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
Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon?
On 22 September, the Social Democrats and Greens succeeded in defending
their government position in the national elections but with a very
small majority.
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.
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 a
well-known "patriotic" writer. Dadianova has close links to the local
authorities in Sergei’s home...
"Time for a change in Germany", was the title of last week’s right wing
magazine, The Economist (London). This reflected the wish of the
international and German capitalists for a new coalition government of
the conservative CDU/CSU and the liberal FDP that could accelerate
attacks on the welfare state...
The Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), the Nigerian affiliate of the
Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI), calls on the Nigerian
working people and youth to oppose the planned military action by the US
and its allies aimed at overthrowing the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq.
"It was an inspiring not to say informative experience. Around 100 young
people took part in the conference. A number of discussions took place
on the developments that are taking place across the world, especially
the US war drive and how to fight it, the situation facing young people
in Ireland, and how to build...
