An international petition has been circulated for the dropping of Haiti鈥檚 foreign debt. For an explanation of why this is a crucial move at this time, and why the debt is illegitimate and part of the exploitation of Haiti for decades, read this article by Eric Toussaint and Sophie Perchellet entitled:
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To start the year I would like to give some congratulations. First of all, to the 91自拍论坛 Weekly people to get it together every week. What really strikes me is the empty punditry of the "commentators" in the big papers, and
Steve Jenkins (March 10, 1956 鈥 December 13, 2009) was one of the 47 elected Liverpool City Councillors who fought a titanic battle against the right-wing Thatcher government in the 1980s.
The following article is abridged from a speech by Peter Boyle, former national secretary of the Democratic Socialist Perspective, to the January 2 opening of the seventh national conference of the Socialist Alliance. The DSP was the largest affiliate organisation within the Socialist Alliance. For more information on the Socialist Alliance, visit
The Sins of the Nation & the Ritual of ApologiesBy Danielle CelermajerCambridge University Press 2009283pp, $150 (hardback)
McCubbin: Last Impressions 1907-17McArt Gallery of Western AustraliaUntil March 29
Menzies & Churchill at War 鈥 Lifts the lid on a bitter behind-the-scenes battle between the leaders of Britain and Australia during World War II. ABC1, 5pm, Sat Jan 23.
Everyone Loves a Wedding 鈥 A story of two couples from war zones who have
Elvis Presley, born 75 years ago on January 8, 1935, grew to be more than a human being: he was the 鈥渒ing of rock and roll鈥 and, magnified by a multi-million dollar publicity apparatus, reflected something of the US cultural psyche.
In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell described a superstate called Oceania, whose language of war inverted lies that 鈥減assed into history and became truth. 鈥榃ho controls the past鈥, ran the Party slogan, 鈥榗ontrols the future: who controls the present controls the past鈥.鈥
January 15 鈥 Evidence of monstrous neglect of the Haitian people is mounting following the catastrophic earthquake on January 12.
Deputy PM Julia Gillard鈥檚 different reactions to two media controversies say a lot about the denial of racism in Australia. After performers on the television show Hey Hey It鈥檚 Saturday did a blackface skit Gillard was insistent that 鈥渙bviously I think whatever happened was meant to be humorous and would be taken in that spirit by most Australians鈥.
Ashura, or mourning days for Shia Muslims, has deep historical roots in Iran. Mourning occurs through processions, passion plays and other such ceremonies dating back to pre-Islamic Iran.
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