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Caribbean pirates of a different hue

Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope
By Tariq Ali
Verso Books, 2006
244 pages, $49.95 (hb)
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Are we really asleep?

Silencing Dissent
Edited by Clive Hamilton & Sarah Maddison
Allen & Unwin, 2007
279 pages, $24.95

Demanding a better deal for Indigenous health

Close the Gap
Photo exhibition by Oxfam Australia
Waterfront Place foyer
Eagle Street, Brisbane
Until June 29

China: Riots win concessions

On June 3, an elderly flower seller in the municipality of Chongqing was critically injured when council rangers violently cleared the area of street hawkers. In response, a thousand-strong riot erupted. Three days later, a similar incident occurred in the Henan provincial capital of Zhengzhou, when a riot of thousands of people forced a backdown from the authorities.

China: E-waste and environmental colonialism

The enormity of China鈥檚 environmental nightmare is well-known. However, its root causes 鈥 especially the part played by First World capital 鈥 is less widely understood. One example is the massive dumping in China of First World 鈥渆-waste鈥 鈥 electronic and electrical waste.