–A rather interesting article about the centre and the Left in Venezuela. As the government continues to do what the majority want and deepen the democratic nature of the government in Venezuela, those that purport to be `moderates’ continue to push for militaristic `solutions’. Notice how the US style democracy always comes at the end of a gun but the peoples’ democracy comes through the ballot box in Venezuela.

–The imperial powers have their economic `institutions’ to continue their exploitation of the world’s oppressed people.

–Some international solidarity.

Warming five times faster than the rest of the world, the state is seeing ecotourism change with the climate.

70% of youth don’t think Bedouin deserve same rights as Jews. The poll also revealed that 40 percent of respondents think that Israel should recognized the unrecognized villages, and allow the Bedouin to develop them.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — More than 40 people were arrested as anti-war protesters tried to block shipments of military gear for an Army Stryker brigade that returned recently to nearby Fort Lewis from Iraq, police said.

Police wearing riot gear fired pepper spray projectiles into a crowd of more than 150 protesters Tuesday night at the Port of Olympia, and several military convoys eventually moved out.

Under the deal, Ford pulled back from a plan to close six U.S. facilities that it had not yet identified and agreed to new investment in some U.S. plants.

In exchange, the company won the right to hire up to one-fifth of its U.S. work force under a lower-tier pay structure starting at just over $14 per hour — roughly half its current average factory wage.

STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - European Union lawmakers will reopen an inquiry into secret CIA flights and prisons in Europe after lackluster cooperation from EU capitals and new evidence of such activities in Ukraine, deputies said.

EU lawmakers closed a first probe in February by accusing European governments and secret services of accepting and concealing secret U.S. flights carrying terrorism suspects across Europe.

–We can only hope… although, I am not too optimistic. If there is any room for the old Labour MPs to build something from this and develop some public support for public investment and reducing private control of public services then they should be pushing this like mad. Down with neo-Labour. The march forwards starts with reversing the Blarite `reforms’.

–Support the students supporting the workers. We are in the same struggle against attacks on the public system. We must stand together.

–A now for the full story of what happened. Too bad the `main stream’ media are not telling the whole truth… I think that it makes for a better story.

–Support the workers at the University of Saskatchewan and University of Regina

–An analysis of the recent changes in the old bureaucracy.

–The corporate press in the US never really knows how to deal with the militant French workers and their ability to mobilise. Have a read of this Reuters print. Bloomberg has barely touched the strike yet and is offering up short stories of unions willing to `negotiate’. More from Bloomberg here.

–Support the workers.

–Of interest to those who want rights for the people of Palestine.

CUPE BC has produced a 2007 edition of The Wall Must Fall: End the Occupation and Violence in Israel-Palestine.

This update provides new insight into the 40 year Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian Territories. It was prepared with information from the perspective of the Israeli and Palestinian peace movements.

Packed with facts, maps, charts and personal accounts not found in the mainstream media, The Wall Must Fall is a great resource for CUPE members, other trade unionists and concerned members of the community.

–Our reputation for not being a corrupt and backwards country at the government level continues to collapse… mostly because of corruption and backwardness.

The Canadian-Palestinian Educational Exchange (CEPAL) and Rabble.ca are hosting Norman Finkelstein at the University of Toronto - OISE on November 29th. Finkelstein is a dynamic speaker.

–Robert Fisk points out some more hypocrisy in the US Administration. Not the first or the last time… but it is still important to read.

–More on Venezuelan constitutional reforms. What’s in them, who is proposing them, and why they are so important.

–The voice that is overshadowed by hype and junky liberal corporate media is the intellectual left. Have a read what the Left is thinking in Pakistan under the current military rule.

–Definitely worth a read by anyone who thinks that a few `technological’ advancements are going to be able to reduce Western dependency on oil.