Peru
Peru: ‘State of emergency’ employed against strike of two million
Almost two million Peruvian workers and peasants are on indefinite strike, demanding higher wages and lower taxes.
Articles by Andres Aravena, Socialismo Revolucionario (Chilean section of the CWI)
América
Perú: Casi dos millones de trabajadores y campesinos en Huelga por mejoras saláriales y rebajas de impuestos.
La quiebra económica, social y la incapacidad de la elite gobernante de solucionar los problemas más urgentes de la población, ha tenido como respuesta por parte de la clase trabajadora y los sectores mas oprimidos […]
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Irish prime minister cornered by Socialist MP over Iraq lies
Joe Higgins TD, Socialist Party stated (28 May 2003):
Sweden
Sweden: Council workers’ strike ends in “A sell-out without precedent”
"The new wage deal is a sell-out without precedent; our union president, Ylva Thörn, should resign!"
Nigeria
Nigeria: Suspension of student activists in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile — Ife, Nigeria
The authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria, on Tuesday, 27th May 2003, suspended four student activists of the university for one session for leading mass protests against increments in school fees.
América
Chile – trabajadores en lucha: A parar el abuso patronal a unificar las luchas en un gran paro nacional de trabajadores
Los trabajadores(as) no podemos continuar aceptando mayores sacrificios, la democracia era para reconquistar los derechos perdidos bajo la dictadura, sin embargo, los gobiernos de la Concertación, solo han legislado para los empresarios, en especial el […]
Indonesia
Indonesia: Aceh – Indonesian army unleashes bloody assault
Aceh
India
India: Let the May 21st all-India General Strike challenge capitalism
In the name of Liberalisation, the deadly disease of Privatisation has attacked the working class throughout India. It has killed and destroyed 250,000 factories and has thrown 25 million workers and their families into a […]
India
India: Workers strike with a vengeance
According to V. K. Gupta, one of the joint secretaries of the National Confederation of Bank Employees, 50 million took part in this historic strike. Some of the veterans of the movement say this was […]