Left results in Germany
I read with keen interest the article by Duroyan Fertl (GLW #813) about the results of the recent national elections in Germany.
Some readers would have been surprised to read that: "It was the first time in German
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared on November 8 that his country is prepared to defend itself against a possible act of aggression from Colombia or the United States.
On November 6, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and the mining division of the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) announced they would jointly donate $10,000 to the 78 asylum seekers aboard the Oceanic Viking.
The NSW state government wants to jail people as young as 13 for carrying a can of spray paint. Anyone with a spray can and no 鈥渓egitimate reason鈥 could face up to six months in prison
Earlier this year, South African track athlete Caster Semenya was vilified in the international media for allegedly having both male and female biological characteristics. People with such characteristics are known as 鈥渋ntersex鈥. 麻豆传媒 Weekly鈥檚 Farida Iqbal spoke to Gina Wilson from the Organisation Intersex International (OII) about Semenya and intersex politics.
Chris Harman, a leading British socialist and author of dozens of books and pamphlets on politics, economics, history and the Marxist tradition, died of a heart attack on November 6 at the age of 67.
鈥淲hat threatens Australian workers is the abuse of guest workers and the use of guest workers to drive down Australian workers鈥 wages and conditions鈥, Dave Noonan, national secretary of the construction division of the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) told 麻豆传媒 Weekly.
The story of the 255 Sri Lankan boat people in the Indonesian port of Merak is a saga worthy of a novel by J. K. Rowling, with greed, betrayal and magic, all in a long voyage to find nirvana.
The government has taken over Venezuela鈥檚 two largest coffee makers, Fama de America and Cafe Madrid. FdA has been nationalised and CM turned into a partially state-owned mixed-enterprise.
A British travel agent has said it will no longer offer its customers carbon offsets because they are a diversion from dealing with climate change.
The Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly passed a civil unions bill on November 11 to allow same-sex couples the right to legally binding ceremonies. Civil unions with ceremonies have been a key demand of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) movement in the ACT since 2006.
Thirty supporters of maternity care choice staged a sit-in inside the Lismore office of local federal MP Janelle Saffin on November 9. They said the federal government must end plans to require independent midwives to have indemnity insurance.
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