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A confused critique of capitalism

Rogue Economics: Capitalism聮s New Reality
By Loretta Napoleoni
Allen & Unwin, 2008
292 pages, $29.95 (pb)

Speak-out for human rights

The Canterbury Bankstown Peace Group (CBPG) is organising a speak-out at Paul Keating Park, Bankstown, on October 18 to demand respect for human rights. Mamdouh Habib, a member of CBPG, is still fighting for the Rudd government to investigate the

Peruvian government in crisis

Peru聮s entire cabinet tendered their resignations to President Alan Garcia on October 9 in the wake of a corruption scandal involving kickbacks in return for oil contracts.

A guide to the Wall Street meltdown

Many people are understandably frustrated when they try to make sense of the world financial crisis based on what they read in mainstream newspapers.

Activist misses out on award

A Students Against the Pulp Mill organiser, Gabby Forward, was a finalist in the "Junior Hero" category of news.com.au's Green Awards. Announcing the winner on September 23, presenter Axle Whitehead described it as "the hardest category to

Hope, terror and youth rebellion

Looking back on the political movements of the 聮60s and 聮70s is now a fairly well trodden path in the form of fiction, history and memoirs alike.

Don't pay for a failed system

鈥淢eltdown鈥 is a word that one hears a lot on the news these days.

Protest against Afghanistan war

The seventh anniversary of the US invasion of Afghanistan was marked by a protest calling for the withdrawal of all foreign troops, organised by the Stop the War Coalition (StWC) on October 7. More than 100 people participated. Featured speakers

Afghan war: Unwinnable, unjust 鈥 end it now!

Britain鈥檚 most senior military commander in Afghanistan, Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith, told the British media about the US/NATO occupation of Afghanistan that 鈥淲e are not going to win this war鈥.

Need versus greed: a different kind of nationalisation

鈥淭he idea that markets were always right was mad鈥, right-wing French President Nicolas Sarkozy stated, according to a September 29 Businessweek.com article. 鈥淭he all-powerful market that always knows best is finished.鈥

Thailand: Right-wing mob riots outside parliament

Late on the evening of October 6, the ultra right-wing fascist mob that calls itself the Peoples Alliance for Democracy (PAD) laid siege to the Thai parliament.

Methane study reveals serious new climate threat

Millions of tonnes of the potent greenhouse gas methane have apparently begun leaking from the seabed beneath wide areas of the Arctic Ocean, the British Independent reported on September 23.