[Marxism] What's new at Links: Nepal & solidarity, Malaysia, Rudd & climate, Tamils, Mexico, agriculture, European Left, feminism, new US union, Cuba

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What's new at Links: Nepal & solidarity, Malaysia, Rudd & climate, 
Tamils, Mexico, agriculture, European Left, feminism, new US union, Cuba

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    Nepal: The people resist elite coup <http://links.org.au/node/1041>

By *Stuart Munckton*
May 9, 2009 -- "This is not just a Maoist movement", said /Green Left 
Weekly'/s correspondent in Kathmandu, Ben Peterson. "This is threatening 
to become a new people's movement, like the one that swept away the 
monarchy."
Peterson was commenting on the large number of daily demonstrations 
across the country to demand respect for the people's will. They have 
come in the aftermath of the May 3 resignation of Prime Minister 
Prachanda and other members of the government belonging to the Unified 
Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M).

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/1041>


    Malaysia: Dozens detained as cops block protests over BN takeover of
    state parliament <http://links.org.au/node/1037>

*By Peter Boyle*
May 8, 2009 -- Police detained dozens of opposition activists, lawyers 
and legislators on May 6-7 as protests erupted around Malaysia's ruling 
National Front's (Barisan Nasional -- BN) removal of the opposition 
People's Alliance (Pakatan Rakyat) state government of Perak, one of 
five states won by the opposition in the March 2008 general elections. 
Among those arrested was Dr D. Jeyakumar, the federal MP of the 
Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM).

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/1037>


    Australia: Has PM Kevin Rudd taken `a significant step forward on
    climate change'? <http://links.org.au/node/1035>

By *David Spratt*
May 5, 2009 -- Kevin Rudd's announced changes to the proposed Carbon 
Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) has again split the climate movement, 
and this time it's very serious, with three large, rusted-on-to-Labor 
[Party] groups running cover for an appalling policy that won't 
guarantee a reduction in Australian emissions for decades.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/1035>


    Brian Senewiratne: Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka while Australia
    looks on <http://links.org.au/node/1040>

*Dr Brian Senewiratne*

May 7, 2009 -- I am a Sinhalese from the majority community in Sri 
Lanka, not from the brutalised Tamil community. I have campaigned for 
some five decades for the right of the Tamils to live with equality, 
dignity and safety in the country of their birth. I am releasing this 
media briefing as a concerned Australian (here for 32 years), and as a 
member of the Socialist Alliance, the only non-Tamil organisation [in 
Australia] to support the struggle of the Tamils for justice.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/1040>


    Indonesian leftists: Support democracy in Nepal, support Nepalese
    people's struggle against neoliberal imperialism!
    <http://links.org.au/node/1039>

/From *Berdikari*/, publication of *Papernas* (National Liberation Party 
of Unity), Indonesia
Jakarta, May 6, 2009 -- Neoliberal imperialism has put the Indonesian 
people under siege. But that does not mean that the Indonesian people 
will be absent in giving support and solidarity to the global people's 
struggle against neoliberal imperialism.
One of the country whose people are rising up courageously to fight 
neoliberal imperialism is Nepal. In that country, the oligarchy of 
landlords and local elites, supported by international capitalism, has 
been overthrown by the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) supported 
by the people.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/1039>


    Mexico's Revolutionary Workers Party (PRT) statement on swine flu
    epidemic <http://links.org.au/node/1038>

Statement by *the Revolutionary Workers Party (PRT)*
April 30, 2009 -- The health emergency brought about by the swine flu 
epidemic has important political and social repercussions, in addition 
to consequences for public health, that need to be explained in the 
midst of the confusion and distrust that contradictory governmental 
versions generate. It is also necessary to open the way to scientific 
information, truth and political criticism.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/1038>


    Australian agriculture -- a carbon-neutral future?
    <http://links.org.au/node/1036>

By *Renfrey Clarke*
May 8, 2009 -- With its belching cows and giant diesel-powered tractors, 
the farm sector is widely understood as an important contributor to 
Australia's impact on climate change. Just how important, however, is 
not often recognised.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/1036>


    Anti-capitalist European Left: capitalists not workers must pay for
    the crisis <http://links.org.au/node/1034>

May 6, 2009 -- British left groupings Socialist Resistance and the 
International Socialist Group have joined the Socialist Party, Socialist 
Workers Party, Scottish Socialist Party and others of the European 
anti-capitalist left in endorsing this statement for the European 
elections. The statement was agreed at a conference in Strasbourg on 
April 3, 2009.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/1034>


    Socialist feminist revival spearheaded by Venezuelan and Cuban
    revolutions <http://links.org.au/node/1033>

By *Reihana Mohideen*
May 4, 2009 -- There is a revival of socialist feminism in Latin 
America, spearheaded by the Venezuelan and Cuban revolutions.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/1033>


    Support democracy in Nepal! Support the Nepalese people!
    <http://links.org.au/node/1032>

*Democratic Socialist Perspective*
May 5, 2009 -- All supporters of democracy and social justice have 
reason to be concerned by the recent events in the republic of Nepal. 
The military high command, backed by right-wing parties tied to the 
country's elite, has openly defied the authority of the elected civilian 
government, led by the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M).

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/1032>


    United States: New prescription for a healthy union movement
    <http://links.org.au/node/1031>

By *Carl Finamore*
May 1, 2009 -- It's not every day that a new national union is formed in 
the United States. But that's exactly what happened on April 25 in San 
Francisco. If the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) turns out 
as planned, it's a date for the history books.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/1031>


    A US Green's view of Cuba: Reflections on the 50th anniversary of
    the revolution <http://links.org.au/node/1030>

By *Barbara Chicherio*
During January 2009 I visited Cuba over a long weekend. My stepdaughter 
started medical school there this past August and this was the first 
chance in several months for her Dad and me to see her. Visiting Rebecca 
was wonderful, but I was unprepared for what I encountered during the 
three short days spent in Cuba and how the experience would shift my 
perception of the global economy.

    * Read more <http://links.org.au/node/1030>

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international left who are opposed to neoliberal economic and social 
policies. It aims to promote the renewal of the socialist movement in 
the wake of the collapse of the bureaucratic model of "actually existing 
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