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  Austria

  Austria: Important success in defending women’s right to abortion

  July 16, 2003 Claudia Sorger, Socialist Left Party, Austria

  An important case in defending women´s right to abortion was won on 10 July at the end of a lower court trial. SLP member Claudia Sorger (the Socialist Left Party is the CWI´s affiliate in [...]

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  Kazakhstan

  Kazakhstan: Foundry workers fight for nationalisation of factory

  July 14, 2003 Ainur Kurmanov, President, Workers’ Movement of Kazakhstan

  The struggle to defend the jobs and living standards of the workers at the Irtyishskii Foundry in Glubokii, near Ust-Kamenogorsk, in East Kazakhstan, has been stepped up and workers are appealing for support.

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  South Africa

  South Africa: Union leadership attacks workers

  July 12, 2003 First published in the April-May edition of Izwi La Basebenzi (Voice of the workers), the newspaper of the Democratic Socialist Movement, affiliated section of the CWI in South Africa.

  The entire labour movement should be outraged by the draconian actions of the National Office Bearers (NOBs) of the Chemical Paper, Printing Wood and Allied Workers Union.

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  Britain

  Britain: Making the break with Labour

  July 11, 2003 From The Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party, CWI in England and Wales

  THE REPERCUSSIONS of the RMT’s potentially historic decision were downplayed by New Labour spin doctors. But last week’s events show clearly how far the disenchantment and anger of ordinary workers towards New Labour have stretched [...]

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  Britain

  Britain: Blair’s not off the hook

  July 10, 2003 From The Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party, CWI in England and Wales.

  THE FOREIGN Affairs Select Committee spent four weeks investigating the reasons Blair gave for taking Britain into a war against Iraq. The title of their proceedings – ’The decision to go to war against Iraq’ [...]