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?
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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.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced the nationalisation of six companies on May 21. 鈥淭here will be no discussion鈥, he said.
The Australian government and coal industry鈥檚 push for so-called 鈥渃lean coal鈥 technology is justified on the grounds that if we can keep burning and selling coal, but in a 鈥渟ustainable鈥 way, many Australian jobs will be saved. This is pure propaganda.
BRISBANE鈥 Unions at the University of Queensland (UQ) held a rally and barbeque on St Lucia campus on May 27 as part of their campaign for a new collective agreement.
Carbon footprints, melting icecaps and ecological disasters 鈥 the hot-button issue of the century is explored in a series of films that focus on sustainability at the Sydney Film Festival.
After the military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which waged an armed struggle for independence for Sri Lanka鈥檚 Tamil minority, the extent of the killings of Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan army (SLA) has begun to emerge.
In Australia and the rest of the capitalist world, production is decided by privately owned businesses on the basis of the 聯profit motive聰. That is, companies decide what and how much is produced based on what will achieve the greatest profit and consequently the most money for the company owners.
On its opening day, Israeli soldiers walked past piles of books for sale and commemorative PalFest鈥09 tote bags into the Palestine National Theatre in Jerusalem to tell the owner that the Palestine Festival of Literature was an event organised by the Palestinian Authority and therefore illegal.
Pakistan鈥檚 workers and peasants continue to be caught between the brutal military conflict waged between the Pakistani military, backed by the US, and the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban.
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