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• Review: Jeff Rubin on The End of Growth

  
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  Jeff Rubin is currently touring his new book, The End Of Growth. As the former Chief Economist for CIBC World Markets he brings an intimate knowledge of financial markets and how they work to the peak oil/end of growth community populated by other venerable thinkers such as Richard Heinberg, Chris Martenson and John ...
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• Mining and gas company vandalism in Papua New Guinea

  
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  My following interview appears in this week’s Green Left Weekly: Independent journalist and author  Antony Loewenstein  visited Papua New Guinea in January and February as part of his research for an upcoming book and documentary about disaster capitalism and privatisation. He spoke to  Green Left Weekly ...
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• Catastroika: A Must Watch Documentary About Privatisation of State Assets

  
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  In exchange for providing Greece with a multibillion bailout package, the European Union demanded the implementation of a massive program of privatisation, which means that Greek state assets like ports and airports are going to be sold. The purpose of this privatisation plan is to reduce Greece’s level of debt, ...
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• Cable attacked by business leaders for failing to scrap workers rights

  
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  Employment laws must be weakened, bosses demand, as business minister repeats criticism of Tory donors proposals Business leaders stepped up the pressure over the governments reluctance to put weaker employment protection at the heart of its growth strategy when both the Confederation of British Industry and the ...
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• Cable dismisses Beecroft proposals for outsourced public sector workers

  
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  Business secretary says government will not make any changes to Tupe regulations based on one mans anecdotes Vince Cable has dismissed plans put forward by No10 adviser and Tory donor Adrian Beecroft to tear up rules that protect public sector employees when services are contracted out to the private sector. The ...
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• Global detention centre is thriving and vulture capitalists rejoice

  
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  Placing tortured asylum seekers into immigration detention in Britain – where private companies “take care” of aspects of this process – is shameful. Britain’s Channel 4 has the stor y: Meanwhile, in Australia Serco is loving the increase in asylum boats. The more the merrier. Yesterday’s Australian ...
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• Global detention centres are thriving and vulture capitalists rejoice

  
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  Placing tortured asylum seekers into immigration detention in Britain – where private companies “take care” of aspects of this process – is shameful. Britain’s Channel 4 has the story : Meanwhile, in Australia Serco is loving the increase in asylum boats. The more the merrier. Yesterday’s Australian ...
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• Future warfare will be brought to you by a multinational

  
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  Wired reports : Sure, it took an extra year or so, but Northrop Grumman has finally penciled in the first flight of the giant surveillance airship it’s building for the U.S. Army. The  Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle  — a football-field-size, helium-filled robot blimp fitted with sensors and ...
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• ABC TV News interview about freedom of speech in West and beyond

  
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  During last week’s Sydney Writer’s Festival, before my PEN lecture on free speech , I was interviewed by ABC TV News about the growing threat to our freedoms in the West, as governments and private companies monitor and collect our digital details:
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• Why this issue?

  
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  Why this issue? This is a question I find myself asking about the latest attack on the governments partial privatisation plans by the Greens (and BERL). When you look at the literature on privatisation you dont see mention of a countrys debt position as a major issue. So why have the Greens chosen this issue as the ...
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• The problem with privatising probation services

  
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  The solution to a reduction in reoffending rates does not lie in the governments proposals to outsource probation services What does a modern effective probation service look like? This is the question being asked by a Ministry of Justice consultation paper . If adopted, government proposals would result in arguably ...
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• R.I.P – Air India, Pilots dug their own Grave

  
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  NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: PM of India should take lead and should have ended the standoff of National carrier; The crisis in Air India raged on for the 15th day Tuesday and the national carrier’s losses mounted to Rs.250 crore as the impasse between agitating pilots and the management continued.As these Pilots ...
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• Falling prison numbers

  
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  Its an interesting fact that the one area in which National is going against its traditional approach and moving towards what the experts advocate is prisons. And I think I know why. In education, health, welfare etc Nationals ideological positions correspond with cutting spending. But lock em up and throw away the ...
  1 week ago

• Good reasons for not liking the partial asset sales programme

  
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  We have another BERL Report . This time on the governments partial asset sales programme. See Offsetting Behaivour  and Welly Gnome for comments on this report. Given that it was commissioned by the Green Party you will not be surprised to hear that it is very anti the asset sales idea. But the report may have ...
  1 week ago

• Russian president Vladimir Putin to unveil new government

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk Russian president Vladimir Putin to unveil new government Lengthy and secretive government-forming process expected to result in a line-up dominated by Putin loyalistsThe Russian president, Vladimir Putin, will unveil a government dominated by loyalists on Monday, leaving the ...
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• Musical interlude: why stop the millionaire Chancellor when he’s having so much fun cutting

  
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  Dont stop the Chancellor when hes having so much fun cutting Some might argue that the cuts are purely to soften up society for privatisation – kicking in is a form of softening up, isn’t it? And this chanteur thinks Tory Chancellor George Osborne is enjoying himself with the cuts. We’re wondering what the ...
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• Eastern Europes neoliberal disaster provides a warning for the Arab spring

  
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  This article of mine appears on The Guardians Comment is Free website. Neil Clark: Rather than help enhance democracy and reduce corruption, following western advice on privatisation does the exact opposite. I wonder if David Cameron spent any time in eastern Europe in the 1990s. Judging from his ...
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• BusinessDesk: Key urges grown-up conversation on Christchurch asset sales - Mums and Dads do it every day

  
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  Tweet By Pattrick Smellie A "grown-up conversation" is needed about whether Christchurch City Councils should consider selling some assets to pay for the citys post-earthquake rebuild, Prime Minister John Key says. He was commenting on the same day as ...
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• Bush administration inspired by Israeli homeland security post 9/11

  
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  No real secrets here but at least it’s acknowledged that the extreme, often racist and discriminatory polices of the Zionist state assisted Washington after September 11. And the greatest irony of all? Neither country feels safe. Here’s the Times of Israel : The world changed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, ...
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• Greens Budget Alternative

  
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  The Greens launched their Budget alternative this morning. Titled "Smart Green Economics" it lived up to the billing.  Extra heft was provided by BERL economist Dr Ganesh Nana  paper arguing that the Governments asset sales programme leaves the government accounts permanently worse off. It was also good to hear ...
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