The NSW government has just approved plans for two, 2000-megawatt power stations, one near Lithgow, the other in the Hunter Valley. If coal is chosen as the fuel source NSW鈥檚 greenhouse gas emissions will increase by 15.1%. If gas is chosen the increase will be 7.1%. It鈥檚 likely the government will go with coal.
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The article below is reprinted from of the Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM).
鈥淭he prime minister鈥檚 proposed shake up of public hospital funding has the capacity to reduce waiting lists to see specialists, to have surgery, and to get seen in emergency departments when needed鈥, Dr Tim Woodruff, president of the Doctors Reform Society, said in response to PM Kevin Rudd鈥檚 March 3 statement on healthcare reform.
The article below from a statement released on February 28 by Chilean socialist organisation Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR) about the earthquake that hit Chile the previous day. It was translated by Earl Gilman.
On March 2, more than 40 people packed into La Tropicana cafe for a public forum on the theme 鈥淭he Aboriginal struggle continues鈥. The meeting was organised by the Socialist Alliance.
Western Australian public servants are mounting an important battle to stop the government terminating their job security as part of an overall government assault on community services. Unionists say thousands of jobs are in danger and public services are threatened.
Since the 1959 Cuban Revolution overthrew the US-backed Batista dictatorship and began a process that ended US economic exploitation of the Caribbean island, Cuban has been repeatedly attacked by its powerful neighbour. There have been many terrorist attacks organised or launched from US soil against Cuba.
A petition signed by 35 distinguished Australian Jews rejecting the automatic right of Jews from anywhere in the world to settle in Israel is printed below. Under the racist 鈥渓aw of return鈥, Jews do not need to have any connection with Israel to obtain citizenship.
include ethicist Peter Singer, feminist campaigner Eva Cox, author and journalist Antony Loewenstein and writer Sara Dowse.
The call published below is being promoted by the Global Justice Ecology Project. The GJEP said in 2004, it 鈥渢raveled to Chile for meetings with [indigenous] Mapuche organizations fighting the devastating impacts of industrial timber plantations.
My hands began to shake
And my tears were held by my fight for strength
As my body turned to ice
They began with the story they were about to make
Like a novel they began to tell what my ears could not bear to hear
Their mouths moved but I
The article below is by Giles Ji Ungpakorn, a member of the socialist Turn Left Thailand group. He was forced to leave Thailand after being charged under Thailand's anti-democratic lese majesty (insulting the monarch) laws. Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who despite his corrupt record still enjoys support from much of Thailand鈥檚 poor, was overthrown in a 2006 coup by royalist army officers. For more information, visit .
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