The Bolivian people, led by the government of President Evo Morales, are continuing their campaign to bring former president Gonzalo 鈥淕oni鈥 Sanchez de Lozada and members of his cabinet to justice over the government-ordered massacre of dozens of protesters in 2003.
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The threat of climate change means that for the first time humanity is faced with the very real possibility of extinction. The root cause of the ecological crisis is capitalism鈥檚 drive to maximise immediate profits above all else.
On May 29, the local council tried to move-on protesters in Coffs Harbour fighting to protect Upper Clarence waterways and forest wildlife from unsustainable logging by Forests NSW.
In his 聯Sorry聰 speech, delivered on February 13, 2008, PM Kevin Rudd said: 聯We apologise for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians.聰
The most popular leader among the Arab population in the Middle East, the May 20 Christian Science Monitor said, isn鈥檛 even from the region: it is Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
The federal Labor government wants to introduce its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), otherwise known as the emissions trading scheme, in July 2011.
MELBOURNE聴 On May 29, union and community activists protested against Pacific Brands聮 attempt to move machinery out of Australia. The protest was held at Swanston Dock. Pacific Brands, which makes government uniforms, said in February it would sack 1850 workers and move clothing production overseas.
On May 18, President Hugo Chavez sent condolences on behalf of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on the death the previous day of revolutionary Uruguayan poet, novelist and playwright Mario Benedetti. The following is abridged from Chavez聮s letter.
We all know about the government and big business聮s so-called 聯solutions聰 to the climate change crisis: 聯clean聰 coal, carbon trading schemes, etc. But what are some real world solutions to the climate crisis and what real action is being taken?
Addressing the 400-strong May 21 workshop with workers from the industrial heartland of Guayana, dedicated to the 鈥渟ocialist transformation of basic industry鈥, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez noted with satisfaction the outcomes of discussions: 鈥淚 can see, sense and feel the roar of the working class.鈥
NEWCASTLE 聴 The NSW ALP and property developers are yet again pushing to cut the Newcastle train line, this time proposing rail services end at Wickham and be replaced by buses.
聯This book is part of the red armband view of Australian history聰, Marxist historian Humphrey McQueen told an audience at Brisbane聮s Paddington Workers Club at the May 28 launch of his new book, Framework of Flesh: Builders聮 Labourers Battle for Health and Safety.
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