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Young people and climate change: the power is ours

Sydney Resistance member Aaron Roden presented the following talk at the NSW Socialist Alliance conference on August 8.

Bolivia's Evo Morales: 'Economic liberation necessary for political power'

The article below is from the Bolivarian News Agency (ABN). It is reprinted from .

Socialist Alliance, global warming and left unity

The Socialist Alliance WA state conference took place on August 15. In the same week, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd鈥檚 Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) failed to pass through the senate.

Venezuela: Poverty almost halves in past decade

The president of Venezuela鈥檚 National Statistics Institute (INE), Elias Eljuri, said on August 7 that since Hugo Chavez took office in 1999, 鈥淧overty has been dropping ... from 49% in 1998 to 26.4% in 2009鈥.

Honduras: 'A final offensive is needed'

A few weeks ago, I publicly exposed a potential collapse of the health system in Honduras. Today, public hospitals have only four basic medicines.

Gov't failed to manage bushfire tragedy

The 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission interim report was released on August 17. It found government and fire authorities failed to properly manage the deadliest bushfires in Australia鈥檚 history.

No recession for some

On August 12, Australia鈥檚 formerly government-owned telecommunications company, Telstra, announced a $4 billion profit for the 2008-09 financial year.

Write on 鈥 letters to the editor

Afghanistan under occupation Horrifying UN statistics demonstrate that the elections to be held in Afghanistan under occupier guns will not be democratic. According to UN Population Division statistics, the "annual death rate" is 7% for infants

United States: Cuba demands freedom for anti-terrorist prisoners

鈥淭he Cuban Five must be released鈥, Cuban National Assembly president Ricardo Alarcon said in a televised August 11 speech, an El Habanero article said the following day. Speaking directly to US President Barack Obama, Alarcon said: 鈥淵ou could and should free them immediately.鈥

Community rallies against "thief Bligh"

Chanting 鈥渟top Bligh, stop thief 鈥 she'd even sell her grandma鈥檚 teeth!鈥 and 鈥渃ommunity action is what we need, no sell-off to corporate greed鈥, 100 people marched to Queensland Premier Anna Bligh's West End office on August 15.

Indigenous housing program head sacked

Jim Davidson was sacked as the head of the Northern Territory鈥檚 Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP) on August 18.

NSW National Parks slated for development

While the NSW government is wavering over a Shooters Party鈥檚 proposal to allow hunting in national parks, less well known, but just as worrying, are plans for private commercial developments.