Israel / Palestine
Israel: Student union leaders reveal their true face on Haifa demo
On 23 March, 2005 the student union leaders organized “a quiet demonstration” against cuts and privatization in the higher education system.
Month: March 2005
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Mass protests clear out corrupt neo-liberals
“I’m tired of this life. I just want to live quietly and well” was the comment of one pensioner taking part in the protests in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzia (Kyrgyzstan) last week.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Musharraf rule shaky as poverty rockets
Travelling from Malaysia to Karachi in Pakistan is to go from the ‘Second World’ to the ‘Fourth World’. Malaysia is certainly no showcase for Asian capitalism, as the apologists for the Kuala Lumpur regime argue. […]
América
Cuba: ¿Puede sobrevivir la revolución?
Peter Taaffe comenta dos libros recientes que iluminan la historia de Cuba y la situación actual. socialistworld.net
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Higgins warns Socialist Party that FF could win third term
A return to power by Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats at the next election "could not be ruled out", according to Socialist Party TD Joe Higgins.
Britain
Britain: Blair’s pensions climbdown
Threat of co-ordinated strike action by public-sector unions over pensions forces major climbdown.
US
US: The Iraqi resistance and the anti-war movement
Debate within the movement
Scotland
Scotland: Socialist challenge to big business parties
This General Election, perhaps more than ever before, will be fought over by politicians who are a million miles removed from the real lives and problems facing the majority of working people.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Fighting back against capitalism and chauvinism
The Sri Lankan United Socialist Party (USP) – affiliated to the Committee for a Workers International (cwi) – held its most successful ever congress on 25 – 26 March in Colombo.
Analysis
Scotland: G8 summit
In the run-up to the G8 Summit, to be held in July in Gleneagles, it is as important as ever to raise the question: how can the world’s problems be alleviated?