After holding power in Chile since the end of Pinochet鈥檚 military dictatorship in 1988, the social democratic coalition Concertacion lost power to the right wing Alianza coalition in the December and January elections.
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United States President 鈥 and Nobel Peace Laureate 鈥 Barack Obama will spend nearly US$1 trillion on war this year.
Socialist councillor Sam Wainwright has called on Fremantle residents to support a March 11 rally against the state government鈥檚 attacks on the public sector.
The December 7-18 United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen was supposed to 鈥渟eal a global deal鈥 to tackle climate change. It failed miserably.
On February 1, NSW premier Kristina Keneally announced changes to public transport fares and ticketing at a Parramatta railway station press conference.
Dwarfing recent opposition protests, more than 100,000 supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez marched in Caracas on February 4 in defence of the government and to celebrate 18 years since Chavez led a failed civilian-military uprising against a corrupt government in 1992.
The statement published below has been signed by the Working People鈥檚 Association (Indonesia); Confederation Congress of Indonesia Union Alliance; the Singapore Democratic Party; the Socialist Party of Malaysia; Socialist Alternative (Australia); Socialist Alliance (Australia); and Socialist Worker New Zealand. If your organisation wants to sign this joint statement, email international@prp-indonesia.org.
US National Director of Intelligence Admiral Dennis Blair presented the 鈥渁nnual threat assessment鈥 before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on February 2
There has been much ink spilled in the corporate press about the number of dollars and soldiers being committed to Haiti by 鈥渢he international community鈥, but as a January 20 US ABC News headline bluntly put it: 鈥淚n rebuilding Haiti, opportunity knocks and companies profit.鈥
A Nielsen poll published in the February 8 Sydney Morning Herald showed a sharp drop of support for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's key climate change policy, the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS).
How to sum up the Liberal Party鈥檚 鈥渄irect action鈥 scheme to tackle global warming? Well, how about: a fraud wrapped in demagogy inside a delusion?
Wiki Government: How Technology can make Government Better, Democracy Stronger, & Citizens more PowerfulBy Beth Noveck, Brookings Institute Press200 pp, US$28.95
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