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US imperialism is 鈥渁lready preparing the [military] attack鈥, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned, speaking to industrial workers in the region of Guayana on August 8.
MELBOURNE鈥 Forty people attended a meeting organised by the Indigenous Social Justice Association (ISJA) on August 12 to discuss Indigenous deaths in custody. In particular, the meeting discussed the case of Aboriginal elder Mr Ward, who died of heat stress in the back of a prisoner transport vehicle in Western Australia.

Graham Brown, a retired coalminer from the Hunter Valley in NSW, kicked off a national speaking tour by telling a University of Sydney forum on August 12 that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has 鈥渘o clue whatsoever鈥 about green jobs.

These things I see, each day, as I wander round this great, gaunt city. I. Mornings I hear her. and the wail of those hungry tired children, shadows beyond the frost cracked windows of her battered Toyota. When its rusted rear door
The National Front against the Coup D鈥檈tat in Honduras (FNRG) accused the United States on August 3 of engaging in two-faced politics to allow the leadership of the June 28 military coup that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya to gain time and strengthen their position.
SYDNEY鈥 NSW Premier Nathan Rees and Transport Minister David Campbell had to flee an angry group of rail unionists at a scheduled press conference at Central Station on August 6.

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On August 3, Ecuador celebrated a milestone when left-wing President Rafael Correa was sworn in for a second term 鈥 the first president to serve a second term since democracy was restored 30 years ago.
Recalling the words of Les MiserablesVictor Hugo, United Socialist Party of Venezuela Youth (JPSUV) leader Heryck Rangel said 鈥渘othing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come, and today in Venezuela, the time of socialism has arrived鈥.
Vestas workers ended their 18-day occupation of Britain鈥檚 last remaining wind turbine factory on August 6, declaring their fight to be 鈥渏ust the start鈥 of a mass campaign for green jobs.
The article below is abridged from an August 11 open letter from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) meeting in Quito, Ecuador. The full letter can be found at . It was translated by Kiraz Janicke.
What is the smart thing to do when you are travelling through a major international transport hub and are asked to 鈥渟tep this way鈥 by someone in a uniform or a Marks and Spencers suit to answer a few questions while they rummage through your luggage?