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Cooperativist ecological farmers supported by the Venezuelan government聮s land reform programs were attacked on August 7 by armed and masked men who, the farmers say, were hired by large estate owners in the area to cut short the changes heralded by the Bolivarian revolution in their rural Andean mountain valley of El Vallecito.
When does a worker, even a casual or part-time worker, join a union? When it聮s clear that membership brings better pay, working conditions and job security. Why, then, is union membership among workers at an all-time low? Because in so many industries union membership doesn聮t seem to bring these benefits.
鈥淎ll those who want to live in a healthy, equal society should vote for the Socialist Alliance鈥, Soubhi Iskander, one of three candidates to contest ward 3 of the Blacktown City Council elections for Socialist Alliance on September 13, told 麻豆传媒 Weekly.
With the July 16 vote against Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner聮s proposed tax increases on agricultural exports in the Senate, following the biggest social and political confrontation since the 2001 uprising the overthrew several presidents in one week, the right has scored a clear victory.
The below article is reprinted from the website of Action in Solidarity with Asia and the Pacific (ASAP), . Messages of solidarity should be sent to arus_pelangi@yahoo.co.id. For more information, visit .
The below statement was released by the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) on August 4. Visit .
Flesh and the Devil 鈥 Looks at compulsory celibacy in the Roman Catholic priesthood, and whether there is a connection between enforced celibacy and deviant sexual behaviour. ABC, Sunday, August 25, 2.35am. Cutting Edge: Blair and Power 鈥 Tony
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The River Runs Free: Exploring & Defending Tasmania聮s Wilderness
By Geoff Law
Viking, 2008
292 pages, $32.95
Privatisation 聴 Sell-off or Sell-out? The Australian Experience
Bob Walker & Betty Con Walker
Sydney University Press, 2008, $19.95
Rod Quantock marks his 40 years in comedy in his latest show, "First Man Standing" running until September 6 at Trades Hall, cnr Lygon and Victoria Streets, Carlton. In the "year of revolutions", 1968, Quantock told his first jokes to an audience and
聯Go Red for China!聰 was the slogan unveiled on the Chinese mainland by Pepsi-Cola, whose ubiquitous blue can will, 聯for a limited time聰, be red.