[Marxism] ABC: Western Sahara activists target Australia - wsrw.org
Alan Bradley
alanb1000 at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 24 20:34:38 MDT 2008
Historically, I think, Australia got most of its phosphate from Nauru, Christmas Island and various other closer sources. I suppose they must be being depleted. Alan B
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Western Saharan activists are targeting Australia's reliance on their homeland's richest natural resource. The region and its phosphate reserves were illegally annexed by neighbouring Morocco in 1975 and activists have travelled to Australia to raise awareness about the continuing occupation. See 7:30 report on Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 9 June 2008 here.
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