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What's new at Links: Ukraine, MH17, Barry Sheppard, Sam Gindin replies
on ‘environmental catastrophism’, Indonesia, Podemos
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Ukraine: As Kiev military inflicts fresh bloodshed in east,
Australia pushes Western intervention <http://links.org.au/node/3975>
Ukraine army blocks access to Malaysia Airlines crash site
STOP PRESS, July 29, 2014: Roger Annis reports that there has been
“constant and heavy shelling” by the Ukraine army during the past
two days on the towns and villages in Donetsk region surrounding the
crash site of MH17. The site was turned over to international
investigators four days ago by Donetsk self-defence fighters, but
the investigators have not been able to access it due to military
operations of the Ukraine army. "Self-defence fighters say the army
controls the area surrounding the site. There are no observers
present."
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By *Tony Iltis
*July 28, 2014 -- Malaysian Airlines lost its second Boeing 777 this
year on July 17, when flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was
apparently hit by a missile over war-torn eastern Ukraine, killing all
298 people on board. The incident happened while the Ukrainian army was
carrying out a huge land and air offensive to crush breakaway republics
in eastern Ukraine, over whose territory the plane was shot down.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/3975>
‘Environmental catastrophism’: a response to Ian Angus
<http://links.org.au/node/3974>
By *Sam Gindin*
[This is a response to “On ‘environmental catastrophism’: Ian Angus
replies to Sam Gindin”.]
July 28, 2014 -- The most critical question confronting anyone concerned
with the environmental crisis is the political one: how to build a
social force able to do something about it. The most important division
among social activists is not between those who think an environmental
collapse is imminent and those who think we will continue to stumble on
in an ever uglier, degraded world. It is between those who believe that
personal recycling, technical fixes, market incentives and green jobs
can solve the environmental crisis, and those who argue the solutions
are necessarily much more radical, extending to a challenge to
capitalism itself.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/3974>
Barry Sheppard: Some comments on the debate around Ukraine
<http://links.org.au/node/3973>
By *Barry Sheppard*
July 28, 2014 -- It is clear that people who consider themselves to be
some form of revolutionary socialist do not agree on the facts about
Ukraine. We do not even have agreement on whether or not Russia is
imperialist, or even what the word means.
I would urge caution and patience in assessing the current situation.
But here is my take in a nutshell of what I think are the facts, culled
from various sources.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/3973>
Indonesia: Jokowi wins presidency, but can he bring real reform?
<http://links.org.au/node/3972>
By *Peter Boyle*
July 25, 2014 – Data Brainanta is one of quite a few Indonesian
socialists who have been supporting the successful presidential bid of
Joko Widodo, or “Jokowi” as he is popularly known. He was very happy
when Indonesia's electoral commission (KPU) finally confirmed on the
night of July 22 that Jokowi had defeated his sole opponent, the sacked
former Suharto-era general Prabowo Subianto, by 57% to 43% of the nearly
130 million direct votes cast on July 9.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/3972>
Australia: Reject 'Cold War posturing' over MH17 tragedy: No troops
to Ukraine! <http://links.org.au/node/3971>
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/3971>
Spain’s Podemos: An inside view of a radical left sensation
<http://links.org.au/node/3969>
By *Iñigo Errejón*, head of Podemos' European election campaign
July 15, 2014 -/- /In Spain, the surge of discontent caused by
structural adjustment policies and hostage taking of popular sovereignty
by the oligarchic powers gave rise to a series of protests and created
spaces for social cooperation. However, it had no effect on the
political system and its internal balance.
* Read more <http://links.org.au/node/3969>
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