 2010
Manju, one of the 254 Tamil refugees aboard the Jaya Lestari in Merak, Indonesia, is due to have her baby on 5 April. »

Green Left fighting fund: A tale of two futures
GENERAL, 6 March 2010
The NSW government has just approved plans for two, 2000-megawatt power stations, one near Lithgow, the other in the Hunter Valley. If coal is chosen as the fuel source NSW’s greenhouse gas emissions will increase by 15.1%. If gas is chosen the increase will be 7.1%. It’s likely the government will go with coal. »

Workers paralyse Greece as MPs debate cuts
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 March 2010
Greek workers shut down hospitals, schools and public transport again on March 5 in protest at the government's “socially unjust” spending cuts. »

Obama: promising peace, delivering war
OUR COMMON CAUSE, 6 March 2010
OUR COMMON CAUSE: United States President Barack Obama’s planned stopover in Australia on March 23 is scheduled to take place around the time of the seventh anniversary of the illegal invasion of Iraq on March 20. »

GLW spanish-language supplement: Foro Social Latinoamericano
GENERAL, 25 February 2010

Censored ex-CSIRO economist speaks out
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 6 March 2010

Chile: Call for solidarity and support
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 March 2010

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Honduras: ‘Almost the entire country is organised’
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 5 March 2010
On June 28 last year, Honduras’ left-wing President Manuel Zelaya was overthrown in a military coup — supported by the rich elite with United States collaboration. As well as moves such as increasing the minimum wage by 60%, Zelaya was seeking to start a process leading to a constituent assembly to democratically rewrite the nation’s pro-rich constitution. »

Niger’s uranium coup
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 March 2010
On February 18, Niger’s President Mamadou Tandja was overthrown in a military coup. A military junta calling itself the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy, headed by Major Salou Djibo, took power. »

Five questions about a carbon tax
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 6 March 2010
The proposal by the Greens to the Rudd government that it introduce a price on carbon (starting at $23 a tonne) “as an interim measure in the transition to a functional and effective emissions trading scheme” is provoking a lively debate in the grassroots climate action movement. »

Haiti: Solidarity needed, not charity
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 March 2010
The Haiti Emergency Relief Fund is a San Francisco-based grassroots organisation founded in 2004. It is working with Haitian organisations to provide relief in the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake. »

Who was the real Che Guevara?
RESISTANCE!, 6 March 2010
Almost everyone has seen the iconic photo of Ernesto Che Guevara taken in 1960 by photographer Alberto Korda. In the decades since it was taken, it has been reproduced countless times, including on towels, lunchboxes, cigarette packets and especially T-shirts. »

Marx and ecology: a vision for saving the world
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 6 March 2010
John Bellamy Foster is a renowned Marxist economist and ecologist. He is the editor of the US socialist journal Monthly Review and is the author of Marx's Ecology and The Ecological Revolution (published by Monthly Review Press. Foster will be a featured speaker at the Climate Change — Social Change conference in Melbourne in November (see ad on page 13 for more details). »

Chile: ‘People have a right to live’
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 March 2010
The article below from a statement released on February 28 by Chilean socialist organisation Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR) about the earthquake that hit Chile the previous day. It was translated by Earl Gilman. »

The climate movement in 2010
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 6 March 2010
Last year’s national Climate Action Summit was groundbreaking. It set a national grassroots movement on its feet, something I haven’t seen on such a scale in my two decades of activism. A new ongoing network has been set up, with more than 100 groups now signed onto the initial structure. »

What’s wrong with the national curriculum?
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 6 March 2010
On February 25, federal education minister Julia Gillard announced the release of the new national curriculum. She sounded like a consultant for a private education firm, yet at the same time revealed her utter ignorance of education in this country. »

Australian economy: bright future?
COMMENT & ANALYSIS, 6 March 2010
According to the Reserve Bank of Australia, the future of the Australian economy is so bright we should all start wearing shades. Justifying the RBA’s decision to lift official interest rates a further 0.25% on March 2, governor Glenn Stevens said, “the risk of serious economic contraction in Australia [has] passed”. »

Flags fly for Western Sahara
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 6 March 2010

Italy: Mass rallies for immigrant rights
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 5 March 2010

Portuguese workers join EU fight
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 March 2010

Challenging racism, building solidarity
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 6 March 2010

Australian Jews reject ‘right of return’
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 6 March 2010

Thailand: Seize all ill-gotten gains!
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 March 2010

Water activists grill election hopefuls
AUSTRALIAN NEWS, 6 March 2010

Iraq: Birth defects blamed on US
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 March 2010

Regional left call to protest Obama’s visit
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 March 2010

Cuba: Obama continues Bush’s plan
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, 6 March 2010

In This Issue:


read »International News

  • Chile: ‘People have a right to li...
  • Chile: Call for solidarity and supp...
  • Cuba: Obama continues Bush’s plan...
  • Haiti: Solidarity needed, not chari...
  • Honduras: ‘Almost the entire coun...
  • Honduras: Killings of activists gro...
  • Human rights abuses: Bush’s polic...
  • Iraq: Birth defects blamed on US
  • Italy: Mass rallies for immigrant r...
  • Left MPs expelled for anti-war prot...
  • Malaysia: Protests against health-c...
  • Merak Tamils treated ‘like animal...
  • Niger’s uranium coup
  • Portuguese workers join EU fight
  • Regional left call to protest Obama...
  • Thailand: Seize all ill-gotten gain...
  • Workers paralyse Greece as MPs deba...

    • read »Comment & Analysis

  • Australian economy: bright future?
  • ‘It’s like working for rations ...
  • Big handouts for media fat cats
  • Censored ex-CSIRO economist speaks ...
  • Five questions about a carbon tax
  • How to get carbon-free power in Aus...
  • Marx and ecology: a vision for savi...
  • The climate movement in 2010
  • What’s wrong with the national cu...
  • Letters: Write on
  • Resistance!: Who was the rea...
  • Our Common Cause: Obama: pro...

    • read »General

  • GLW spanish-language suppl...
  • Green Left fighting fund: ...
  • We kid you not

    • read »Australian News

  • Australian Jews reject ‘right of ...
  • ‘No clean feed’ rallies to defe...
  • Challenging racism, building solida...
  • Detention centre puts on a show for...
  • Flags fly for Western Sahara
  • Hospital reform promising, primary ...
  • On the communist campaign trail in ...
  • Socialist Alliance holds state conf...
  • Socialist candidate: ‘People powe...
  • WA: rally for secure jobs and publi...
  • Water activists grill election hope...
  • Brief: IWD rallies: ‘Defen...

    • read »Cultural Dissent

  • Review: Spencer Tunik and th...
  • Review: Time to fire up
  • Dedicated to my brother
  • Whose Mardi Gras?


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