[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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