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24/05/2012: For nation-wide union-led mass actions and a 48-hr general strike
24/05/2012: "Growth will not be achieved simply by stamping the word onto an
austerity treaty, because austerity kills growth"
23/05/2012: When authoritarianism faces resistance
23/05/2012: Mass demonstration against EU’s austerity policies
23/05/2012: Third anniversary of slaughter of Tamil people by Sri Lankan army marked
by protests all around the world
21/05/2012: Revolution and counter-revolution
20/05/2012: Anger from below, manoeuvres from the top
19/05/2012: Workers’ organisations must ensure real change
18/05/2012: Police target socialists at protest camp – urgent protests needed!
18/05/2012: Build fighting, democratic trade unions!
18/05/2012: Thousands attempt to occupy squares and blockade the ECB in Frankfurt,
Germany. Protests are banned.
18/05/2012: Leader of the “Leave Peoples’ Homes Alone” campaign and member of the
SMK, Larissa Boyar, and others have been released from prison
15/05/2012: For a Left government! For anti-austerity, pro-worker, socialist
policies!
15/05/2012: Republic’s president, Marzouki, afraid of ‘new revolution’
15/05/2012: "Despite this ferocious oppression, the opposition and discontent of the
working class cannot be silenced"
15/05/2012: Protesters respond by setting up ‘Occupy-Abai’
13/05/2012: "During an election dominated by career politicians who are loyal to big
business, I am running as a Socialist Alternative candidate to make sure
there is at least one independent left-wing, pro-worker candidate in
Washington State worth voting for."
12/05/2012: Step up the Struggle for Equality
12/05/2012: Urgency of a working class alternative proven again
12/05/2012: Lively and political CWI contingent attracts variety of activists
12/05/2012: Meeting discusses involvement in Afghanistan
11/05/2012: Campaign Kazakhstan reports
that newspapers in Kazakhstan said a strike by miners at KazakhMys ended
on 7 May with a complete victory for the workers.
10/05/2012: On 31 May Irish voters are asked to vote on the European fiscal treaty.
This video explains what the treaty is about.
10/05/2012: May Day should have offered opportunity for workers to pose their
demands and agitation before the government
09/05/2012: Austerity rejected in Eurozone’s second biggest economy
09/05/2012: Left presented with big opportunities
09/05/2012: Socialist organisations march to joint rally
07/05/2012: The Con-Dem government suffered a crushing defeat in last Thursday’s
elections for local authorities and in the mayoral contests apart from
London.
06/05/2012: As economic crisis worsens and class struggles continue in Spain,
Greece, Portugal and elsewhere in Europe, the need for working class
fight-back and to build the influence of Marxism grows.
05/05/2012: Socialist Action (CWI) campaigning against the capitalist 1% and against
racism
05/05/2012: Bobby Seale as guest speaker
04/05/2012: Solidarity needed to free Vadim!
04/05/2012: Fotos of impressive march
03/05/2012: For a workers’ programme that puts forward the socialist alternative
03/05/2012: Days of action planned in Frankfurt/Main against European Central Bank
and big finance
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|  04/05/2012, Fotos of impressive march
Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI Pakistan)
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|  03/12/2011, New crisis for US-Pakistan relations
Khallid Bati, Socialist Movement Pakistan, (CWI Pakistan)
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|  02/12/2011, Video footage of demonstration organised by Socialist Movement Pakistan
(CWI Pakistan)
Socialistworld.net
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|  24/09/2011, Hundreds of thousands displaced as flood worsens
By Hameed Channa, Progressive Workers Federation Pakistan and Socialist
Movement Pakistan (CWI), Sindh
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|  16/09/2011, Crisis worsens, hundreds killed, millions affected
Hameed Channa Progressive Workers Federation Pakistan and Socialist
Movement Pakistan (CWI), Sindh
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|  15/09/2011, Millions badly affected.
Syed Fazal Abbas, Secretary General, Progressive Workers Federation of
Pakistan
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|  17/05/2011, Unless the trade unions take control of allcoating aid and assistance,
the preferences will only end up lining the pockets of the corrupt
Pakistani ruling class.
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)
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|  02/05/2011, The US government has announced a successful military assault on a large
mansion in Abbottabad, near Islamabad, which has resulted in the killing
of Osama Bin Laden.
Tony Saunois, CWI
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|  17/04/2011, Paul Murphy questions EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht on the
worsening situation in Pakistan after last year’s flooding, the role of
speculation in food prices and its impact on the poor
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist
Party (CWI Ireland)
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|  18/02/2011, Four-day strike called off. Government accepted all three demands
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan, Lahore
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|  17/02/2011, 4,500 sacked workers reinstated
Fazal Abbas Shah, secretary general TURCP and PWF, Lahore
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|  30/01/2011, Stand off continues as workers’ siege of company headquarters enters
third day
Syed Fazal Abbas, Secretary General TURCP and PWF, Rukhsana Manzoor
Finance Secretary, TURCP – members of Socialist Movement Pakistan (SMP –
CWI in Pakistan)
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|  26/01/2011, Religion, politics and the working class
Khalid Bhatti, general secretary of Socialist Movement Pakistan (SMP -
CWI Pakistan)
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|  22/01/2011, 20,000 jobs under threat - protesting workers forced the authorities to
retreat
Rukhsana Manzoor finance secretary TURCP (Trade Union Rights Campaign
Pakistan)
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|  21/01/2011, Protesting port workers of Port Qasim in Karachi walked out and
effectively took over the port on 17th of January.
A.K Memon, Progressive Workers’ Federation Karachi
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|  11/01/2011, Religious extremism on the rise
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI), Lahore
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Further articles on 'Pakistan':- 30/10/2010: Pakistan: 8 million people affected by devastating floods
Hameed Chanah, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI) Sindh - 22/10/2010: Pakistan: Floods disaster exposes brutality of capitalism & landlordism
Joe Higgins, MEP Socialist
Party (CWI Ireland) - 02/10/2010: Pakistan: Children without food in flood-hit areas face death
Rukhsana Manzoor, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI Pakistan) - 27/09/2010: Europe / Pakistan: Joe Higgins condemns agreement to facilitate
deportation of immigrants
Joe Higgins, MEP, Socialist
Party (CWI Ireland) - 25/09/2010: Pakistan: Release the arrested trade union leaders
Azam Janjua, organiser TURCP
Islamabad and vice president PWFP - 24/09/2010: Pakistan: Protesting nurses hold all-night vigil in Layyah
Rukhsana Manzoor, Finance Organiser TURCP - 19/09/2010: Pakistan: Floods raise spectre of social unrest and polarization
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI Pakistan) - 18/09/2010: Pakistan flood crisis: Solidarity still needed
CWI - 16/09/2010: Pakistan: Two ‘floods’ devastate working people and poor
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI ) - 27/08/2010: Pakistan emergency: Women and children most at risk in flood-hit areas
Rukhsana Manzoor, Socialist Movement of Pakistan (CWI) Lahore - 25/08/2010: Pakistan: Thousands of telecom workers on indefinite strike
CWI - 23/08/2010: Pakistan: Emergency demands massive response
CWI - 19/08/2010: Pakistan: Workers’ solidarity urgently needed
CWI - 18/08/2010: Pakistan: More eye-witness accounts reveal humanitarian disaster in
aftermath of floods
socialistworld.net - 17/08/2010: Pakistan:Distraught and angry victims
socialistworld.net - 14/08/2010: Pakistan: The economic impact of devastating floods
Khalid Bhatti and Rukhsana Manzoor, Trade Union Rights Campaign (TURCP)
and Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI in Pakistan) - 12/08/2010: Pakistan: Unprecedented devastation caused by floods - poor suffer the
most
socialistworld.net - 01/06/2010: Pakistan: Joe Higgins MEP defends freedom of religion in Pakistan
Joe Higgins speaking in the European Parliament - 24/04/2010: Pakistan: New trade union federation to organise the fightback against
bosses’ attacks
Interview with Khalid Batti, PWFP finance secretary and SMP general
secretary - 18/02/2010: Trotsky: The Permanent Revolution today
Peter Taaffe
2009: 2008: - 17/11/2008: Pakistan: Pakistani economy on the brink
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI in Pakistan) - 12/11/2008: Pakistan: Gas field privatization
Fazal Abbas, Trade Union Rights Campaign, Pakistan - 27/10/2008: Pakistan: Pakistani Women, religious extremism and traditions
Rukhsana Manzoor Socialist Movement of Pakistan (CWI in Pakistan) - 23/10/2008: Pakistan: PPP strengthens its grip on power but country plunged into
crisis.
Khallid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (SMP, CWI in Pakistan),
Lahore. - 12/09/2008: Pakistan: Massacres of the Pashtoon peoples
Dr Zayar, Pakistan - 03/09/2008: Pakistan: Water and sanitation workers’ protest
Maroof Azad, central organiser of the Pakistan workers’ movement (PWM)
and General Secretary united labour federation (MLF) Balochistan - 20/08/2008: Pakistan: General Musharraf resigns as president
Khalid Bhatti, Lahore, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI) - 31/07/2008: Pakistan: Telecom workers win strike with 35% increase in the wages
Fazal Abbas Shah, Trade Union Rights Campaign Pakistan (TURCP), Lahore - 29/07/2008: Pakistan: Telecom strike continues as negotiations fail
Azam Janjuah, TURCP, Islamabad - 22/07/2008: Pakistan: 50,000 Telecom workers join countrywide strike
Azad Qadri and Aazam Janjua, TURCP Islamabad - 21/07/2008: Pakistan: 50,000 Telecom workers join countrywide strike
Azad Qadri and Aazam Janjua, TURCP Islamabad - 17/07/2008: Pakistan: 50,000 workers strike - power looms shut down in Faisalabad
Khalid Bhatti, TURCP Faisalabad - 02/05/2008: Pakistan: Trade Union Rights Campaign participates in over 50 towns and
city May Day events
Khalid Bhatti, International Secretary TURCP - 21/02/2008: Pakistan: Crushing defeat for pro-Musharraf parties, landslide for
opposition
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI), Lahore - 28/01/2008: Pakistan : A country on the edge
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI), Lahore - 02/01/2008: Pakistan: Mass opposition to military and Musharraf regime after Benazir
killing
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI), Lahore
2007: - 29/12/2007: Pakistan: Socialist Movement condemns the killing of Benazir Bhutto
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI), Lahore - 14/11/2007: Pakistan: Brutal state force unleashed on peaceful protesters
From members of Pakistan Socialist Movement, CWI in Pakistan - 14/11/2007: Pakistan : Musharraf announces general election in January
Khald Batti, Socialist Movement - Pakistan, (CWI), Lahore - 05/11/2007: Pakistan: Martial law imposed
Khalid Bhatti, SMP Lahore - 23/10/2007: Pakistan: Suicide bombings at Bhutto rally
Khalid Bhatti, Pakistan Socialist Movement (CWI, Pakistan) - 30/09/2007: Pakistan: Crisis continues in run-up to presidential elections
Khalid Bhatti, SMP - 21/09/2007: Pakistan: Pakistan on the brink - New introduction to "Marxism in
Today’s World"
Peter Taaffe, General Secretary, Socialist Party, England and Wales - 24/08/2007: Pakistan: New twists and turns in Pakistani politics
Khalid Bhatti, SMP Lahore - 09/07/2007: Pakistan: Independence - 60 years of shattered dreams
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan, Lahore - 26/06/2007: Pakistan: Union activist has suspension withdrawn following protest
campaign
socialistworld.net - 21/05/2007: Pakistan: Violence erupts in Karachi as political polarisation increases
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan, Lahore - 03/05/2007: Pakistan: May day 2007 - Workers want fightback by union leaders against
neo-liberal policies of the military
Khalid Bhatti, International secretary, TURCP - 01/05/2007: Pakistan: Musharraf hangs on while poverty and oppression multiplies
Tony Saunois, CWI Secretary, London - 31/03/2007: Pakistan: Socialist Movement (CWI Pakistan) prepares for a year of
stormy battles and instability
socialistworld.net - 17/01/2007: Pakistan: Sindh teachers win legal battle against ban on union
Sher Abro, Organiser TURCP (Dadu area), and local teachers’ union leader - 08/01/2007: Pakistan: protest against murder attempt on union rights campaigner
Fazal Abass Shah, Chairman TURCP ((Trade Union Rights Campaign
Pakistan), Monday 8 January 2007 - 01/01/2007: Pakistan: Journalist union and Hawkers union win the important battle
against bosses
Azam , Trade union Rights Campaign (TURCP) Islamabad Organiser and
Hawkers union activist, Islamabad
2006: - 11/12/2006: Pakistan: The veil and Muslim women
Rukhsana Manzoor, Socialist Movement Pakistan, Lahore - 28/11/2006: Pakistan: Breakthrough first National Convention of Trade Union Rights
Campaign Pakistan (TURCP)
Fazal Abbas Shah and Rukhsana Manzoor, TURCP, Lahore, Pakistan - 20/11/2006: Pakistan: No to the 12 Hour Working Day, No To the Industrial Relations
Ordinance 2002
Fazal Abass Shah, Chairman TURCP, Lahore Pakistan - 23/10/2006: Pakistan: Trade Union Rights Campaign Pakistan (TURCP) in Sindh rejects
ban on teachers’ organisations.
Sher Muhammad Abro, Organiser TURCP Dadu, Sindh - 20/10/2006: Pakistan: Quake victims face another harsh winter
Khalid Bhatti Socialist Movement Pakistan (SMP, CWI Pakistan) and Azad
Qadri, Trade Union Rights Campaign Pakistan (TURCP) - 19/10/2006: Pakistan: No to the 12 hour day! No to the ban on Trade Unions
Azam Janjuah, Organiser TURCP Islamabad - 12/10/2006: Pakistan: Balakot, one year after the devastating earthquake
Azam Janjua, Organiser Trade Union Rights Campaign, Islamabad - 10/10/2006: Pakistan: One year on from devastating earthquake
Rukhsana Manzoor, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI) - 07/09/2006: Pakistan: Successful ‘Campaign against Domestic Violence and
Discriminatory Laws’ meetings
Rukhsana Manzoor, CDVDL Campaign Organiser, and SMP(CWI Pakistan) - 04/09/2006: Pakistan: Violence erupts in Baluchistan Province after killing of
nationalist leader
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement (CWI), Pakistan - 31/08/2006: Pakistan: Sindh police teargas and baton charge protesting teachers
Sher Muhammad Abro, TURCP Sindh, and Sindh Teachers’ Union. Thursday 31
of August 2006 - 31/08/2006: Pakistan: Socialist Movement holds succesful education school
Rukhsana Manzoor, Socialist Movement Pakistan (SMP-CWI), Lahore - 29/08/2006: Pakistan: TURCP leads struggle against feudal repression and police
atrocities
Khalid Bhatti, National Organiser, TURCP - 04/07/2006: Pakistan: Struggling against feudalism
Interview with an activist - 26/06/2006: Pakistan: Peasants uprising on military farms
Sadjid Balouch, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI in Pakistan) - 23/05/2006: Pakistan: Police brutally attack peaceful workers’ demonstration in
Karachi
Babu Ladhu, Organiser TURCP, Karachi - 22/05/2006: Pakistan: Sacked Postal workers win battle
Chaudhary Shafique, TURCP Organiser, Lahore, Pakistan - 21/05/2006: Pakistan: Thousands of power loom workers show their anger
Malik Muhammad Din Organizer TURCP Faisalabad - 10/04/2006: Pakistan: Socialist Movement (CWI) takes another step forward
socialistworld.net reporters, Pakistan - 30/03/2006: Pakistan: World Social Forum meets in Karachi
CWI reporters in Karachi - 17/03/2006: Pakistan: 200 trade unionists discuss fight against anti-worker policies
Fazal Abbas Shah, Chairman Trade Union Rights Campaign Pakistan (TURCP) - 08/03/2006: Pakistan: Military regime in crisis, political turmoil continues
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan, Lahore - 07/02/2006: Pakistan: Fourteen hundred daily-waged Postal workers sacked
Fazal Abbas Shah, National Chairman TURCP, Lahore, Pakistan - 02/02/2006: Pakistan: TURCP condemns police brutality against teachers demonstration
Asif Ali, TURCP Multan, Pakistan
2005: - 29/10/2005: Pakistan: Local elections expose Musharraf’s sham of democracy
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI) - 05/10/2005: Pakistan: After betrayal of Telecoms strike, a new union must be built.
Azad Qadri, National organising secretary, Trades Union Rights Campaign
- Pakistan (TURCP), Rawalpindi - 20/09/2005: Pakistan: Yet another victim of rape fighting for justice
Rukshana Manzoor, Socialist Movement Pakistan, Lahore - 13/09/2005: Pakistan: Telecomm Action Committee betrays struggle against
privatisation
Pakistan Trade Union Rights Campaign - 29/08/2005: Pakistan: A state at the crossroads
Khalid Bhatti, SMP Lahore - 25/08/2005: Pakistan: Trade Union Rights Campaign seminar in Karachi
Zubair Rehman, Organiser SMP, Karachi - 26/07/2005: Pakistan: 120 Trade Union activists attend TURCP meeting in Islamabad
Azam Janjuah and Shahid Zaheer, TURCP Islamabad - 11/07/2005: Pakistan: The struggle against privatisation of Pakistan Telecoms
Azad Qadri and Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan. - 21/06/2005: Pakistan: telecom strike ends
Report compiled by socialistworld.net - 17/06/2005: Pakistan: New pickets at Pakistan embassies across Europe
- 16/06/2005: Pakistan:Telecom strike remains solid as one union leadership betrays
struggle
Khalid Bhatti, National Organiser, Trade Union Rights Campaign Pakistan,
Wednesday, 16 June 2005 - 16/06/2005: Pakistan: New pickets at Pakistan embassies across Europe
Manny Thain, Socialist Party, London - 15/06/2005: Pakistan: Government crackdown on telecom strike
socialistworld - 13/06/2005: Pakistan: Over 300 telecommunication workers and trade unionists arrested
Khalid Bhatti, National Organiser of the Trade Union Rights Campaign
Pakistan, Monday 13 June 2005 - 11/06/2005: Pakistan: Government starts crackdown against Telecom trade unionists
Khalid Bhatti, National Organiser Trade Union Rights Campaign Pakistan - 08/06/2005: Pakistan: Pakistan Telecommunications headquarters reoccupied
Azam Janjuah, Trade Union Rights Campaign - Pakistan - 07/06/2005: pakistan turc-p: Stop Press. Negotiations break down in Pakistan
Telecommunications
socialistworld.net - 06/06/2005: Pakistan: Telecommunications strike shows important lessons for
Pakistani working class
Khalid Bhatti Socialist Movement Pakistan (SMP -CWI) - 04/06/2005: Pakistan: Historic Victory for Pakistan Telecommunications workers
Rukhsana Manzoor and Aazam Janjua, Trade Union Rights Campaign Pakistan - 01/06/2005: Pakistan: "Struggle or death’
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan and Kevin Simpson, CWI - 30/05/2005: Pakistan: STOP PRESS - Telecommunications Trade Unions pull out of
negotiations
Azam Janjuah, organiser, TURC-P Islamabad - 30/05/2005: Pakistan: Solidarity protest with Telecommunications workers in Lahore
Khalid Bhatti, National Organiser, Trade Union Rights Campaign - Pakistan - 30/05/2005: Pakistan: New website launched for Trade Union Rights Campaign - Pakistan
socialistworld.net - 29/05/2005: Pakistan: Indefinite Strike continues as government prepares for a crack
down
Khalid Bhatti, National Organiser, Trade Union Rights Campaign - Pakistan - 28/05/2005: Pakistan: Stop Press - Telecom Trade Union leaders taken into custody
for five hours
socialistworld.net - 26/05/2005: Pakistan: Indefinite Telecom strike started, complete closedown observed
all over the country
Rukhsana Manzoor Secretary Workers Education in the Muthida Labour
Federation and TURC-P, Lahore - 26/05/2005: Pakistan: 170 trade unionists reject Pakistan Telecom privatisation
Azam Janjuah and Sardar Tariq, Islamabad - 26/05/2005: Pakistan: Telecom strike continues as negotiations fail
Azad Qadri, Islamabad, and Qadoos Khan, Lahore - 24/05/2005: Pakistan: Workers of the world unite - No to PTCL Privatisation
socialistworld.net - 23/05/2005: Pakistan: Telecoms strike continues despite management manouevres
Azad Qadri and Azam Janjuah, PTURC, Islamabad - 17/05/2005: Pakistan: Telecommunications are not for sale!
Azad Qadri and Azam Junjuah, Socialist Movement, Islamabad - 05/05/2005: Pakistan: Pages from a diary
Peter Taaffe, cwi - 02/05/2005: Pakistan: Socialist Movement organises activity across Pakistan
Socialist Movement Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan - 18/04/2005: Pakistan: Mukhtar Mai, a rape victim in search of Justice
Rukhsana Manzoor, Lahore, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI in Pakistan) - 17/04/2005: Pakistan: Telecom workers win battle against government.
Azam Janjuah, Socialist Movement Pakistan, Islamabad - 31/03/2005: Pakistan: Musharraf rule shaky as poverty rockets
Peter Taaffe, cwi, Pakistan - 22/03/2005: Pakistan: “End for capitalism demandedâ€
socialistworld.net - 08/02/2005: pakistan: deepening crisis in Baluchistan province
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (cwi), 7 February 2005. - 07/02/2005: Pakistan: SMP organises solidarity demonstration with ZOO Papier
Rukshana Manzoor, MSP, Lahore, 7 February 2005. - 20/01/2005: Pakistan: Populism, revolution and counter-revolution
Peter Taafe, General Secretary, Socialist Party and Khalid Bhatti,
Socialist Movement, Pakistan - 16/01/2005: Pakistan: Political crises and General Musharraf’s ‘democracy’
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (cwi) - 14/01/2005: Pakistan: "Stop privatisation or face a black out"
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan - 12/01/2005: Pakistan: Baluchistan province conflict flares up
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (cwi)
2004: 2001: 1999: - 15/10/1999: Pakistan: No to military rule
CWI statement - 03/03/1999: Women: International Women’s day - Britain
Chris Thomas, Socialist Party - 03/03/1999: Women: International Women’s day - US
Martha Root, (Service Employees International Union Local 285), Labor
Militant - 03/03/1999: Women: International Women’s day - Sri Lanka
Dhamika de Silva and Srinath Perera, United Socialist Party - 03/03/1999: Women: International Women’s day - Sweden
Carolin Evander, Rattvisepartiet Socialisterna, CWI Sweden - 03/03/1999: Women: International Women’s day - Portugal
Torge, Colectivo "Luta Socialista", CWI Portugal - 03/03/1999: Women: International Women’s day - Japan
Nahoko Isu, CWI Japan - 03/03/1999: Women: International Women’s day - India
With Red Salute, Nirmala Shetti, (Dudiyora Hora’ta) - 03/03/1999: Women: International Women’s day - Germany
Antje Zander, Socialistiche Alternative - 03/03/1999: Women: International Women’s day - CIS
Anna Shvedova, CWI-CIS - 03/03/1999: Women: International Women’s day - Brazil
Eliana Maciel, Socialismo Revolucionario, CWI Brazil
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