[Marxism] Iraq, Somalia: George Bush, war criminal - Green Left Weekly, #694 17 January 2007

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Issue #694 17 January 2007
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Why Bush's 'new' Iraq strategy will fail
IRAQ: On January 10, US President George Bush unveiled his governmentâs
new plan for prosecuting Washingtonâs almost four-year-old
counterinsurgency war in Iraq, which in a December 20 interview with the
Washington Post he for the first time acknowledged the US was ânot
winningâ. <http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/694/36054>

Somalia: Death and despair the 'benefits' of war on terror
SOMALIA: In what seems to be becoming a signature atrocity of US
President George Bushâs âwar on terrorâ, US air strikes hit a Somali
wedding ceremony, according to a January 10 BBC Online report.
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/694/36064>

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Carbon trading: a corporate scam
With climate change posing as one of the gravest threats to capital
accumulation - not to mention humankind and our environment - in coming
decades, it is little wonder that economists such as Sir Nick Stern,
establishment politicians like Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown
and US Democrat Al Gore, and financiers at the World Bank and in the
City of London have begun warning the public and, in the process,
birthing a market for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/694/36065>

The impact of carbon trading in the Third World
By Kevin Smith
The carbon offset industry was all about growth in 2006. The
high-profile, Britain-based CarbonNeutral Company reported an annual
turnover of Â2.7 million, while the global market sold an estimated Â60
million, and this figure was estimated to increase five times over in
three years. Â <http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/694/36066>

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INTERNATIONAL

Mision Vuelvan Caras - changing lives in Venezuela
VENEZUELA Mision Vuelvan Caras, literally âabout-faceâ, is a social
project â or mission â launched by the revolutionary government of
Venezuela in 2004 to train and offer employment to thousands of people.
It is changing the lives of a large number of the countryâs citizens,
many of ... Â <http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/694/36059>

Venezuela's revolution accelerates
VENEZUELA Sending shockwaves through the corporate elite, on January 8
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared his governmentâs intention of
reversing the privatisations that had been carried out by previous
governments. Declaring âWeâre on our way to socialism, and nothing and
no-one can prevent itï... Â <http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/694/36058>

Behind Fiji's coup
FIJI On December 5, after weeks of speculation, the commander of the
Republic of Fiji Military Forces, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama announced
that he had overthrown the government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase
in Fijiâs third military coup in the past 20 years. On January 4,the
military restore... Â <http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/694/36060>

Fatah moves towards coup against Hamas
PALESTINE More than 30 Palestinians have been killed in the past month
in violence between Fatah and Hamas that flared up after Fatah-aligned
President Mahmoud Abbas called on December 17 for new presidential and
legislative elections. Â
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/694/36053>

Rogue state threatens nuke attack against Iran
IRAN It seems like an overly cliched script with a plot so tired that
even Hollywoodâs dross-marketing machine might think twice about
touching it: a Mid-East nation led by an aggressive regime with a record
of violating human rights whenever it feels like (which turns out to be
often) threatens cou... Â <http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/694/36055>

Radical party to enter Indonesian politics
INDONESIA Almost nine years since the fall of the dictator Suharto, one
word continues to dominate discussions of the widespread social
discontent in Indonesia: âfragmentationâ. Â
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/694/36050>

Saddam Hussein rushed to the gallows
IRAQ Saddam Hussein was rushed to the gallows as 2006 ended â a former
dictator put to death under instructions from his one-time supporters in
the US government. Â <http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/694/36057>

Arrests at anti-nuke protest in Faslane, Scotland
SCOTLAND Parliamentarians from the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP), the
Dutch Socialist Party, the Greens and the Welsh nationalist Plaid Cymru
party were arrested on January 8 following a protest at the Faslane
nuclear submarine base on the River Clyde. Â
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/694/36056>

COMMENT & ANALYSIS

OUR COMMON CAUSE âAboriginal people across Queensland and across
Australia have lost all confidence in the capacity of the criminal
justice system to address our needsâ, Sam Watson, the Socialist Alliance
spokesperson on Indigenous issues said about the latest explosion of
Aboriginal rage, at the Cape York... Â
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/694/36073>

Pro-choice activists are angry that the federal government has
subcontracted parts of its $51 million National Pregnancy Telephone
Hotline contract to anti-abortion groups. Â
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/694/36072>

APEC: A tool to screw the poor
While starving Australiaâs public education and health services of
funding, the Coalition government is planning to spend well over $200
million on the annual talk shop dressed up as a âleadersâsummitâ of the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) scheduled for Sydney this
Sep... Â <http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/694/36069>

Challenges ahead for student left

For the first time since the foundation of the National Union of
Students (NUS) 15 years ago, Laborâs right-wing student faction, Unity,
was ousted from the office of general secretary at the NUS annual
conference, held in Ballarat on December 4-7. Â
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/694/36090>

Pulp mill controversy escalates

Woodchipping giant Gunns Ltdâs proposed $1.4 billion pulp mill in
northern Tasmania continues to be the subject of controversy. Gunns has
expressed impatience over the delays in the assessment process and
threatened to axe the project if government approval is not given within
six months. Â <http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/694/36089>

Stop the G20 witch-hunt!

Three more people, including a teenager, have been charged following the
November 19 protests against the G20 financial ministersâ summit in
Melbourne, bringing the total number of participants charged to 11. The
following is an abridged version of a statement Resistance issued in
response to t... Â <http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/694/36091>

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