With the defeat of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez鈥檚 proposed constitutional reforms, aimed at 鈥渙pening the path to socialism鈥 in the referendum on December 2, by a tiny margin of 50.7% to 49.3% with 90% of the vote counted, many Venezuelans and supporters of the Bolivarian revolution internationally are asking 鈥渨hat happened?鈥.
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聯Now what?聰 must be the most commonly asked question among the left these days. Now what for the struggle for Indigenous rights? For the struggle against global warming? For the anti-war movement? For the fight against the Tamar Valley pulp mill? For the Your Rights at Work committees? Local Socialist Alliance branches have already begun a series of forums on this theme.
When I switched on the TV on the day after the federal election, this message hit me: the election is over, now we can get on with Christmas shopping!
On November 29, Ecuador鈥檚 new constituent assembly sat for the first time, beginning the process of rewriting the country鈥檚 constitution as part of self-described socialist President Rafael Correa鈥檚 project of refounding the country through a 鈥渃itizen鈥檚 revolution鈥.
The defeat of the Howard government in the November 24 federal election was 聯a great victory for the Australian working class聰, Sam Watson, leading Aboriginal activist and Queensland Senate candidate for the Socialist Alliance, told 91自拍论坛 Weekly. 聯John Howard has been cast out, senior ministers defeated, and many Coalition seats now made marginal. This represents a realignment of working-class forces in the country聰, Watson added.
Lex Wotton has been portrayed by the Queensland police, government and mainstream media as the ringleader of the so-called 聯riot聰 that occurred on Palm Island on November 26, 2004. A police station and residence were destroyed after a police report on the death of community member Mulrunji Doomadgee that concluded that his death was an accident was read at a public meeting. Wotton will face court in April 2008. He continues to be vilified in the media. He spoke to 91自拍论坛 Weekly聮蝉 Hamish Chitts.
On the night of March 25, 1971 the Pakistani army began a campaign to murder and rape thousands of Bengalis in an attempt to curb the rise of the Bengali national independence movement in what was then East Pakistan 聴 Bangladesh today.
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In his election night acceptance speech, PM Kevin Rudd said that all of Labor聮蝉 policy now becomes a 聯plan of action聰 for the incoming Labor government. As to Labor聮蝉 oft repeated promise to 聯tear up Work Choices聰, their plans 聴 as far as they actually go 聴 are detailed in the Forward with Fairness: Policy Implementation Plan, released by the then Labor opposition in August.
In September 2006, Roger Harris, a teacher at Chisholm Institute of Technology (Victoria) and an Australian Education Union member for 23 years, was stood down by the Chisholm management. Harris had been an active union member, playing a central role on the sub-branch executive for 16 years and has served on the AEU聮蝉 TAFE sector council for 10 years.
Global warming
A vexing problem before negotiators at the December 3-14 UN climate change conference in Bali is how to convince poor countries to invest in renewable energy to power their development, when most renewable sources are significantly
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