East Timor. James Dunn reviews the situation

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Jim Dunn, about to travel to Timor Leste as a consultant to the President of Timor Leste, Jose Ramos Horta, clears up some of the confusion there bout recent events.

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Venezuela moves ahead

Latin Radical - Venezuela moves ahead

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Stuart Munckton of the Greenleft Weekly comments on the sweeping reforms proposed for Venezuela's social system, announced last week by President Hugo Chavez. While the reforms will establish Venezuela as one of the most visionary nations of the 21st Century, with power devolving away from the Central state to grass roots organisations, the capitalist establishment has reacted with shock and horror, as reflected in the mainstream media's view of President Chavez.

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East Timor Update: Helen Hill

Latin Radical - East Timor Update: Helen Hill

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Helen Hill analyses the payout against Fretilin in East Timor's post election crisis. It's not as simple as the Australian media makes it appear. Academic Helen steps back from the more turgid debates and takes a considered and well informed opinion about what's going on.

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Latin Radical - East Timor 's Constitutional Crisis

Latin Radical - East Timor 's Constitutional Crisis
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Interview with two Australian academics who have very different views on Timor Leste's constitutional crisis. Professor Damien Kingsbury has been very critical of the role of the Fretilin party and its General Secretary Mari Alkatiri. But Bob Boughton of the University of New England spent six months there observing the Presidential elections, and he has a different view. Meanwhile, interviews with Jim Dunn (who has just been asked to return as an advisor to President Jose Ramos Horta) and East Timorese leaders, are pending. Watch this space. Did Jose Ramos Horta make a wise decision in appointing Xanana Gusmao the Prime Minister? Australian mainstream media has its knickers in a knot over this one, but it is no joke for the Timorese people.

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Latin American & Asia Pacific International Solidarity Forum

Melbourne, October 11-14, 2007

“Fighting and organising globally against neoliberalism”

Trade unionists, social movement activists, academics, students, progressive political parties and all interested members of the community are invited to come along to the Latin American & Asia Pacific International Solidarity Forum. The four-day forum aims to strengthen international coordination and solidarity with those fighting neoliberalism.

The major forum themes include:

· workers’ rights and the global labour movement,

· campaigning and organising strategies,

· ecological sustainability,

· Indigenous peoples’ struggles,

· histories of movements of resistance,

· anti-capitalist theory and practice,

· alternatives to neo-liberalism and cultural action.

More than 30 representatives from progressive organisations and campaigns in 22 countries will address the forum.

Submissions for workshop presentations are welcome

For more information about the forum, to register for it, or to submit a workshop proposal, visit www.solidarityforum2007.org, email info@solidarityforum2007.org, or write to LAAPISF, PO Box 813, North Melbourne 3051.

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