South Africa
South Africa: Democratic Socialist Movement conference
Report of Democratic Socialist Movement conference, 5-6 October 2002
Articles by Committee for a Workers’ International, 11 October 2002
USA
US: Bush declares war on West Coast Port Workers
In a major attack on all workers, President Bush has invoked the anti-union Taft Hartley Act to force locked-out Longshore workers back to work.
Ireland North
Ireland North: What lies behind the Assembly’s collapse
AS WE go to press, it seems almost certain that Northern Ireland’s Executive and Assembly will collapse this week. New Labour’s Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid will probably suspend the institutions in the hope that […]
Greece
Greece: Fascist attack on Greek CWI member.
Last Thursday, 3 October 2002, our comrade, Alexandros Prandounas, was stabbed, on the lower part of the arm by a member of the neo-nazi organisation Chrysi Aygi. Alexandros is a student at one of the […]
Italy
Italy: September 2002 – a new period of struggle
The Summer months in Italy saw only a temporary suspension of the open warfare between the classes provoked by the hated Berlusconi government. Now, with the World Cup and the August holidays well and truly […]
Kashmir
Kashmir: Dam activists beaten and arrested
THIRTEEN DEMONSTRATORS were arrested on 30 September, including the general secretary of the left-nationalist National Awami Party (NAP), when police baton-charged and tear-gassed a peaceful demonstration protesting against the extension of the Mangla dam in […]
Comment & Analysis
Review: Martin Amis: Koba the Dread, Laughter and the twenty millions
A NEW book by the novelist Martin Amis entitled Koba the Dread: Laughter and the twenty million has created a stir in the world of politics as well as literature.
Brazil
Brazil: Lula close to winning
PT gets highest vote in first round and goes to runoff. The Workers Party candidate, Lula, got the highest vote for president in the first round. With 99% of votes counted, he had 46.4% of […]
Italy
Italy: Thousands of youth march against war in Florence
Today (October 5) 10,000 people, mainly youth, took part in an anti war demonstration called by the Florence Social Forum. This was part of a national day of action which saw over sixty demonstrations and […]
Brazil
Brazil: Teachers’ strike brutaly repressed by the police
As comrades will know from a previous circular the Brazilian comrades have been leading a teachers strike in Cotia, Brazil. This strike has been attacked by the police. Messages of support and protest are urgently […]