DR Congo
Congo: Presidential election triggers new crisis
Masses yearn for end to despotism, wars and poverty
Month: November 2006
Nicaragua
Nicaragua: The return of the Sandinistas
As Daniel Ortega, leader of the Sandinistas, scraped home as president, thousands took to the streets of the capital, Managua, hooting car horns, sounding football klaxons and setting off fireworks to celebrate the victory.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh: A new haven for reactionary Islam
Trade unionists and left activists under threat
Pakistan
Pakistan: No to the 12 Hour Working Day, No To the Industrial Relations Ordinance 2002
Trade Union Rights Campaign meeting attracts over 100 activists
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: World-wide protests over murdered MP continue.
Protests at the murder of prominent Tamil MP, Nadarajah Raviraj, continue to pour in to embassies around the world and directly to the office of the president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapakse.
Mexico
Mexico: Hundreds travel to Oaxaca to show solidarity with mass protesters
‘Monument to the Revolution’, Mexico DF – that is our rendezvous for last Saturday morning, 9 am.
USA
US economy: Heading for recession?
The US economy slowed down sharply before the mid-term elections.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: World-wide protests at killing of Tamil MP
Thousands march in Colombo; embassies picketed around the globe
ARCHIVE | Cyprus
Cyprus: Kurdish refugees – First concessions made by government
Last Wednesday, Nov 15, a meeting took place between the Cypriot Minister of the Interior N. Silikiotis and representatives from the Cypriot Kurdish Friendship Association – the organisation that struggles to win asylum for the […]
Italy
Italy: Prodi government under seige
Six months after it narrowly defeated the right-wing government of Silvio Berlusconi, Romano Prodi’s centre-left coalition in Italy is hanging by a thread.