In diesem Kampf gegen Studiengebühren geht es um mehr. Es geht um die
Fragen: Wer hat in Zukunft noch Zugang zu Bildung? Zu wie viel Bildung?
Und zu welchen Bedingungen?
The EU-summit in Seville was confronted with a very big anti-capitalist
demonstration on the evening of Saturday June 22. There were hundreds of
thousands demonstrators, probably around 300.000! The demonstration
remained peaceful and was very radical. There was a very political mood
in opposition to the rightwing...
The Nigerian electoral commission (INEC) has refused recognition to the
National Conscience Party, the radical party led by Gani Fawehinmi. This
is an attempt to prevent it taking place in the coming round elections
for every position from the Local Governments up to the Presidency.
Belgian CWI member, Els Deschoemacker, who took part in the general
strike demonstrations in Seville yesterday spoke to Geert Cool: "The
demonstrations yesterday were massive. Estimations say there were
200,000 in Seville. In Barcelona it was been between 500,000 and 600,000
and in Madrid there were another...
On the same day as the general strike that rocked Spain, Portuguese
workers took to the streets all over the country saying, "No to attacks
on our class".
20 June 2002 - Today’s 24-hour general strike in protest at the Aznar
government’s decision to cut unemployment benefits has ground much of
Spain to a halt. BBC World Service comments, "The strike got under way
at midnight (2200 GMT) and the two main unions, each with a million
members, are expecting a...
Results from last week’s parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic
show that the social democrats (CSSD) won with 30.4%, followed by the
communist party (KSCM) (18.8%), which is the highest vote for the KSCM
since the collapse of Stalinism in 1989.
Chirac’s victory in the second round of the French National Assembly
elections has been widely presented as a further part of a European
swing to the political right.
THOUSANDS OF building workers downed tools and walked off sites
throughout Germany to demand a 4.5% pay rise. The strikers are also
demanding a rise in the minimum pay rate for workers in the former
Eastern Germany.
Several demonstrations are planned to protest against the World Bank’s
Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) Conference in
the Norwegian capital, Oslo, 24-26 June.
