Simon Butler precisely explains his concerns about the inadequacy of the Greens鈥 climate change amendment proposals (鈥淭he good and the bad of the Greens CPRS amendments鈥, GLW #814). However, like the mainstream media, he overlooks some of the Greens鈥 visionary bills on efficiency and renewables-friendly demand management.
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Steven Sodebergh鈥檚 epic films, Che Part I & II, give a detailed portrayal of the experience of Argentinean-born socialist revolutionary Ernesto 鈥淐he鈥 Guevara in the Cuban revolutionary war and his failed Bolivia campaign that ended in his execution on October 9, 1967.
About 100 people protested on October 22 against the Brumby government's proposal to allow brown coal exports to India.
More than 175 different climate change actions took place across Australia on October 24. The protests were part of the 350.org international day of climate action.
Balibo I
Clinton Fernandes describes himself as a "consulting historian" to the movie Balibo. He is a former military intelligence officer, who has his own reasons for promoting the official line on whether Australian intelligence was forewarned
The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) 鈥 a right-wing economic think tank 鈥 released its What鈥檚 Next for Welfare-to-Work? report on October 15. As part of a strategy to push more people off welfare, the report called for a fall in the minimum wage and a tightening of eligibility rules for the Disability Support Pension (DSP).
Balibo
By Jill Jolliffe
Scribe Publications, 2009
416 pages, $29.95 (pb)
There are social expectations on everyone, men and women, to act in particular ways based on our sex. This is bad for everyone because it鈥檚 stifling, but it鈥檚 worse for women and queers.
The Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2009 is scheduled for Senate debate on October 26. The bill would change the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005 (BCII Act). This would affect the building and construction industry鈥檚 watchdog, the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC).
SYDNEY 鈥 NSW Greens MLC John Kaye addressed a morning rally outside the Financial Review Energy Conference on October 23.
The Global Fight for Climate Justice: Anticapitalist Responses to Global Warming and Environmental Destruction
Edited by Ian Angus
Resistance Books, London, 2009
286 pages, $49 (pb)
The big nuclear push is on. The nuclear industry is trying to re-brand yellowcake as 鈥済reen鈥.
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