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  • Venezuela: Another socialist activist killed

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    Jorge Enrique Medina Delgado, a member of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), was assassinated on March 17 in San Antonio del Tachira in the opposition-controlled state of Tachira.

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  • Mark Steel: The hypocrisy of the anti-union brigade

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    BRITAIN: Hypocrisy of anti-union brigade

    Over March 22-24, British Airways cabin crew staged a three-day strike over the refusal of BA management to negotiate a reasonable long-term pay offer. A second round of strikes was scheduled to begin on March 27.

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  • Homophobia’s got to go!

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    On March 20, 500 equal marriage rights activists rallied in Sydney once more as part of the 2010 National Year of Action for marriage equality. Ten speakers from diverse political and personal backgrounds addressed a loyal crowd eager to share in their stories and views.

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  • ‘A step beyond the status quo’: social enterprise aims for green jobs

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    Employment in the Latrobe Valley in Victoria is heavily dependent on brown coal for electricity generation.

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  • What is the going rate for a kilogram of sunlight?

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    On March 3, the New South Wales government approved a new 2000 megawatt (MW) “baseload” power station, Bayswater B, to be built adjacent to the existing Bayswater power station in the Hunter Valley.

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  • Venezuela: ‘We are going to resist’

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    Alexis Adarfio is a revolutionary activist who has been nominated as a pre-candidate in the primary elections to determine the candidates for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) in the September 26 National Assembly elections. He is based in the state of Bolivar, Venezuela’s industrial heartland.

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  • Bolivia seeks world climate poll

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    The Bolivian government is seeking to use the “people’s summit” it is organising in April to push for a global referendum on climate change, AFP said on March 17.

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  • United States: A false health care reform, doctors say

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    Physicians for a National Health Program is an organisation of 17,000 doctors who support single-payer national health insurance (similar to Britain’s National Health Scheme or Australia’s Medicare). It released the following statement on March 22 after the US House of Representatives passed the health care bill.

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  • United States: Right-wing bigotry on parade

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    The vicious underbelly of the right-wing “tea party” movement was on full display in the run-up to March 21 vote on health care in Washington.

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  • Indonesian solidarity with Merak refugees

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    In the past year in Indonesia, almost 3000 asylum seekers have been stopped from heading to Australia, the Herald Sun said on March 23. The Australian government does not care what happens to these people, who are often detained in horrific conditions or deported back to unsafe countries.

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  • <EM>Green Left</EM> fighting fund: Economic crisis a bonanza for the socially irresponsible rich

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    What would be the cost of eradicating poverty in this country? What would be the cost of solving homelessness or unemployment? Could Australia afford to provide universal, free healthcare and education? Is there enough material wealth here to move to a safe, low-carbon economy?

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  • Denmark: Letter from two climate activists facing jail for Copenhagen protest

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    Australian activist Tash Verco and US citizen Noah Weiss were arrested in Copenhagen for the crime of helping organise a mass demonstration to coincide with the December United Nations climate summit (see here). Printed below is a March 22 letter from Verco and Weiss.

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  • Denmark: Activists face jail for climate protest — send letters of support

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    In Copenhagen, Sydney-based climate justice advocate Natasha Verco and US activist Noah Weiss faces charges under Denmark’s “terrorism” laws. Verco faces up to 12-and-a-half year jail for her role in organising protests against the United Nations Copenhagen climate summit in December.

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  • Venezuela: The people’s fight for a fair hearing

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    February 4 marked 11 years since Hugo Chavez first assumed the presidency in Venezuela, following a landslide election victory that swept the country’s discredited traditional parties out of power.

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  • Big capital: buy coal, sell solar

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    We hear a lot from mainstream journalists, politicians and even some environmental groups about forming partnerships with the “business community" to fight climate change. Many assume a carbon trading scheme or carbon tax alone will be enough to give business an incentive to shift to clean energy.

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