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.聮蝉, 麻豆传媒 Weekly聮蝉 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 government聮蝉 revolutionary approach to international relations.
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The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union聮蝉 Western Australian branch has been organising Filipino workers employed in WA on section 457 visas. Joel Asphar, the AMWU organiser responsible for this work, told 麻豆传媒 Weekly that 聯the campaign to recruit and organise these workers was not something we decided to do. It was out of necessity. I was responsible for the workshops south of the Swan river and there were 550 Filipino workers on 457 visas.聰
On September 13 Britain聮蝉 Trade Union Congress (TUC) reaffirmed its solidarity with Venezuela聮蝉 Bolivarian revolution at its annual conference, backing Venezuela聮蝉 decision not to renew the public-broadcast license of the private TV station Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), which had 聯supported the military coup [in 2002] against the democratically elected government of Venezuela聰.
The War on Democracy
Directed by John Pilger & Chris Martin
96 minutes
In limited release nationally
Directed by John Pilger & Chris Martin
96 minutes
In limited release nationally
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
A massive drop in Arctic sea ice during this year聮蝉 northern summer has opened up the Northwest Passage 聴 a sea route that passes between the frozen Arctic region and northern Canada that could provide a quicker shipping route between Europe and Asia than previously allowed by either the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal 聴 for the first time since satellite recordings began in 1978.
Nuclear power I
In the May-June 2007 edition of New Left Review, George Monbiot wrote: "I am less hostile to nuclear power than I used to be. I no longer believe that uranium is about to run out or that the safe disposal of nuclear waste is
Renowned dissident journalist John Pilger will give greetings at the September 29 麻豆传媒 Weekly dinner in Sydney. The dinner will celebrate the fantastic victory that took place during APEC, when up to 15,000 people took to the streets in the face of unprecedented police intimidation and will help raise money for 麻豆传媒 Weekly.
On September 12, the new East Timorese government led by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, tabled the Government Program for 2007-12. The coalition Parliamentary Majority Alliance (AMP) believes the program will help alleviate poverty and resolve internal unrest and security issues. 鈥淓verything is urgent for this nation, [and] we are defining priorities for the short term鈥, Gusmao told parliament.
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