[Marxism] What's new at Links: Climate & bushfires; boycott Israel; Philippines new left party; WSF; Canada; Castro on Obama; British strike debate; Venezuela & Israel

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What's new at Links: Climate and bushfires; boycott Israel; Philippines 
new left party; WSF; Canada; Castro on Obama; British strike debate; 
Venezuela & Israel

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    Meltdown, fires as climate emergency hits Australia: Urgent action
    required <http://links.org.au/node/898>

By *Katherine Bradstreet*
Melbourne, February 7, 2009 -- The heatwave across south-eastern 
Australia in recent weeks has given a hint of what we can expect as 
global temperatures continue to rise: black-outs, fatalities and 
transport chaos as privatised infrastructure fails.
Many are in mourning as bushfires have devastated rural Victoria, with 
the death toll passing triple figures and more than 750 homes destroyed. 
The country town of Marysville has been erased from the map. Several 
other towns have all but been destroyed.
Even before the bushfire catastrophe, South Australia and Victoria had 
seen a sharp increase in deaths as a result of the heatwave, with 
Adelaide's central morgue quite literally overflowing --- the "excess" 
cadavers were stored temporarily in a refrigerated freight container.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/898>


    South Africa: Victory for workers' solidarity as Israeli ship sneaks
    out of Durban still loaded <http://links.org.au/node/896>

*Congress of South African Trade Unions* and *Palestine Solidarity 
Committee* (South Africa)
[See http://links.org.au/node/888 for more background information.]
February 6, 2009 -- The Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU) 
is pleased to announce that its members, dock workers belonging to the 
South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU), achieved a 
victory last night when they stood firm by their decision not to offload 
the /Johanna Russ/, a ship that was carrying Israeli goods to South 
Africa. This, despite threats to COSATU members from sections of the 
pro-Israel lobby, and despite severe provocation.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/896>


    New left party -- Power of the Masses Party -- formed in Philippines
    <http://links.org.au/node/893>

/Interview with *Sonny Melencio*, chairperson of Partido Lakas ng Masa 
of the Philippines. Conducted by *Peter Boyle* for /Green Left Weekly/ 
and /Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal/in Manila on 
February 1, 2009.
/

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/893>


    Sydney, April 10-12 (Easter), 2009: World at a Crossroads - Fighting
    for Socialism in the 21st Century <http://links.org.au/node/756>

World At a Crossroads:

Fighting for Socialism in the 21st Century

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/756>


    World Social Forum: `We won't pay for the crisis. The rich must
    pay!' <http://links.org.au/node/897>

Declaration of the *Assembly of Social Movements* at the World Social 
Forum, January 27-February 1, 2009, Belem, Brazil.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/897>


    Spain: Video -- Anti-apartheid protesters disrupt Israeli basketball
    team's game <http://links.org.au/node/895>

Barcelona, February 5, 2009 -- Protesters opposed to Israel's apartheid 
policies and its atrocities in Gaza chanted slogans and waved 
Palestinian flags during a basketball match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and 
Barcelona on Thursday, February 5, 2009. Despite tight police security, 
protesters managed to disrupt the game by running onto the court before 
being dragged away by aggressive cops and security guards. Tel Aviv was 
thrashed 85-65 by Barcelona.
Boicot del partit de bàsquet Barça -- Maccabi de Tel Aviv. Palau 
Blaugrana. 5 de febrer de 2009. Boicot a Israel. Solidaritat amb Palestina!!

Watch at http://links.org.au/node/895


    The capitalist crash and the challenges facing socialists in Canada
    <http://links.org.au/node/894>

By *Roger Annis and John Riddell*
/[Roger Annis will be a featured guest at the /World at a Crossroads 
/conference, to be held in Sydney, Australia, on April 10-12, 2009, 
organised by the Democratic Socialist Perspective, Resistance and /Green 
Left Weekly/. Visit http://www.worldATACrossroads.org 
<http://www.worldatacrossroads.org/> for full agenda and to book your 
tickets.]/
The first casualty of the financial collapse has been the claim that 
"there is no alternative" to unrestricted free market capitalism. The 
imperialist governments are bankrolling imperilled banks and industrial 
conglomerates with immense bailouts --- an estimated $5.1 trillion in 
the US alone by November 2008 --- while preparing "stimulus" packages 
aimed at restoring financial markets.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/894>


    San Francisco trade unionists support boycott of apartheid Israel
    <http://links.org.au/node/892>

San Francisco trade unionists support boycott of apartheid Israel, 
protest in soldarity with the Palestinian people, January 10, 2009.


Watch at http://links.org.au/node/892


    Australia: Climate Summit unites new environment movement
    <http://links.org.au/node/891>

By *Simon Butler*, Canberra

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/891>


    Fidel Castro: Contradictions between Obama's politics and ethics
    <http://links.org.au/node/890>

By *Fidel Castro Ruz*
February 4, 2009 -- A few days ago I referred to some of Obama's ideas 
which point to his role in a system that denies every principle of 
justice. I'd rather address some questions of many that could be raised 
and that the new President of the United States should answer.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/890>


    Chavismo: Christian, pro-Muslim, pro-Jewish and anti-Nazi
    <http://links.org.au/node/889>

By *Roy Chaderton Matos*, Venezuela's ambassador to the Organization of 
American States.
January 30, 2009 -- Watching television footage of one of the necessary 
and legitimate protests against the Israeli Embassy in Caracas, I 
spotted a lone sign with a slogan that left me thunderstruck.  The 
slogan was something like: "We condemn Hitler for not having completed 
his work of extermination..."
The frightening message, totally alien to the Bolivarian process and the 
Chavista commitment to liberty, democracy, equality and social justice, 
shows that, every now and then in our struggles and protests, "loose 
cannons" come dog us and that we have to detect them and neutralise them 
and expel them like any foreign body.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/889>


    South African dockworkers announce ban on Israeli ship; Palestinians
    salute decision <http://links.org.au/node/888>

FREE PALESTINE! ISOLATE APARTHEID ISRAEL!
February 3, 2009 -- In a historic development for South Africa, South 
African dock workers have announced their determination not to offload a 
ship from Israel that is scheduled to dock in Durban on Sunday, February 
8, 2009. This follows the decision by COSATU to strengthen the campaign 
in South Africa for boycotts, divestment and sanctions against apartheid 
Israel.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/888>


    `For international solidarity between workers' -- British left
    debates Lindsey oil refinery strike wave (updated Feb. 7)
    <http://links.org.au/node/887>

/A range of views from the British and Scottish left on the strike wave 
that erupted at the Lindsey oil refinery and rapidly spread across the 
country. Statements from Socialist Resistance, Scottish Socialist Party, 
Socialist Workers Party, Respect MP George Galloway, the Socialist 
Party, the /Morning Star/, /Lenin's Tomb/ blog and the /Socialist Unity/ 
blog./

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/887>

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