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  Ireland North

  Northern Ireland: Civil Service workers hold one day strike over pay

  December 16, 2003 By Socialist Party members, Belfast

  On 11 December, the Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA) union held a very successful one-day strike. This was in protest against the derisory pay deal imposed by central government – a 0% cost of [...]

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  New Zealand

  New Zealand: Alliance Party conference calls for ‘left regroupment’

  December 15, 2003 Tim Bowron, Socialist Alternative, Dunedin

  Eighteen months after the left-wing Alliance Party in Aotearoa/New Zealand suffered a damaging split and the loss of all its remaining MPs in a snap general election, there are signs that the party is (somewhat [...]

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  Europe

  CWI: CWI international conference – Recession and class struggle across the continent

  December 15, 2003 CWI

  “Europe is experiencing a new phase of class struggle, from Italy and Portugal, in the South, to Germany, Austria and Britain, in the North,” said Tony Saunois, introducing the discussion on Perspectives for Europe, at [...]

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  Ireland North

  Northern Ireland: End of the Road for the Assembly?

  December 13, 2003 Peter Hadden, Belfast

  The recent Northern Ireland Assembly elections have produced a recipe for ongoing political stalemate and paralysis. Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) are the clear victors and, no matter how they try to [...]

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  Germany

  Germany: Kassel strikes against neo-liberal policies

  December 11, 2003 Holger Droge, SAV, Berlin

  On 9 December, in Kassel, in Hessen state, the first cross sector local work stoppage against social cuts, and in defence of free wage bargaining, took place. This action is part of the current wave [...]