[DEBATE] : Stop the war on civil liberties! - Green Left Weekly #682, September 6, 2006

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Green Left Weekly #682, September 6, 2006

Stop the war on civil liberties!
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p11.htm>

Responding to the Victorian Court of Appeals decision, on August 18, to
quash the terrorism convictions of Jack Thomas, the establishment media
launched a furious campaign against the upholding of Thomas? basic
democratic rights. [Full article]
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p11.htm>

* David Hicks: a casualty of prejudice and legal limbo
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p12.htm>
* The witch-hunt against Jack Thomas
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p12b.htm>
* BRITAIN: Doubts multiply over 'terror plot'
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p17.htm>

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Venezuela's Hugo Chavez challenges Bush's empire
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p24.htm>

The official August 12 is the start of Venezuela's presidential election
campaign. Officially, the main opposition in the December election is
led by Manuel Rosales, governor of the state of Zulia. But the real
showdown will be between the unfolding people's revolution led by
Chavez and the warmongers in the Bush administration. [Full article]
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p24.htm>

* Visit Venezuelanalysis.com <http://www.venezuelanalysis.com> for
daily updates on Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution

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International News

# VENEZUELA: Hugo Chavez challenges Bush's empire
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p24.htm>
# Venezuela in Mercosur: A new Mercosur?
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p14.htm>
# BOLIVIA: Morales overcomes gas crisis
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p15.htm>
# MEXICO: Oaxaca on verge of civic insurrection
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p16.htm>
# CHILE: Workers take on BHP
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p16b.htm>
# VENEZUELA: 'Parliament of the streets'
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p16c.htm>
# BRITAIN: Doubts multiply over 'terror plot'
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p17.htm>
# INDONESIA: West Papuan protesters give the US the 'bottoms up'
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p17b.htm>
# LEBANON: A defeat for Israel
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p18.htm>
# Syrian envoy: Israel's war 'backfired'
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p5b.htm>
# Chavez calls for Israeli leaders to face trial
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p14c.htm>
# IRAQ: British driven from base
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p19.htm>
# PALESTINE: More than 200 dead from Israeli assault
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p19b.htm>
# CHINA: Capital 'invasion' sparks concern
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p20.htm>
# SCOTLAND: Sheridan faction announces split from SSP
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p20b.htm>

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In Brief

# PAKISTAN: Baloch nationalist leader killed by military
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p14b.htm>
# MEXICO: Electoral court rejects fraud claim
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p14d.htm>
# WEST PAPUA: Police beat witness
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p14e.htm>
# INDONESIA: Activists want Timor commission disbanded
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p14f.htm>

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# The malicious campaign to overturn Jack Thomas' appeal
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p11.htm>
# David Hicks: a casualty of prejudice and legal limbo
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p12.htm>
# The witch-hunt against Jack Thomas
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p12b.htm>
# Wind vs nuclear energy? No competition
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p10.htm>
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Cultural Dissent

# Surviving Nazi racism: a Marxist memoir
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p22.htm>
# Arundhati Roy: `We' <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p21.htm>
# Rebels all: Black 47's immigrant reels rock the empire
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p21b.htm>
# Frank Hardy: a powerful author
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p22b.htm>

Australian News

# McArthur River diversion a 'big mistake'
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p2b.htm>
# Defend the 107: 'Workers will not lie down'
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p3.htm>
# Queensland politicians ignore Indigenous issues
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p3b.htm>
# UNSW staff campaign against job cuts
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p4.htm>
# CSR ain't so sweet <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p4b.htm>
# Remembering Tampa <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p4c.htm>
# Campus forum on Lebanon war
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p4d.htm>
# National anti-nuclear symposium
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p4e.htm>
# Prison bosses misled parliament
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p4f.htm>
# Court again rejects Gunns claim
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p5.htm>
# Anti-nuke protesters target engineering company
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p5c.htm>
# Political censorship at Sydney University
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p5d.htm>
# ACCC targets construction union
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p6.htm>
# Workers strike for union agreement
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p6b.htm>
# Magistrate blocks deportation
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p6c.htm>
# Protest against NT enrichment plant
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p6d.htm>
# End the occupation, say Lebanese Australians
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2006/682/682p8b.htm>

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