Iraq
Iraq: Stop work to stop the war – Strikes and demonstrations in Spain and Italy
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Iraq
Iraq: No to war in Iraq – Opposition to war grows in Chile
The opposition to the US war plans has increased in Chile in the past weeks. This has undoubtedly been in part because of Chile’s presence on the UN Security Council. The International Women’s Day march […]
Iraq
Iraq: No to war in Iraq – Belgian unions call national student strike
The youth section of the social democratic nation trade union federation (ABVV) has called a national school student and higher education student strike on Friday 21 March. The appeal has received the support of the […]
Iraq
Iraq: No to war in Iraq – Swedish local unions demand action against war
While local union branches start to get involved in the anti-war campaign in Sweden, the national leadership of LO (trade union federation) is falling way behind. Three big branches of Seko (Communications Workers’ Union) have […]
Israel / Palestine
Israel: Sharon’s second government of crisis
A month since Sharon’s Likud party scored an election victory, and after long negotiations, the 75-year-old Prime Minister has managed to form a rightwing government based on a coalition of 68 out of 120 Members […]
Belgium
Belgium: Does the ‘Resist’ electoral List offer unity?
Those who search for an alternative list during parliamentary elections on18 May, in Belgium, might consider the Resist list. As its name implies, the list stands for resistance against war, discrimination and exploitation. Still the […]
Iraq
Iraq: No to war in Iraq – Russia and the Iraq crisis
Russian president Putin almost gloated on the TV after the attack on the twin towers in New York. He claimed that the US would now understand what the Russian state’s ‘war against terror’ in Chechnya […]
Iraq
Iraq: No to war in Iraq – “Third rate forgery”
The closer war approaches the more intense Bush and Blair’s propaganda becomes. Bush, in his press conference last week, spoke as if the USA was under imminent threat of attack from Iraq that necessitated immediate […]
Iraq
Iraq: No to war in Iraq – European Trade Union Congress calls for work stoppages on 14 March against the war.
A call for work stoppages throughout Europe to protest against the war at midday on Friday 14 March was made by the European Trade Union Congress at a meeting of its Executive last week (6 […]
Bolivia
Bolivia: President told: “Resign or die”
"ON FEBRUARY 12th, incredulous but enthralled, Bolivians watched live broadcasts of the army and the police turning their guns on each other. What ensued was perhaps the worst period of civil disorder the country has […]