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  Chile

  Chile: 30 years after the 11 September military coup

  September 13, 2003 John Reid, Socialist Party, CWI England and Wales

  SALVADOR ALLENDE was narrowly elected President of Chile on 4 September 1970, receiving 36.3% of the vote. He defeated the conservative Christian Democrat government which had been discredited in the eyes of workers and peasants [...]

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  Austria

  Austria: Angry protest against privatisation

  September 13, 2003 Sozialistische LinksPartei, CWI in Austria

  On 5 September 300 steel workers gave voice to their anger against the privatisation of the last 35 percent of the once fully state owned steel works Voestalpine in Linz, Upper Austria.

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  ARCHIVE | Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna was the CWI section in Sweden until 2019

  Sweden: Statement on the Murder of Foreign Minister, Anna Lindh

  September 12, 2003 Executive Committee of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden)

  Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna strongly condems the horrific murder of Sweden’s Foreign Minister Anna Lindh. No one can avoid feeling anger and dismay over this terrible act of violence. The deadly knife assault on 10 September was [...]

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  France

  France: Larzac: Rally shows discontent in France

  September 10, 2003 Vincent Devaux, Mouvement pour une Alternative Socialiste, Liège.

  30 years after the first big demonstration against the military bases in Larzac, southwest France, over 350,000 people met there again this summer, three times more than expected.

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  ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in the USA until 2019

  US: Wal-Mart – Always Low Wages. Always

  September 9, 2003 Ben Arenburg

  Wal-Mart has become the world’s largest corporation, having surpassed ExxonMobil for the slot, and is now the country’s largest private employer.