PM Kevin Rudd likes to tell us he is against 鈥渆xtreme capitalism鈥. Like US President Barack Obama, Rudd tries to give capitalism a more human face, pretending it鈥檚 now something different to the neoliberal nightmare of the past three and a half decades.
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In an era of climate change, global warming, high carbon emissions and with renewable energy coming to the fore, it is astounding that a proposal for another 鈥渙pen cut鈥 coal mine is set to reach the NSW planning department.
About 300 women protested against a new anti-women marriage law on April 15. The law denies women basic rights and legalises rape. The women were surrounded by 1000-strong mob who pelted them with stones, Associated Press said that day.
Climate Wars
By Gwynne Dyer
Scribe Publications, 2008
272 pages, $32.95
By Gwynne Dyer
Scribe Publications, 2008
272 pages, $32.95
On April 16, an explosion on board a small fishing boat, packed with 47 Afghan asylum seekers and two crew, killed five people and injured many more.
On March 26, the NSW Legislative Council passed the motion by Greens NSW MP John Kaye that called on the government to drop its demands that TAFE teacher conditions be slashed to pay for salary increases.
Nestled in the heart of Barrio 23 de Enero, a large impoverished neighbourhood in Caracas, among the man-made ranchos with red brick walls and metal roofing, stands the Ramon Ismael Ramos Infocenter.
A medical professional from the Sunrise Health Service has attacked the Rudd government for continuing with the NT intervention policy. Instead of 聯closing the gap聰 between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal health outcomes, the intervention has made Aboriginal people less healthy, she says.
There are two unforgettable images of Vietnam鈥檚 Liberation Day on April 30, 1975.
On April 18, the revolutionary and progressive governments of Latin America were waging a battle against the US at the Summit of the Americas. On the same day, Luis Bilbao, an active participant in the Venezuelan revolution, addressed a public meeting in Sydney on the topic of 聯Latin American integration at a crossroads聰.
鈥淭he great Latin American revolution began on April 13, 2002鈥, President Hugo Chavez said during a speech to tens of thousands of supporters in front of the Miraflores Presidential Palace exactly three years later.
Every week it seems as if a new law in NSW is passed which rolls back civil liberties. This time it is 鈥渁nti-bikie鈥 gang laws which, despite assurances, can be used against any sort of organisation, including activist or pressure groups. Other states have said they may copy the laws.
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