Iraq
Iraq: Occupiers, privatisers and exploiters
THE US-led coalition forces occupying Iraq can’t get the country’s power supply going regularly nor can they create health and education services for local people.
Month: June 2003
Britain
Britain: Euro debate – independent workers’ struggle needed
GORDON BROWN’S Commons statement on the euro, the world’s biggest currency union, deliberately faced both ways. The government said it would try to "break down anti-euro prejudice", but it would not hold a referendum on […]
History & Anniversaries
Iran: A revolution stolen from the working class
WHEN CIA experts wrote a report in September 1978 on the political health of the pro-western monarchist regime in Iran, they concluded that despite his autocratic rule, the Shah presided over a stable dynasty that […]
France
France: Ongoing strikes and protests
Strikes and protest actions are continuing across France on a daily basis, against the Raffarin government’s pension ‘reform’ plans.
América
Perú: Los trabajadores desafían el estado de sitio implantado por Toledo
En una reunión de carácter urgente a la que se le ha llamado Alianza Nacional, Toledo cita a los representantes de la elite, empresarios, parlamento, Iglesia, mandos militares y poder judicial para buscar una solución […]
Europa
Francia: Millones en Huelga contra el ataque a las pensiones
Un ataque a las pensiones de los trabajadores por parte del Primer Ministro Francés, Jean Pierre Raffarin, combinado con otros problemas como la descentralización de la educación, hizo estallar una masiva respuesta de los trabajadores […]
Peru
Peru: Workers resist government’s ‘state of emergency’
Peruvian workers have challenged the ‘state of emergency’ imposed by President Toledo.
Comment & Analysis
G8: Evian – Eyewitness report from Lausanne protests
The majority of the members of the delegations to the G8 summit in Evian had accommodation in Lausanne, in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. In Lausanne, as well as in Geneva and on the French […]
Sweden
Sweden: European Central Bank decision confirms fear of deflation
"A smooth transition" to the euro for Sweden is predicted by the Financial Times of June 6, if the ‘yes’ vote wins in the referendum on 14 September. But the deepening crisis of the Eurozone […]
Britain
Britain: British troops face brutality allegations
A SOLDIER from Warwickshire, Fusilier Bartlam aged 18, is being questioned following pictures of Iraqi POWs allegedly being mistreated.