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 […]
Americas
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 […]
Brazil
Brazil: Teachers’ indefinite strike on eve of elections
"What triggered the movement was the announcement of a small bonus payment. In fact, more than a bonus, this kind of one-off payment aims to offset the absence of a wage increase to track inflation […]
USA
US: Washington IMF protests: Fighting war, poverty and exploitation
THOUSANDS OF demonstrators staged a spirited march and rally as part of a week of events against the IMF and World Bank in Washington DC last weekend – despite the arrest of 659 people by […]
USA
US: Anniversary of attacks on Twin Towers, NY. CWI analysis vindicated by events
CWI analysis vindicated by events
USA
US: Impending war on Iraq. Will Bush launch a war on Iraq?
A THOUSAND people polled by The History Channel named the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon a year ago on 11 September as "the most memorable event in world history". This is […]
USA
US: Stop the Bush war machine
WILL THE United States go to war against Iraq? Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld appear determined to bring about a ‘regime change’ through a pre-emptive strike. They undoubtedly have the military power to destroy Saddam’s regime. […]
USA
US: Bush prepares for war against Iraq
As the Bush administration seems increasingly set on launching a war against Iraq, the opposition of US "allies" and even a section of the American establishment are becoming more vocal.
USA
US: IMF/World Bank protest – Washington, Oppose corporate globalisation and war
On September 28 and 29, politicians and corporate representatives in our nation’s capital will again be besieged by tens of thousands of protesters opposing their agenda of war and corporate globalization. What’s happening in DC […]
Brazil
Brazil: Facing economic relegation
IN THE days running up to Brazil’s World Cup quarter-final match with England, Wall Street speculators pinned their hopes on a Brazil victory to assuage anxieties over Brazil’s financial crisis and poor poll ratings for […]