You don鈥檛 need presidential palaces, generals riding tanks, or even the CIA to make a coup happen. Democracy can be overthrown with far less pomp, fewer props and smaller bursts of state violence.
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The report of the United Nations鈥 fact-finding mission to Gaza, led by former South African jurist Richard Goldstone, was released in September. It detailed atrocious human rights abuses by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) during Israel鈥檚 December-January war on the Palestinian territory.
Many have touted December鈥檚 United Nations鈥 sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen as a 鈥渕ake or break鈥 chance to halt dangerous climate change. But the richest nations are on a warpath to make sure this 鈥渓ast chance鈥 becomes a 鈥渘o chance鈥 event.
About 200,000 marched in Washington D.C. on October 11 to demand full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people, US Socialist Worker said the next day.
The results of the October 4 elections in Greece were a political earthquake that have created a new situation.
On October 10, Mexican Federal Police seized the plants of the Central Light and Power Company of Mexico (LyF), which provides electricity to Mexico City and several states in central Mexico.
Socialist Alliance WA co-convenor Sam Wainwright was elected from the Hilton Ward to the Fremantle Council in the October 17 poll.
The heat is on the administration of US President Barack Obama.
Puerto Rico, a 鈥渟elf-governing鈥 colony of the United States, was rocked by a general strike on October 15. Organisers estimated that between 150,000-200,000 people took part in a massive demonstration in the capital, San Juan.
The statement below was released on October 13 by: The National Committee (US) Committee to Free the Cuban Five; the International Committee to Free the Cuban Five; and the organisations of the Cuban Immigration in Miami involving the Marti Alliance: the Antonio Maceo Brigade, the Alliance of Workers of the Cuban Community (ATC), the Jose Marti Association, and political parties of the US who are part of the Cuban Five solidarity movement.
An October 16 deadline set by Honduran President Manual Zelaya for the regime that ousted him in a military coup to agree to his reinstatement has passed without a settlement. Zelaya had warned that if his reinstatement was not agreed to by that time, Honduras would become 鈥渦ngovernable鈥.
鈥淭he world needs to understand the importance of the struggle in defence of nature鈥, Hugo Blanco, legendary Peruvian peasant leader active in the indigenous peoples鈥 struggle against corporate exploitation in the Amazon, told 91自拍论坛 Weekly in late September.
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