Italy
Italy: Genova Libera
With a chant of ’Genoa Libera’ 150,000 youth and young workers marched through the streets of Genova on Saturday. They marched to commemorate the year since the G8 summit which saw a police riot and […]
Month: July 2002
South Africa
South Africa: Cosatu call two day general strike as SAMWU’S mass action breathes life into anti-privatisation campaign.
Cosatu’s announcement yesterday that it has lifted the suspension on the anti-privatisation programme and will be calling a two-day general strike on the 1st and 2nd October, is a direct result of the impact of […]
Science & Technology
AIDS pandemic: Pharmaceutical giants obstruct progress
AS 15,000 delegates attended the International Aids Conference in Barcelona, the United Nations estimates that 68 million people could die of the Aids disease by 2020.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Protest at a new wave of repression
There has been a big stepping up of repression against the Workers Movement of Kazakhstan, a major working-class organisation. Criminal charges have been lodged against four members of its executive Saken and Ramil Dzhunosov, Ramil […]
Women
Women: No really does mean no
THE TRIAL of top snooker player Quinten Hann for rape, highlighted all the prejudices, backward attitudes and myths which still surround this issue.
Turkey
Turkey: Turkish capitalism teeters on the brink
IN RECENT weeks Turkish politics has looked like a TV soap, you’d never know who would be in which party the following day.
Portugal
Portugal: A new “Hot Summer” in Portugal?
In the Summer of 1975, the Portuguese revolution was developing in such a sharp manner that it became known as the "Verão Quente" (Hot Summer).
Ireland North
Ireland North: Build the fight against sectarianism
FIGHTING BROKE out at last weekend’s annual Orange Order parade at Drumcree. Demonstrators threw missiles at police, resulting in 24 injured as well as two civilians. However, Drumcree is not the issue it was. The […]
History
History: Watergate – Rotten apples in a mouldy barrel
THIRTY YEARS ago the ’Watergate’ political scandal rocked US capitalism, exposing the corrupt and reactionary intrigues of the Nixon presidency and its spy agencies. Today, US president George Bush is reactivating the state’s surveillance powers […]
Ireland Republic
Ireland South: Joe Higgins MP hammers corruption
Joe Higgins (Socialist Party MP in Ireland) made the following speech in the Irish Parliament (Dail) pouring scorn on the attempt by the Irish government to cover-up big-business scandal in the country.