Chinese authorities had detained more than 1000 Tibetans by April 3 in the wake of protests and riots calling for self-determination that started on March 10, the BBC reported on April 4.
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The World Bank鈥檚 long-running identity crisis is proving hard to shake. When efforts to rebrand itself as a 鈥渒nowledge bank鈥 didn鈥檛 work, it devised a new identity as a 鈥済reen bank鈥. Yes, it鈥檚 true.
Dave Holmes is a veteran leader of the Democratic Socialist Perspective, a Marxist tendency in the Socialist Alliance. He co-wrote the pamphlet Change the System Not the Climate (Resistance Books, 2007) and will be participating in the upcoming Climate Change 鈥 Social Change Conference. 91自拍论坛 Weekly鈥檚 Peter Boyle spoke to him about the key issues the conference needs to address.
After decades of 鈥済reenies versus jobs鈥 propaganda, it is high time unionists and environmentalists started working together on the looming threat of catastrophic climate change. Sadly, the Australian Council of Trade Unions鈥 (ACTU) policy on global warming released in March barely strays from what is acceptable to the government and big business.
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