Austria
Austria: Rail workers rebel against their union leadership
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.
Month: May 2004
Our activity
cwi 30th Anniversary: The Swedish perspective
"The pioneer spirit lives". Arne Johansson speaks about three decades of struggle for socialism.
Kashmir
Kashmir: Public sector workers strike for wage increase
Public sector workers in Pakistani Occupied Kashmir and Pakistan went on strike as part of the second leg of their protests on 6th May.
Iraq
Iraq: Sinking deeper into the Iraq quagmire
"The photos that lost Bush the war". That was how one US commentator referred to the images of torture and sexual abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US troops. Beamed across the globe, these appalling photos […]
Pakistan
Pakistan: Socialist Movement receives enthusiastic welcome on Mayday
The newly formed Socialist Movement distributed a four page leaflet and attended Mayday activities in nine different cities right across Pakistan, including Lahore, Rawalpindi, Hyderabad, Quetta, and Karachi.
Kosova / Kosovo
Kosovo/Kosova: UN/NATO fuels sex slave trade
Restoration of capitalism creates barbaric conditions
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Joe Higgins condemns government’s scaremongering against protesters
Police brutality and water cannons used against May Day protesters in Dublin
Pakistan
Pakistan: Founding meeting of ‘Socialist Movement’ held in Lahore
Over sixty people attended the very successful founding meeting of the Socialist Movement on Saturday 17 April, 2004. The aim of this meeting was to set up a new independent, socialist and revolutionary organisation to […]
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Joe Higgins condemns ‘Citizenship Referendum’
Socialist MP exposes use of race card by government
Ireland Republic
Ireland: ‘One Joe Higgins more effective than five Sinn Féin TDs’
Just one Joe Higgins is immensely more effective than all five of the Sinn Féin TDs, according to Labour leader Pat Rabbitte. Attacking Sinn Féin’s track record, Mr Rabbitte said the party works hard at […]