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What's new at Links: Scotland, climate demo, Cuba & ebola, France, Fred
Magdoff, Kurds, Sweden, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Syria,
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Scotland: Independence loss contains seeds of future victory
<http://links.org.au/node/4076>
By *Murray Smith*
September 25, 2014 -- After a campaign that lasted two years, Scotland
voted on September 18, for or against independence, yes or no. And it
was the No that carried the day, by a majority of 55 per cent to 45 per
cent. So it was a victory for the British political establishment and a
defeat for the forces of independence. And as good democrats, the losers
have accepted the verdict.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4076>
World's largest climate justice march amid New York's corporate
sharks <http://links.org.au/node/4071>
By *Patrick Bond*, New York City
September 24, 2014 -- The world's largest ever march against climate
change on Sunday, September 21, brought 400,000 people to the streets of
New York, starting a lively parade at Central Park. On Tuesday,
September 23, 120 of the world's political leaders -- notably not
including China's and India's -- gathered 25 blocks away at the United
Nations. The message they got from society was symbolised by the march
route: instead of heading towards the UN building, the activists headed
the other way, west.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4071>
Africa: Cuba deploys 'world's finest medics' to Ebola-hit Sierra
Leone <http://links.org.au/node/4066>
By *Ségolène Allemandou*
September 22, 2014 --Cuba is joining the fight against Ebola by sending
a 165-strong army of doctors and specialists to West Africa. Despite
decades of financial hardship, the communist country remains at the
forefront of the world's medical expertise and know-how.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4066>
France: Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the Movement for the 6th Republic
<http://links.org.au/node/4079>
/The first of a three-part video (other parts below) features the
address of *Jean-Luc Mélenchon*, former spokesperson for the French Left
Party and initiator of the Movement for a Sixth Republic, at the 2014
year's Humanity Fair, which is hosted every year by the daily newspaper
/L'Humanité/, of the French Communist Party./
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4079>
Fred Magdoff: Some suggestions for an ecologically sound and
socially just economy <http://links.org.au/node/4078>
By *Fred Magdoff*
September 2014 -- Two weeks ago I returned from my fiftieth class
reunion at Oberlin College in Ohio. The brief discussions I had there
with environmental faculty and students left me feeling a bit dazed. So
many good and intelligent people, so concerned, and doing what they
think and hope will help heal the environment---this college has one of
the best environmental education programs in the country.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4078>
Kobanê: Heroic defence resists 'Islamic State' assault; 'Kobanê will
be a grave for IS' <http://links.org.au/node/4077>
By *Dave Holmes*
September 27, 2014 --Besieged since September 15, the northern Syrian
Kurdish-majority city of Kobanê (Arabic name: /Ayn al-Arab/) has mounted
an heroic, all-out resistance to the murderous 'Islamic State' (IS,
formerly referred to as "ISIS") gangs.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4077>
Sweden: Far-right gains cause political crisis; Beware of 'Swedish
lessons' <http://links.org.au/node/4074>
By *Farooq Sulehria*
September 25, 2014 -- Sweden went to elections on September 14 to elect
a new government for the next four years. As expected, an informal
red-green coalition gained outpolled (43.7% votes) its rival "bourgeois
alliance" (39.3%). The red-green alliance includes the Social Democratic
Party, the Left Party (the reformed Communist Party) and Greens. It has
represented the ideological polarisation in Swedish electoral politics
since the 1990s. It represents the mainstream Swedish left.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4074>
Aotearoa/New Zealand: The tasks before the left and labour movement
<http://links.org.au/node/4073>
By *Mike Treen, *Unite Union national director
September 28, 2014 -- Anyone on the left would have been disappointed at
the result of the September 20 general election. There was an
opportunity to win, but that got lost through a combination of factors.
There were tactical decisions made by Labour Party, the Greens and
Internet-Mana that contributed to the defeat. Each party needs to have a
discussion on what those were. However, the defeat was the product of
objective conditions in the first instance.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4073>
Syrian rebels overwhelmingly condemn US bombing as an attack on
revolution <http://links.org.au/node/4072>
By *Michael Karadjis*
September 25, 2014 -- In extraordinary developments, the United States,
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Jordan have launched a
joint air war, on Syrian territory, with the full support of the Syrian
tyranny of Bashar al-Assad, on the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS,
now also referred to as Islamic State, IS).
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4072>
South Africa: Climate alarm is ringing but ANC government is failing
to act! Signs nukes deal with Russia <http://links.org.au/node/4070>
By *Oliver Meth*
September 24, 2014 -- The climate alarm is ringing and until now the
African National Congress (ANC) led government has failed to act.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4070>
Climate crisis: 'There is no sustainable capitalism'
<http://links.org.au/node/4069>
*Partido Lakas ng Masa *(Party of the Labouring Masses, PLM) statement
on the climate crisis
September 24, 2014 -- President Benigno Aquino concluded his United
Nations speech in New York on September 23 by posing the question: What
more can we do? The question is rhetorical, even hypocritical, as the
president very well knows what needs to be done: to address the demands
of the mass movements, which he has heard, but not heeded. We have been
campaigning for an end to coal-based power generation, for example. How
has the president responded? By dramatically increasing coal-power
generation. His actions are completely contrary to his statements.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/4069>
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