We all know about climate change, forest destruction and other ecological threats, but in Latin America environmental concern is treated more seriously than perhaps in any other part of the world.
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On June 1, the eastern Bolivian provinces of Beni and Pando followed the May 4 referendum in Santa Cruz, holding referendums for 鈥渁utonomy鈥 from the national government. Together with Tarija, whose 鈥渁utonomy鈥 referendum is scheduled for June 21, these four eastern provinces, known as the 鈥渉alf moon鈥, are a stronghold of the right-wing oligarchy that is attempting to destablise the government of President Evo Morales.
According to a June 5 Prensa Latina report, Cuba condemned the Declaration of the Rome Summit on Food Security, describing it as "the result of the lack of political will of the countries of the North" to promote a fair, lasting solution to the
Below is an abridged statement by the US-based Venezuelan Information Office. Visit http://rethinkvenezuela.com.
On June 4, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in the US issued its ruling upholding the convictions of the five Cuban nationals being held in US jails, including the espionage and murder conspiracy convictions. The 聯Cuban Five聰 had infiltrated right-wing Cuban exile groups in Miami to help prevent terrorist attacks.
At the same time, the US government has refused demands from the Cuban and Venezuelan governments to extradite convicted terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, responsible for blowing up a Cuban airliner in 1976 that killed all passengers, to Venezuela where he escaped from jail.
Below, is an abridged statement at a May 20 press conference by Gloria La Riva on behalf of the US National Committee to Free the Cuban Five. For more information, visit http://freethefive.org.
According to a May 25 Tolo TV report, translated and posted on http://rawa.org, civilians in Garmsir District of Helmand Province claim that US forces, involved in military operations in the district in the past two weeks, have killed and imprisoned
麻豆传媒 Weekly asked these Resistance activists what they hope to get out of the national conference in Sydney later this month.
NSW Treasurer Michael Costa鈥檚 third budget, on June 3, included massive handouts to big business and a nasty backhander to workers.
Like many others, I cut my activist teeth during the Franklin River campaign of the early 1980s. Like thousands of others, I joined the blockades in south west Tasmania and, like hundreds of others, was arrested for my troubles and spent a week in Risdon Jail.
Twenty-first century capitalism has sentenced millions of workers to near slavery in the form of various migrant labour schemes that underpin the mega profits of many giant corporations. From Singapore to Dubai to the US, such schemes spell super-exploitation. So would a 聯guest
worker聰 scheme in Australia be much less exploitative?
A new group of climate activists resolved on May 31 to campaign against the construction of a massive electricity substation in state forest in the Hackett鈥檚 Gully area.
The Hills Climate Action Group was holding its first business meeting after forming at a May 17 public forum.
In a country where the balance of power is tipping away from bosses and towards ordinary workers, Venezuela\'s annual May 1 labour celebration holds great significance. It has been declared a national holiday.
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