Germany
Germany: Lessons of the Opel strike
"This was a sell out!"
Month: October 2004
América
Conflicto Mapuche: Mas Represion Es La Unica Respuesta
La situación de los mapuche ha empeorado bastante durante los últimos años.
Europe
European Union: No light at the end of the tunnel
Mass discontent behind Commission crisis
Israel / Palestine
Israel: Peace demonstrators look for answers
The speakers at Monday’s demonstration , held in Tel Aviv, in support of withdrawal from Gaza were not radical ones – actually they gave unconditional support to Sharon’s disengagement plan.
China
China: The Daping mining disaster and “maximising profits”
The final death toll may rise to over a hundred at the Daping coal mine in what is China’s worst mining disaster so far this year.
Burma
Burma: A potential paradise haunted by poverty and war
Ancient kingdom prey to colonial powers
Burma
Burma: Open split in Burmese Generals’ regime
On Tuesday 19 October, the prime minister of Burma, Khin Nyunt, was forced out of power by the army’s generals and put under house arrest. According to government sources, Khin Nyunt was: "Permitted to retire […]
Israel / Palestine
Israel: The Entanglement Plan
"Qassam" rockets, terror attacks, devastation, bloodshed… Can the "Disengagement Plan" bring the end of the Israeli-Palestinian bloodbath any closer?
Scotland
Scotland: Declaring for nationalism or socialism?
The new £430 million Scottish parliament building in Edinburgh was opened by the Queen in a blaze of establishment pomp and ceremony recently.
Economy
World economy: Black gold rush and casino capitalism
A ’black gold’ rush is in full swing.