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Month: May 2004

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Netherlands

Netherlands: Dockworkers force union to take strike action against government cuts

May 30, 2004 senan

After angry dockworkers threatened to strike, even without the unions, the biggest union in the Netherlands is now supporting strike action on the 7th and 11th of June. This strike will be aimed at the […]

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History

Socialist History: ‘Not for God and not for Fatherland’ by Ron Blom

May 28, 2004 senan

An enormous amount of literature has been published about the First World War; rightly so, because it was a momentous event in European and world history. A lot has been published about the fate of […]

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South Africa

South Africa: Warning-protest against exclusions at University of KwaZulu-Natal

May 28, 2004 senan

Thursday 27 May the Socialist Student Movement at the Westville campus of the newly "merged" University of KwaZulu-Natal organised a march against the exclusion from financial aid of hundreds of students.

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Belgium

Belgium: Student election success

May 27, 2004 senan

The Active Left Students (ALS), the student organisation of the LSP/MAS, the Belgian affiliate of the cwi, has won a second election victory at the Flemish university in Brussels.

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Sweden

cwi: election campaigns 2004 – Sweden – Anti-racism and health care our main issues

May 26, 2004 senan

Socialist voice in low temperature elections

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Ireland North

N Ireland: Dessian factory strike

May 25, 2004 senan

Workers at the Dessian factory in Belfast have gone on strike over the sacking of a shop steward. Dessian, which is a locally owned company making PVC windows, employs over 100 at it’s Belfast plant […]

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Economy

World economy: New shocks cast cloud over recovery

May 24, 2004 senan

The recovery in the world economy continues to assume an anaemic character.

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Venezuela

Venezuela: A new phase in the revolution

May 24, 2004 senan

Right wing plotters threat

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India

Indian Election: The Awesome Verdict

May 23, 2004 senan

"Not only has the country been stunned by the awesome verdict, the entire free world must learn from the courage of the poor, illiterate, the voiceless and the underprivileged of the earth’s largest democracy as […]

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Austria

Austria: Rail workers rebel against their union leadership

May 21, 2004 senan

At the end of April, the Austrian railway workers’ union (GdE) signed a deal with management on a new labour contract that included changes in work times and sick pay.

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