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1. Taxes and social equity

   Editorial In an address to the National Press Club on April 17, Robert Fitzgerald, president of ... of GST. It is a regressive tax. It hits the poor more than the rich. A progressive tax on the rich ...

2. ZIMBABWE: Mugabe relies on repression to survive

   attempt to save President Robert Mugabe's hold on power at the March 9-10 presidential poll. ... a puppet of the British government and rich white "colonialist" farmers. Ever since independence ... capitalist class, convince the West it can be trusted and attempt to win favours from rich farmers mean that ...

3. ZIMBABWE: Can the MDC solve the crisis?

   Change (MDC) poses the greatest threat that President Robert Mugabe's corrupt and authoritarian ... with rich whites being involved in politics, only opposition politics. In recent weeks, the Commercial ... West it can be trusted and place its land policy in a straightjacket to win favours from rich farmers ...

4. ZIMBABWE: Mugabe comes in from the cold?

   Robert Mugabe's ruling party — the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) — is ... rich through hoarding, currency speculation and financial fraud. The ZANU-PF leaders have evolved into ...

5. ZIMBABWE: Letter from Harare

   President Robert Mugabe has unleashed gangs of young people from the countryside to act as its ears and ... the current crisis. Some have compared the MDC stayaways to the movement of the Venezuelan rich to ...

6. Mugabe's Congo war unpopular

   By Norm Dixon Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe's claim that his regime's military ... western powers, and that no compensation for the land would be paid to the rich farmers. In private, ...

7. Letter from the US: Wealth inequality grows fives years on from Lehman collapse

   so-called safety net ― that of Megan Roberts. This story predates the crash. Roberts and her family had been ... hour, that ironically made things worse. In Roberts' own words: “The dollar raise knocked us off ... If Richmond prevails, other cities might follow suit. When the laws of the market benefit the rich as ...

8. ZIMBABWE: MDC, farm workers Mugabe's real target

   Robert Mugabe — seemingly bolstered by the criticisms and exaggerations of the British Labour government, ... Mugabe agreed, at London's insistence, that rich white farmers' land be acquired only on ... axed to death near Harare when he could not produce a ZANU-PF membership card. MDC organiser Robert ...

9. TPP slammed: 'A wish list for giant corporations'

   US-based progressive news show Democracy Now! spoke to Robert Weissman, president of the consumer advocacy ... countries, too, and we're seeing increasing levels of rationing in the rich countries. But in the poor ...

10. ZIMBABWE: Labour movement debates response to poll fraud

    mobilisations to block the return of the authoritarian capitalist regime of President Robert Mugabe. The ... assurances that rich farmers "willing to work with the government" will have their "security ...

11. PNG: Carbon traders move in

    had refused to sign a deal with Australian carbon trader Kirk Roberts. "And I told them: ... CPRS. The idea that rich countries should pay for preserving forests in the global South isn't ... World emissions would simply allow the rich countries to claim emissions reductions on paper while ...

12. ZIMBABWE: Australian Democrats back white privilege, IMF austerity in Zimbabwe

    supporters of President Robert Mugabe. On April 10, Murray again pressed the Australian government to support ... spokesperson Vikki Bourne also stated: "I concur with [Coalition leader in the Senate Robert] Hill's ... only if the new government promised to obtain the rich white farmers' land on a "willing ...

13. Trump's cabinet of horror starts to take shape

    Evers Secretary of Energy: Venture Capitalist Robert Grady Businessman Harold Hamm Secretary of Health ... and Human Services: Former New Jersey state Sen. Rich Bagger Ben Carson Former US House Speaker Newt ... Venture Capitalist Robert Grady Businessman Harold Hamm Oil Executive Forrest Lucas Rep. Cynthia Lummis ...

14. WTO: First World blackmail pays off in Qatar

    failure at Seattle two years ago, rich countries were desperate that the Qatar summit, from November 9-14, ... weakening of their economic grasp, rich countries, led by the United States and Europe, were prepared to use ... summit launched more talks on trade liberalisation. For months, US trade representative Robert Zoellick ...

15. Gaddafi tries to crush rising, West threatens attack

    army, recaptured the oil-rich town of Brega, west of Benghazi. “The army has also proved unable to ward ...

16. Messages to congratulate �鶹��ý's 1000th issue

    agendas of the rich and powerful is a wonderful achievement. The paper’s longevity is testament to the ... existence and richness and robustness of this tradition, it does exist, and has existed since its origins ... /donate/details greenleft-1000th-issue-wendy-bacon.png Robert Graham, Canada Just wanted to send congrats from ...

17. Why we're increasingly disaffected with capitalist 'democracy'

    Pharr and Robert D. Putnam, in their editorial introduction to this book, ask "why, in some of the ... Trilateral Commission was founded in 1973 by super-rich US financier David Rockefeller to influence ...

18. Ten propositions on the climate crisis

    that increasingly scarce water, food and energy resources are preserved for the rich and to feed the ... material requirements of corporate enterprise. Robert Heilbroner predicted this outcome back in 1974 in his ...

19. Write on: Letters to the editor

    Roberts National coordinator, Australian Bisexual Network Jabiluka Congratulations on publishing the Davis ... Broaden the tax base by taxing rich individuals and corporations? In fact, pushing an all-inclusive GST is ... two-party system has managed to impose policies which steadily widen the gap between rich and poor. ...

20. Greetings from around Australia for �鶹��ý's 20th anniversary

    offering a voice to the refugee rights movement in Australia. — Marcus Roberts. Congratulations to Green ... excellent, very rich in up to date information as per usual. Boldly revolting Egyptian and Middle Eastern ...

21. The left turn in US politics

    Robert Byrd in sponsoring legislation repealing Senate authorisation for the Iraq war. "We've ... Robert Kagan, cofounder of the Project for the New American Century, recently commented in the Washington ... 'the rich get richer while the poor get poorer'." In a CBS News Poll conducted on April 9-12, ...

22. West Papua: 'They kill us to get our resources' &amp&amp

    defence minister Robert Ray, be improved by training in Australia. The Papuans see themselves as victims ... government. Dispossessed landowner Robert: "I say: this is my land, this is my mountain. But the ... What do you receive in exchange for the land? Robert: "Twenty-five years they have Freeport here, ...

23. New Zealand: Left must be part of internet freedom fight

    international human rights lawyer Robert Amsterdam and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Carolan said the ... also a member of Socialist Aotearoa, said: “Tonight’s meeting comes from a rich tradition of protest ... to right: Internet MANA candidate Laila Harre, Robert Amsterdam, Glen Greenwald and Kim Dotcom. World ...

24. Tarzan, a colonial symbol of bigotry

    Anti-racism Phil Shannon Edgar Rice Burroughs & Tarzan: A Biography By Robert W. Fenton ... in the Nazi book-burning bonfire in front of the University of Berlin in 1933, writes Robert Fenton ... rich, for the poor have no tax to pay”. Not surprisingly, among Tarzan’s regular arch-enemies were ...

25. US, West complicit in Arab repression

    control that the US enforces across the world. The US will do everything it can to stop the resource-rich ... was pressing both sides to negotiate.” The Guardian reported that Robert Cooper, one of the European ... intervention, coincided with the visit to Bahrain of US secretary of defence, Robert Gates. “This raises many ...

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