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When people think of 鈥渞evolutionary art鈥, the usual image is of socialist realism or the propaganda art of the Soviet Union or China. Others may think of the Mexican muralists like Diego Rivera.
With seven boatloads of asylum seekers intercepted in September, Australia鈥檚 Christmas Island detention centre is fast filling up. It now holds 677 detainees.
German elections and the strength of the left
Duroyan Fertl's analysis of German elections (GLW #809) missed two issues. Firstly, election results for the Green Party (Thuringia: 6.2%, Saarland: 5.9%, Saxony: 6.4%). The Greens have established themselves around the 6%-mark crossing the 5% hurdle that guarantees seats in parliament.
Shortly after two dust storms swept the entire east coast of Australia over September 22-26, concerns were raised that radioactive materials from central Australian uranium mines could make the same journey.
Reading through the messages of support coming in for 91自拍论坛 Weekly鈥檚 鈥淪pring Offensive鈥 fundraising appeal, I was reminded of the old saying: 鈥淵ou don't know what you have until you lose it.鈥
A coalition of Newcastle business groups has launched a new campaign called 鈥渇ix our city鈥.
South Australia鈥檚 Climate Camp took place at Warren Gorge, near Port Augusta, over September 24-27. The camp targeted two ageing brown coal-fired power stations 鈥 which are among the most polluting in Australia 鈥 the Northern and Playford B plants.
鈥淭his is one of the rare books which you can judge by its cover鈥, author Humphrey McQueen quipped to the 50 Builders Labourers Federation unionists attending the launch of Framework of Flesh on September 22.
鈥淭he country is weary of the war. What I鈥檓 trying to do at this point is to make sure that ... we have got a coherent strategy that can work鈥, United States President Barack Obama told David Letterman鈥檚 Late Show on September 21.
The article below is by Physicians for a National Health Program, a research and educational organisation of 17,000 doctors who support single-payer national health insurance in the United States. The study referred to can be found at .
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