The increasingly harsh political climate in Israel under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu鈥檚 right-wing government has prompted the leadership of the country鈥檚 1.3 million 鈥淚sraeli Arab鈥 citizens (as Palestinians living inside Israel are termed) citizens to call the first general strike in several years.
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Framework of Flesh: Builders' Labourers battle for health & Safety
By Humphrey McQueen
Ginninderra Press, 2009
337 pages, $30 (pb)
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Humphrey McQueen's Framework of Flesh takes up a 1920s challenge from a militant builders labourer, Charlie Sullivan:
In the midst of an international campaign launched against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, carried out by the extreme right from Colombia and supported by Washington, the US State Department has organised and financed the trip of eight young Venezuelan politicians to the US.
When the US-led coalition invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001, several pretexts were given.
The article below is an open letter issued by 鈥淐oncerned Teachers, Students, Writers, Artists, and Activists Around the World鈥. It is abridged from Mrzine.
In the wake of the bombing of two oil tankers by the occupying NATO forces, and farcical elections controlled by warlords, international public opinion is turning against the US-led war in Afghanistan.
The article below is a September 11 update released by the US-based Committees in Solidarity with the Peoples of El Salvador. It is reprinted from Cispes.org. President Mauricio Funes, a candidate for the left-wing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), was elected in March, ending the 17-year long neoliberal rule of the right-wing Arena party. The FMLN waged an armed struggle in the 1980s against the US-backed military dictatorship, which ended with peace accords in 1992. Funes has a mandate to promote the development of El Salvador to the benefit of the poor. However, the elite are seeking to destabilise his government.
The anniversary of the first year of President Fernando Lugo鈥檚 government coincided with a five-day national protest over August 10-15 organised by the United Popular Space (EUP). The EUP is a coalition of many social organisations and left parties, with the support of figures from diverse political sectors, including the governor of the department of San Pedro, Jose Pakova Ledesma, from the Authentic Radical Liberal Party (PLRA).
The communications chief for United Nations children鈥檚 charity UNICEF, James Elder, has been given until September 21 to leave Sri Lanka for making statements critical of the government.
Bolivian President Evo Morales has been declared 鈥淲orld Hero of Mother Earth鈥 by the United Nationals general assembly, EFE said on August 29.
French courts have sentenced six workers to suspended sentences of between three and six months as a consequence of union protests in April against Continental鈥檚 decision to close its tyre plant in Clairox.
Shaun Joseph of the US International Socialist Organisation and Providence City councillor Miguel Luna report back on the resistance to the coup in Honduras.
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