Iraq
Iraq: No to war – Blood for oil
WHEN US Secretary of State Colin Powell was asked if the planned war with Iraq was all about oil, he denied it, claiming "the oil of Iraq belongs to the Iraqi people" and would not […]
Month: January 2003
Europe
Europe: Crisis for major euro economies
The run up to the Swedish referendum on the euro, 14 September, is coinciding with a crisis for the major economies within the currency union. This Spring can see a show down over the EMU’s […]
Netherlands
Netherlands: Dutch general elections – a lost opportunity for the Socialist Party
The Dutch general election results (22 January) were a bitter disappointment for many members and supporters of the Socialist Party, a broad Left party, which had been tipped to make a historic electoral breakthrough. Instead […]
Scotland
Scotland: No change to poverty under New Labour
It’s official. Six years of a New Labour government and four years of the Scottish Parliament has made little or no difference to the lives of millions of working class people in Scotland. Special financial […]
Israel / Palestine
Israel: Sharon elected on historically low turn-out
Monday’s (27 January) general elections in Israel saw Ariel Sharon’s Likud party double its vote to 37 seats. The Labour Party (which is the traditional party of the Israeli capitalists) plunged to an all time […]
Analysis
Brazil: Lula addresses enormous crowds at World Social Forum
"Ole, ole, ole, Lula… Lula… Lula", chanted a vast crowd that engulfed the Sunset Park in Porto Alegre on Friday afternoon, last week. Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building alternative socialist […]
North Korea
North Korea: US imperialism confronts Pyongyang
What does Kim Jong Il’s defiance mean for the Bush military doctrine? Can these events lead to yet another US military intervention? Offensiv takes a closer look at the Korean crisis. Special financial appeal to […]
Scotland
Scotland: Big opportunities for socialists in May poll
The second elections to the Scottish Parliament take place on May 1st 2003. May Day is the traditional day of celebration and commemoration for the international workers and socialist movement. But the first four years […]
Our activity
cwi: 8th world congress – Globalisation and the world economy
FOR MOST of the 1990s the capitalists believed that in globalisation and the neo-liberal economic model, they had discovered a new elixir of life for their system. Exaggerated claims were made that new technologies had […]
Europe
Europe: EU Enlargement after Copenhagen
Last December’s negotiations between the existing EU members and the candidate countries for enlargement drew to a close at the Copenhagen summit. The 10 countries invited to join in May 2004 are Cyprus, the Czech […]