Month: September 2002

EVERYONE SAW the copious media coverage marking the first anniversary of the 11 September attacks. But how many saw mention that this month also marks the twentieth anniversary of the massacre of at least 1,500 […]

Earlier this week, we reported on the case of Sergei Kozlovskii, a socialist and gay rights activist facing political repression and huge legal fine. Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building alternative […]

UNDER PRESSURE at home and abroad, president Bush went to the UN on 12 September to call for action against Iraq. Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building alternative socialist media Socialistworld.net […]

On 22 September, the Social Democrats and Greens succeeded in defending their government position in the national elections but with a very small majority. Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building alternative […]

Joan Littlewood, the radical theatre innovator who transformed British drama in the 1950s and 1960s, died on 20 September, aged 87. Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building alternative socialist media Socialistworld.net […]

BLAIR CLAIMS that his "dossier" on Iraq justifies the US and Britain going to war and forcing a ’regime change’. "Rogue State", William Blum, is a "dossier" – with detailed references, many from official sources […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has called a two-day general strike for 1-2 October, to protest against the ANC government’s privatisation programme. Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building […]

A young member of Socialist Resistance (the CWI section in the CIS), Sergei Kozlovskii, has been brought to court and sued for the sum of 50,000 rubles (almost 2,000 euros) by Tamara Dadianova, who is […]