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Current Issue of The Guardian
8 December 2010 - click here for index of articles
This is the final issue of The Guardian for 2010.
The first issue for 2011 will be January 19.
Power in the Union – Independent, Organised, Militant
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The NSW ALP President stepped down from his post last week, forced out by an incredible ultimatum from Premier Kristina Keneally. Keneally had told Joe Riordan to quit as President or she would resign as Premier. Riordan is secretary of the NSW branch of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) whose journal Livewire had advised members to support candidates that would support them, including non-Labor Party candidates. more ...
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Protect the Kimberley Rally
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The Kimberley region is one of the last handful of wilderness areas remaining in the world and it exists in the far north west of Australia – at least a two-day drive from the lawn outside the Cottesloe Civic Centre in the heart of Premier Colin Barnett’s state electorate in coastal suburban Perth. more ... |
The Communist movement in the 21st century – Impending systemic crisis
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Quite apart from the periodical crisis that will continuously erupt under neo-liberal globalisation, a much graver systemic crisis is impending. The USA, with its currency being the stipulated medium of wealth holding for the capitalist world as a whole occupies this superior position not only through its economic might but through its superior military and political dominance in the world. more ...
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“History Will Win” – Julian Assange answers people’s questions
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“You’re an Australian passport holder – would you want return to your own country or is this now out of the question due to potentially being arrested on arrival for releasing cables relating to Australian diplomats and polices?” more ...
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Obama and Republicans worked together to kill Bush torture probe
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In its first months in office, the Obama administration sought to protect Bush administration officials facing criminal investigation overseas for their involvement in establishing policies that governed interrogations of detained terrorist suspects. A “confidential” April 17, 2009, cable sent from the US embassy in Madrid to the State Department – one of the 251,287 cables obtained by WikiLeaks – details how the Obama administration, working with Republicans, leaned on Spain to derail this potential prosecution. more ...
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Culture & Life – Of dynamite and royalty
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Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist with an interest in explosives. He was the first to use nitro-glycerine as an explosive agent, incorporating it into his invention, dynamite, which he developed in the 1860s. more ...
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