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Video on Nepal's coup and the mass resistance

This is a video explaining the current situation in Nepal and providing a glimpse into the mass resistance on the streets to the elite’s "soft coup" to bring down the Maoist-led elected government

Support demcracy, support the Nepalese people! Solidarity statement

Statement by the Democratic Socialist Perspective, May 5, 2009. www.dsp.org.au

Greens and socialist candidates speak

Green Left Weekly spoke to Fremantle by-election candidates Adele Carles (WA Greens) and Sam Wainwright (Socialist Alliance) to ask what they hoped to achieve through their election campaigns

Save the Loft

NEWCASTLE— One hundred people rallied outside the Newcastle Council Chamber on April 29 to show support for the Loft, a Council-sponsored youth venue.

Peru: Amazonian indigenous people rise up

“Since April 9, an uprising has been occurring in the Peruvian countryside involving the Amazonian indigenous peoples from 1350 communities and a diversity of ethnicities”, said legendary peasant leader, Hugo Blanco in an important message. A translation of Blanco’s appeal for solidarity with this so-far mostly unreported struggle is printed below.

Darwin's struggle against 'scientific' racism

Darwin’s Sacred Cause: Race, Slavery & the Quest for Human Origins
By Adrian Desmond & James Moore
Allen Lane, 2009
485 pages, $55 (hb)

Locals fight mining in Ecuador's cloudforest

Many people still speak sincerely about the existence of “corporate responsibility”. While doing volunteer work in the Ecuadorian community of Junin, I got a different picture.

NSW Abortion law reform?

SYDNEY— On May 1, 100 people gathered inside NSW Parliament House for a meeting to discuss the need for abortion law reform in New South Wales.

Peru: Destructive Amazonian highway near completion

The nightmarish prospect of a scarred Amazonian jungle reeking of diesel fumes from end to end, as heavy-laden trucks thunder by in round-the-clock convoys, is fast becoming a reality.

Papalote goes bush again

Papalote will be touring NSW this month. Musica Viva’s CountryWide has offered this renowned group shows in Cobar, Brewerina, Lighting Ridge and Warren.

Ecuador: Correa says re-election 'a vote for socialism'

Ecuador’s left-wing President Rafael Correa was re-elected on April 27 in the small Andean nation.

Castro to Obama: 'Free Cuban political prisoners'

Responding to US president Barack Obama’s for Cuba to free so-called dissidents in Cuban jails, Cuban President Raul Castro said on April 16: “Why do they not release our five heroes, young heroic men who never inflicted any harm on the United States?”