The August 24 announcment by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to officially launch the social mission April 13, and the decreeing of 26 new and reformed laws on July 29, represent a further push to empower the poor communities.
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The federal government鈥檚 climate adviser, Professor Ross Garnaut, told the National Press Club on September 5 that while climate change is 鈥渄iabolical鈥, 鈥渋ntractable鈥 and 鈥渄aunting鈥, Australia is a 鈥渟pecial case鈥 and cannot be expected to cut greenhouse gas emissions to the same extent as other 鈥渨ealthy nations鈥.
On the 90th anniversary of Armistice Day this November, Adelaide was due to play host to the largest military corporations in the world, who would be displaying the most sophisticated weapons that have ever been created. The planned fair was cancelled on September 7 by the South Australian government on grounds of supposed 鈥渧iolent protests鈥 being planned.
聯The Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister have got it right on the ABCC [Australian Building and Construction Commission]聰, wrote Wilhelm Harnisch, Master Builders Australia聮s (MBA) chief executive officer, on August 28 on the ABC Unleashed website.
聯The maximum gusts of 340 kilometers per hour registered at the Paso Real Meteorological Center, San Diego, Pinar del Rio province, during the passing of Hurricane Gustav, is the highest recorded in Cuba聰, a September 3 Granma article reported about the hurricane that hit Cuba聮s western region on August 30.
The prescription of oral contraceptives to a 14-year-old without her parents聮 knowledge has triggered a debate over adolescents聮 access to confidential health care. The student of Bellarine Secondary College in Victoria was taken by a school nurse to a doctor, who prescribed the medication.
In the lead-up to last year聮s federal election, the then-Labor opposition worked furiously to narrow the policy difference between itself and the Howard government.
On September 2, 20,000 teachers across New South Wales stopped work for two hours.
For construction union delegate Howard Byrnes, who is standing for the Socialist Alliance in the Marrickville council elections, the struggle over the privatisation of electricity, the alarming scientific news about climate change, and Labor聮s cuts to services and wages have provided opportunities to talk up the need for a democratic, working-class party.
Young people 鈥渁re the present 鈥 whether we have a future or not depends on what we as young people do or don鈥檛 do鈥, proclaimed student leader and minister for the presidency, Hector Rodriguez, speaking on August 22 to thousands of members of the youth organisation of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, the PSUV Youth (JPSUV).
Soubhi Iskander is a candidate in the September 13 Blacktown City Council elections. He is standing on a Socialist Alliance ticket, which includes fellow Sudanese activist Hassan Elnour Abaid and queer rights activist Rachel Evans.
The overwhelming public opposition to electricity privatisation in NSW has claimed the political scalps of former premier Morris Iemma, hated treasurer Michael Costa and deputy premier John Watkins.
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