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World social forum, Mumbai: Struggling for socialism in Sri Lanka
What kind of conditions do workers and young people face in your area?
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world social forum, Mumbai: Mumbai against Bush
Banners, posters and slogans against Bush and his war on Iraq were prominent in Mumbai (India) on 21st January.
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world social forum, Mumbai: No workers’ alternative in Indian election
"Many multinational corporations feel their mouths water at the mention of the opening up of the Indian economy. India offers a good ground for plunder. Even if only 10 per cent of the population of […]
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world social forum, Mumbai: the cwi at the wsf
Pictures from Mumbai
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world social forum, Mumbai: No workers’ alternative in Indian election
"Many multinational corporations feel their mouths water at the mention of the opening up of the Indian economy. India offers a good ground for plunder. Even if only 10 per cent of the population of […]
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World Social Forum 2004, Mumbai: A demonstration of demonstrations
Over 120,000 people have attended the World Social Forum in Mumbai.
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Review: Empire defeated by Peter Taaffe
THE STRUGGLE over the war was as much for the ’hearts and minds’ of the American people as it was for those of the Vietnamese.
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Review: Is this how to dump Bush?
Michael Moore said "barring success", Stupid White Men, (reviewed in the socialist, issue 254), would be his last book. But last year when George W Bush was supposedly so popular, it was the leading non-fiction […]
World Economy
World economy: Will there be a recovery?
THE BOOMS of the 1980s and 1990s were both driven by frenzied international financial speculation. They have left deep problems for capitalism, and now form a massive barrier to a new, sustained economic upswing in […]
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Review: Fears about anti-capitalism beset The Economist
“Capitalism and poverty reduction has just had its best few decades in the whole of history…” and yet “…Anti-capitalist demonstrations on May 1st in cities around the world attracted sizeable crowds”.