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Dick Nichols聮 article 聯Let the Tibetans decide their future聰 (Write On #748) argues that it is irrelevant that 聯the Tibetan resistance army up until 1959 was funded and trained by the CIA聰. This statement is incorrect, as he meant to write 1969 not 1959. More importantly, however, contrary to Nichols opinion, I believe that understanding the reasons why the CIA supported the Tibetans is very significant if one wants to develop a full understanding of the corporate media聮s ongoing fixation on Tibet聮s struggle for liberation.
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The plan for the privatisation of electricity in NSW is like the mythical creature the hydra, which had multiple heads. It had to be 鈥渒illed鈥 many times before it would actually die 鈥 and every time it was 鈥渒illed鈥 it could bite back apparently unharmed.
More than 10,000 unionists marched through Brisbane鈥檚 streets on May 5, celebrating the union movement鈥檚 role in the defeat of the Howard government last year. The annual Labour Day parade was led by the building unions, with the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) in the lead. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of the original building workers\' union in Queensland.
鈥淸It] would be imprudent to tip the winners in the race for low emission technologies鈥, wrote Barney Glover, University of Newcastle deputy vice-chancellor, in an April 10 letter defending the university鈥檚 research in so-called clean coal technologies.
More than 2000 people rallied at Fremantle Esplanade to celebrate May Day and to call for the scrapping of all of the anti-worker laws of the previous government.
After a four-hour community blockade on April 9, Melbourne Chef agreed to pay out sacked National Union of Workers (NUW) member Abdelwahab Bekhaled and negotiate a collective agreement at the site. However, the company reneged on the agreement, sparking a month-long union campaign. Bekhaled has finally received a payout that included long-service leave and all his entitlements.
Plans are under way for the 2008 Resistance national conference, to be held at the University of Technology, Sydney from June 27-29. This year鈥檚 theme is: 鈥渨ar, racism, environmental destruction, homophobia, sexism 鈥 Turn anger into action!鈥
Redfern聮s historic 聯Block聰 will be the site of the Aboriginal Rights Coalition聮s (ARC) first national conference, to be held on May 23-25. The Socialist Alliance gives full support to this initiative, a valuable occasion for Aboriginal people and their supporters from around Australia to share experiences and chart the way forward for Indigenous rights.
On May 5, Victorian Premier John Brumby and education minister Bronwyn Pike announced that they had struck a deal with the Victorian Australian Education Union (AEU) over teachers聮 pay. While there are several aspects of the agreement to be finalised, the government decided to go public and claimed that Victorian teachers are now the highest-paid teachers in Australia.
鈥淚f the government cannot lower the cost of living it simply has to leave鈥, a demonstrator said in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 鈥淚f the police and UN troops want to shoot at us, that鈥檚 OK, because in the end, if we are not killed by bullets, we鈥檒l die of hunger.鈥
Venezuelan foreign minister Nicolas Maduro proposed that Latin American countries create a food bank to counter food supply problems and that oil profits of the region go towards a new food fund. Maduro made the proposal during the Food summit held in Nicaragua on May 7.
A day of violence, fraud and a 鈥済rand rebellion鈥 against the Santa Cruz oligarchy.
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