Venezuela: Reform battle continues -- Green Left Weekly #731 November 14, 2007 Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:16:36 -0600 (CST) Green Left Weekly #731 November 14, 2007 http://www.greenleft.org.au/ RSS feed http://www.greenleft.org.au/rss.php Venezuela: Reform battle continues as Chavez ally splits VENEZUELA: Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas on November 4, in a massive sea of red, to support the proposed constitutional reforms adopted by the National Assembly that will be put to a referendum on December 2. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has explained that the reforms aim to deepen the Bolivarian revolution that his government is leading, which has already achieved significant gains in redistributing wealth and power to the poor majority. ****************************************************************************** John Pilger: 'Support GLW!' 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They can run all the scare campaigns they want, Hockey said, but the bottom line is if we are making any substantial changes to our laws, then I will resign. ; Cochlear demands workers sign AWAs Foster's workers fight for union agreement Howard's fairness test 'a shambles' MUA supports Aboriginal resistance ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pakistan: People challenge US-backed dictator PAKISTAN: On November 3, Pakistani military dictator General Pervez Musharraf initiated an intensified crackdown against all opposition to his increasingly unstable regime, with the decleration of a state of emergency. 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