Haiti
Haiti: Street demonstrations against Aristide’s rule by decree
Mass protests against autocratic rule
Americas
USA
US: University workers strike at corporate education
On October 21, the University of Minnesota (U of M) was shocked by its first strike in 60 years.
USA
US: Anger flowing into radicalisation
PRESIDENT GEORGE W Bush summed it up best during a recent speech when he said: "These are historic times". The last few years have ushered in a new era of poverty, war and frustration for […]
USA
US: 1,900 striking clerical workers at the University of Minnesota
On October 22 clerical workers at the University of Minnesota walked away from their desks and onto picket lines demanding a fair contract.
USA
United States: Take a Hike!
Rising tuition pricing students out of education
USA
US: Thousands march in Washington against occupation of Iraq
An estimated 50,000 people took part in the first national demonstration in the US against the occupation of Iraq, in Washington DC, last Saturday, 25 October.
Brazil
Brazil: Lula fails the working class – Is it time for a new left party?
"I am not saying that the dream is over, but I think I dreamed the wrong dream”. Those were the words of former PT (Workers’ Party) federal deputy from Rio de Janeiro, Fernando Gabeira, who […]
Bolivia
Bolivia: Workers’ and poor peoples’ uprising forces out President
Over the last weeks, a powerful movement of workers, peasants and the indigenous peoples – the poorest people in the poorest country of Latin America – has checked the neo-liberal plans of the Bolivian government […]
USA
US: Revival of Seattle anti-war movement
There was a 300-strong rally and march against the US military occupation of Iraq in Seattle on 6 October. The protest was primarily organised by the Seattle branch of ‘Not In Our Name (NION)’.
USA
US: Seattle protest the occupation of Iraq
Sunday, September 28, the Seattle Chapter of ANSWER, the US anti-war umbrella organisation, held a protest against the US occupation of Iraq.