Howard's NT takeover: Protecting kids or attacking land rights? - Green Left Weekly #715, June 27, 2007** Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:13:33 -0500 (CDT) Green Left Weekly #715, June 27, 2007 http://www.greenleft.org.au/ RSS feed http://www.greenleft.org.au/rss.php Howard's NT takeover: Protecting kids or attacking land rights? Prime Minister John Howard announced on June 21 a plan to take control of some 60 Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory, supposedly to tackle a child sex abuse crisis in those communities. It is a plan that severely limits and in some instances eradicates the democratic and land rights of all Aboriginal people in remote NT communities. Johnny Howard discovers white mans burden Queensland campaign for Indigenous rights to continue ****************************************************************************** John Pilger: 'Support GLW!' Green Left Weekly $250,000 Fighting Fund 2007: They know whose side they are on Enjoy reading Green Left Weekly? Want to help support our work? Why not make an online donation http://www.greenleft.org.au/donate.php. **************************************************************************** US, Israel fan Fatah-Hamas conflict PALESTINE: Addressing Palestinians for the first time since he declared a state of emergency a week earlier, in a nationallly televised speech on June 21, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas denounced Hamas leaders as murderous terrorists who had carried out a coup in the Gaza Strip. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Click here to join the GLW discussion list Visit the Socialist Alliance website Resistance Books for all your radical literature ------------------------------------------------------------------------ International News *Aceh's peace threatened by untreated trauma *US veterans support Agent Orange victims *Killing democracy in Palestine *US, Israel fan Fatah-Hamas conflict *Pakistan: Fifteen days in jail *Bolivia: The clash of autonomies *Cuba: Vilma Espin - revolutionary hero *Cuba: 'Long live Vilma!' *China: E-waste and environmental colonialism *China: Riots win concessions *Indonesian activists harassed by military, police *Iraq: Police commandos implicated in mosque bombings *Socialists debate Venezuela's revolution *South Africa: ANC government refuses strikers' demands *Hawaii under US military occupation Comment & Analysis *Letters to the Editor *Howard's NT takeover: Protecting kids or attacking land rights? *Johnny Howard discovers white mans burden *Rudd's union bashing hits a McDonald rock *Habib torture: What Canberra knew *'Any outspoken person could be jailed' *A fair day's pay *A high price to pay *From penal colony to penal powers: The right to strike *NSW Labor plans an APEC police state *Is this as good as it gets? *Johnny Howard discovers white mans burden *Victoria prepares next steps in Work Choices fight *Labor fails to criticise Telstra bosses' thuggery *Labor needs zero tolerance for bosses who kill workers *Police get more powers to mistreat protesters *Teachers oppose performance pay *Time to cut union funding to ALP Australian News *Free the refugees *Case against anti-Cheney protester collapses *Labor rejects nurses' claim *Rally against education cuts *Same-sex marriage campaign launched *UWS moves to close Blacktown campus *Queensland campaign for Indigenous rights to continue *Ali Humayun threatened with deportation *'War games a threat to the region' *Barry's 300 days for workers' rights *Call for more protests against Work Choices *Long wait for abortion options *Mulhearn considers appeal Cultural Dissent *1967 referendum in pictures *Are we really asleep?: Silencing Dissent Edited by Clive Hamilton & Sarah Maddison Allen & Unwin, 2007 *Caribbean pirates of a different hue: Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope By Tariq Ali Verso Books, 2006 *Demanding a better deal for Indigenous health --------------------------------------------------------------- Activist Calendar # Check out the Activist Calendar here http://www.greenleft.org.au/calendar/ About Green Left Weekly http://www.greenleft.org.au/about.php Authorised by K. Miller, 23 Abercrombie St, Chippendale, NSW ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Back issues http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/ Links to other sites http://www.greenleft.org.au/links.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------