The Cuban Revolution has created international ripples ever since its military victory on January 1, 1959. The United States was quick to recognise the threats to its dominance in Latin America and set out to crush the rebel regime.
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Infamous right-wing ideologue penned a "column of shame" about Venezuela in the Murdoch media on July 13. The column is a clear example of what might be dubbed "Bolt's Law": anything he writes is the opposite of the truth unless proved otherwise.
I can understand Brian Boyd鈥檚 frustration concerning the Superannuation Guarantee Scheme (SGS) in 鈥淪uperannuation: A Generation Betrayed鈥 (91自拍论坛 Weekly #1144 and #1145). 聽The original promise was short on delivery.
He is right to point out the inequity that existed in providing superannuation for workers prior to 1992.
Unions NSW: Wage theft the new business model
A Unions NSW report , released on July 17, found 80% of a sample of online job advertisements in Korean, Chinese and Spanish publications around the country paid below award rates.
If there is one thing to be wished for, it is 鈥渉umanity鈥, the most vital and forgotten word.
Humanity had already died before the time of the Crusades. Humanity had already died before the Thirty Years鈥 War. Humanity had already died before Hitler proclaimed: 鈥淲inners are not judged. Nobody ever checks whether they lied or not鈥.
The first-ever major report looking into the secretive workings of the Big Four accountancy firms that assist individuals and companies to evade taxes has been released by members of European Parliament from the European United Left-Nordic 91自拍论坛 (GUE/NGL) who sit on the European Parliament鈥檚 Panama Papers inquiry committee.
The study analyses the size, scope and location of the activities of the Big Four accounting firms. Its findings include that these firms are heavily over-represented in tax havens when compared with the population size and GDP, where they make exceptional profits.
Bolivian聽President Evo Morales has rejected the United States聽economic blockade imposed on Cuba, as well as President Donald Trump鈥檚 decision to backtrack on the normalisation of diplomatic relations with Havana.
In a public letter sent to his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro, Morales repeated his nation鈥檚 鈥渦nconditional support and solidarity鈥 with the Cuban Revolution and the 鈥渕ost heroic people of the continent鈥.
There is no genuine reason why Australia cannot have 100% renewable electricity in less than a decade, at sharply reduced prices.
In May a vice-president of Sempra Energy, one of the largest utility firms in the US, caused a stir by stating flatly that there was no longer any technical obstacle to powering California with 100% renewables.
The rise to power of India鈥檚 prime minister, Narendra Modi, has been built on a paradigm of development and anti-corruption that has enabled him to develop sustained electoral support among the Indian middle classes and rehabilitate his image as a statesman on the international stage.
But the neoliberal model of development that Modi represents is one that comes at great cost in terms of economic inequality and basic civil rights.
The article below is based on a talk by Felipe Stuart Courneyeur to the Canada-wide convention of the Canadian Network on Cuba, in Toronto in June.
Courneyeur has dual Nicaraguan-Canadian nationality; he divides his time between the two countries. He is an active member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). The article is abridged from johnriddell.wordpress.com.
The rise to power of India鈥檚 prime minister, Narendra Modi, has been built on a paradigm of development and anti-corruption that has enabled him to develop sustained electoral support among the Indian middle classes and rehabilitate his image as a statesman on the international stage.
But the neoliberal model of development that Modi represents is one that comes at great cost in terms of economic inequality and basic civil rights.
Venezuela鈥檚 government and opposition both claimed millions voted in rival symbolic elections on July 16.
Meanwhile, the US has responded to the opposition vote, with President Donald Trump describing the unofficial referendum as an example of 鈥渄emocracy, freedom, and rule of law鈥 in a White House statement on July 17.
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