鈥淚f these people can spend millions and millions on sending troops to fight other countries, why can鈥檛 they spend maybe a couple of billions just to save people, like ourselves; the marginalised, poorest of the poor. Why? Because we are taking the brunt, we are the victims of these green[house] gas emissions, the pollution made by industrialised countries.鈥
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On November 22, Hands off Venezuela (HoV) held its fourth national conference at Birkbeck College at the University of London.
鈥淭he surge in the vote for socialist candidates in the weekend Victorian local government elections shows that increasing numbers of working people are looking for candidates whom they trust to defend their interests as economic crisis looms鈥, Socialist Alliance Victorian State Convener Sue Bolton said on December 2.
Beneficiaries, teachers, adults, disabled people, students and workers came out on Friday to defend the social missions and programs of the national government in the face of threats to close them down by the new governor-elect of the state of Miranda, Henrique Capriles Radonski.
I want to give some preliminary and personal impressions, in the heat of the moment, where many comrades are very preoccupied by the significance of the [Chavista movement's] loss of the Mayor of Greater Caracas and of some important or key governorships in the country.
What kind of government in the 21st century can deny another people basic human rights -- that is, the right to food, water, shelter, security and dignity?
The following is abridged from George Newhouse聮s speech at the November 26 opening of 聯ARTicles 聴 The Human Rights Declaration聰, Amnesty International Australia聮s 2008 art exhibition, which celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The below article is a statement from the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network released on November 28.
Three trade unionists Richard Gallardo, Luis Hernandez and Carlos Requena, leaders of the pro-revolution National Union of Workers (UNT) and also members of the United Socialist Left were shot dead late Thursday night in Aragua state, Venezuela.
The November 27 terrorist assault on Mumbai聮s five-star hotels was well planned, but did not require a great deal of logistic intelligence: all the targets were soft.
The Commonwealth Department of Public Prosecution聮s (CDPP) formal withdrawal of charges against Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) official Noel Washington on November 28 is a major victory for all workers and unionists.
Thirsty Country: Options for Australia
By Asa Wahlquist
Jacana Books, 2008
216 pages, $27.95
By Asa Wahlquist
Jacana Books, 2008
216 pages, $27.95
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