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that the the entific knowledge. Colin "instead of action will be much more articult immediately. *A note on the "Climate Change Debate: It may be objected that socialists, or socialist organisations. should not take a position on the truth or otherwise of the assertion that human activity is making a major contribution to global climate change though our It is true that we should probably refrain from claiming that the issue is 100% certain and we should also avoid the elitist trap of claiming that participating in environmental debates requires a certain level of sciClimate change is a political, not a technical issue. What is clear, however, is that if no action is taken until near certainty about climate change is reached, and the cause is found to be GHGs, then remedial It is therefore better to act to reduce GHG emissions Southern Africa. It is currently pursuing a uranium mine at a World Heritage Site in Australia. Mining giant Anglo American has been embroiled with planned operations in Peru and pollution in Zambia. The company, once a pillar of apartheid South Africa, has left behind a legacy of billions of dollars of damage to the environment and communities around Johannesburg itself, and is only beginning to respond to community pressure demanding AIDS treatment for employees. A leaked EU report shows why they are going. Privatisation of services under GATS is on the table in Sandton, as well as an opportunity for business to cleanse its image.
Meanwhile, most South Africans will continue to confront the effects of these policies cutting off water and electricity to millions of people, as the privatised Earth
Outlook H eloisa Helena is comWing to toc cad or lict term as Senator for the north-castern of Alagoas. Until a few weeks ago she was standine as the Workers Party (PT) candidate for Governor of the state. To most people's surprise, she looked like having a serious chance of winning.
the PT's presidential candidate, Lula, and the majority leadership, decided to impose an with a minor but distinctly rightwing, bourgeois group, the Liberal Party (PL). It's a rag-bag organisation, which likes to lean on its It includes a multimillionaire textile magnate, the founder of the main yellow trade union conicact tion, and the owners of a second- loosely bound together by an allegiance to the evangelical Universal Church of God. This cast-list was too much for Heloisa. She resigned as candiBrazil elections -"The other I learnt from the Dutch nuns and Brazilian priests in my home town. They all taught me the nersistence and courage of the