Sweden
CWI: CWI members win three new council seats
Members of the CWI in Sweden have added a new local council seat to the two already held in the town of Umeå and have come from having no seats to winning two in the […]
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Iraq
Iraq: Rocky road to war
TONY BLAIR said that he and Bush have decided to give Saddam Hussein "one more chance".
USA
US: Anniversary of attacks on Twin Towers, NY. CWI analysis vindicated by events
CWI analysis vindicated by events
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: International protests force authorities to release workers’ leader, Saken Zhanusev
At a special court hearing last Friday, a criminal court judge in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, suddenly decided that there were "no legal grounds" for holding workers’ leader, Saken Zhanusev, on remand (i.e. in prison) until his […]
New Zealand
New Zealand: False Left hope: The rise and fall of the Alliance
The New Zealand general elections in July 2002 saw many unprecedented changes in voting patterns. The Labour Party was, with a small rise in support, able to remain in power by forming a new coalition […]
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. […]
South Africa
South Africa: Powell’s humiliation closes Earth Summit Fiasco
The last day of the Earth Summit completed the humiliation of the ANC government in what it had hoped would be its finest hour. ‘Civil society’ delegates walked out in disgust, Colin Powell was shouted down […]
South Africa
South Africa: Johannesburg Earth Summit
ANC government harassment and sabotage cannot stop 30,000 marching. On Saturday 31 August, anti-globalisation activists were joined by thousands of workers, the unemployed and landless, who marched from the poor township of Alexandra outside Johannesburg […]
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Trade Union leader in jail
Four activists from the Karaganda Confederation of Free Trade Unions in Kazakhstan are currently under arrest and are facing serious charges. This is a continuation of the type of repression doled out to worker activists […]