Brazil
Brazil: 4,000 homeless occupies buildings in central São Paulo
More than 4,000 homeless managed to occupy four abandoned high-rise blocks in the centre of São Paulo on early 21 July.
Americas
USA
United States: The Democrats – Are They an Alternative to Bush?
As we head into the second half of the third year of the reign of George Bush the Younger, the hatred of millions of workers, youth, and people of color against him and his neo-conservative […]
Brazil
Brazil: Civil servants’ strike grows
The civil servants strike against the Lula governments pension ‘reform’, that began on the 8 July, is growing.
Brazil
Brazil: Desperate search for a job
One of Lula’s promises in the election campaign was to deal with unemployment. But unemployment has continued to increase every month since he became president. The official unemployment level is 12.8 per cent. But the […]
USA
US: Weapons of Mass Deception Exposed!
"Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised."
USA
United States: Is Bush Heading for a Fall?
Bush administration hawks will consider their victory in Iraq a vindication of their aggressive, militaristic approach to world problems, and that nothing will stop them from bulldozing ahead with their right-wing agenda. In reality, they […]
Brazil
Brazil: Civil servants strike against pension “reforms”
On the 8 July an estimated 350,000 civil servants in Brazil went on an indefinite strike against the pension ‘reforms’ proposed by the Lula government.
Peru
Peru: Workers resist government’s ‘state of emergency’
Peruvian workers have challenged the ‘state of emergency’ imposed by President Toledo.
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.
Canada
Canada: Health cuts worsen SARs spread
Toronto has been in the grips of its worst health scare since the polio epidemics of the 1950s. The last few weeks have seen the breakdown of a hospital system compromised by years of neo-liberal […]