Antonio Gramsci, an Italian Marxist, was an important contributor to Marxist theory with his idea of 鈥渉egemony鈥.
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鈥淔ifteen families have dominated Honduras for decades, and they are the ones that carried out the coup. Today we face a very bloody time鈥, Honduran activist Santiago Reyes told a 40-strong forum on independence organised by the Latin American Social Forum on September 19.
鈥淭he whole area is full of Aboriginal artefacts and the archaeologists' reports indicate that it is probably one of the most extensive, if not the most extensive find of Aboriginal heritage in the state鈥, Michael Mansell, legal director of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC), told ABC Hobart on September 16.
Australia has one of the highest rates of asbestos-related disease in the world. Asbestos kills and goes on killing for generations. The Australian Council of Trade Unions estimates that by 2020, 30,000 to 40,000 people in Australia will have contracted an asbestos-related cancer.
A rally of 150 people, mainly students, marked the anniversary of the massacres at Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon in 1982 on September 25. The event was organised by the cross-campus Students for Palestine group. The protest spilled into a march and covered a few city blocks.
The article below is abridged from the September 24 column by former Cuban president Fidel Castro.
In Hitler's Priests, Kevin Spicer meticulously shows at least 180 Catholic priests actively supported the Nazis, including spying on other clergymen for the fascists. Beyond them, there was a vast network of sympathetic priests and bishops who quietly supported the Reich.
More and more people accept that we need emergency action to achieve a safe climate. The Copenhagen Summit in December will be a dramatic opportunity for governments to show whether or not they are prepared to be part of the solution.
Not in so many words, mind you 鈥 frankness has rarely been the strong suit of News Corporation journalists and editors. The editorial in question, published in Rupert Murdoch鈥檚 Australian on September 10, argued in support of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS): in other words, 鈥渃lean coal鈥.
More than 40 people attended a public meeting in Helensburgh, 40 minutes south of Sydney, on September 26 to discuss the issues of climate, water, jobs and political action.
Supporters of deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya gathered outside the Brazilian consulate in Toronto on September 23 to demand his return to power, Rabble.ca said on September 25.
Waste: uncovering the global food scandalBy Tristram StuartPenguin, 2009496 pages, $25 (pb)
When I arrived in Australia as a new immigrant in August 2008, I had no job and little money. I'd read about freegans 鈥 people who live on thrown-away food 鈥 so decided to try my luck.
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