The Guardian • Issue #2120 • October 14, 2024
Issue #2120
Lebanon: Israeli slaughter, backed by USA
The Israeli invasion of Lebanon continues. Hundreds of women and children are among the more than 2,000 Lebanese now dead. More than a million Lebanese...
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EDITORIAL
There’s a lot to protest about just now. It’s a year since 7 October 2023, which means a year of genocidal assault on Gaza, the...
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Cost of living crisis pushes Australians ‘to the brink’
New research from charity Good360 Australia reveals an unprecedented surge in community demand for non-food aid, with 82 per cent of charities reporting that demand...
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WA government introduces exorbitant fee to lodge mining objections
The WA government has announced that they are imposing a large fee of $430 for West Australians to lodge objections to mining proposals, which has...
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QUOTES OF THE WEEK
“Around 80 per cent of Australia’s gas is exported overseas. Our research shows the gas corporations have paid ZERO royalties on over half (56 per...
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DINGO
A word on the “drug trade.” The trade in illicit drugs is big business – very big business. It is carried on by a combination...
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Nature (not so) positive
In 2022 Labor came to office with the promise of introducing a Nature Positive Plan that would be “Better for the Environment, Better for Business....
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Indigenous Health
First Nations healthcare today is still fraught with discriminatory practices which have harmful impacts on communities. The gender pain gap – women are more likely...
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Palestine: UN experts urge action
“The world stands upon the edge of a knife: Either we travel collectively towards a future of just peace and lawfulness – or hurtle towards...
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CPA greeting to the 79th anniversary of the WPK
Kim Jong Un General Secretary Workers’ Party of Korea By Email: wpkint@star-co.net.kp Dear comrade, Fraternal greetings from the Communist Party of Australia (CPA). We convey...
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GREEN NOTES
Germany’s Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research has launched a Planetary Health Check (PHC), a first-of-its-kind scientific report and tool for the health of the...
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China’s 75 years of socialist development threatens nobody
China has recently celebrated the 75th anniversary of its Revolution. The achievements have been spectacular, but just one statistic is enough. China is home to...
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LETTERS
Lessons of Feminist History: stronger together Dear Comrade Editor, I want to commend Comrade Amelia’s brilliant latest contribution to ‘Half the Sky’ (Guardian 07-10-2024 #2119)...
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Cuba sanctions: background and update
On 28 May 2024, the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) amended the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, removing some economic sanctions...
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Netanyahu – Holocaust denier
In his long political history Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu has been accused of being a murderer, war criminal, Holocaust denier, corrupt, incompetent, and...
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GLOABAL BRIEFS
SYRIA: Bashar Al-Assad, Syria’s head of state and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met in Damascus last week to discuss the current situation in the...
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Climate terrorism in South America
The Amazon basin, with an area greater than Australia, has been receiving less rainfall than usual, over the period June to November. In 2023 water...
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WEASEL WORDS
Concerned Thanks to Grant Schapps, former UK Foreign Secretary, we learn you can be concerned about something when you want the direct opposite of that...
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Gulf War to Ukraine – Three decades of Depleted Uranium
The US Department of Defense (DOD) has manufactured Depleted Uranium (DU) munitions since the 1970s. DU’s high density helps it pierce tank armour. The shell...
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Japan: New PM calls for ‘Asian NATO’
Japan’s new prime minister, Ishiba Shigeru has called for the creation of an ‘Asian NATO.’ It can only heighten tension in the region. What the...
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Answers to Crossword
Across 3 Land Reform ( Redistribution of estates from the landlords) 5 Peasant (The primary working class in China during the revolution) 7 Manchuria (Chinese...
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