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  Nigeria

  Nigeria: Exploitation and poverty behind riots

  November 28, 2002 From The Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party, England and Wales section of the CWI.

  AN INFLAMATORY Nigerian newspaper article connected to the Miss World contest sparked off bloody religious sectarianism in the northern city of Kaduna. The fighting later flared in the capital Abuja leaving 215 people dead, 1,200 [...]

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  Britain

  Britain: Fire fighters strike. Blair declares war

  November 27, 2002 Firefighter at St Mary’s Station, Southampton

  "THE GOVERNMENT has completely lost control of the agenda. This is no longer just a dispute between the FBU and the government: it has descended into a fight between the government and the whole union [...]

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  Italy

  Italy: Sicily, Anti-fascist coalition blocks neo Nazis

  November 24, 2002 Henry Silke

  Eye-witness report from Henry Silke, with references to the Irish links of the local fascists.

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  Nigeria

  Nigeria: Supreme Court allows more parties to stand in elections

  November 22, 2002 Socialist Democracy Special Bulletin, Lagos

  On Friday, November 8, 2002, the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision dismissed the appeal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against the Federal Court of Appeal judgement of 26th July 2002 which had [...]

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  ARCHIVE | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019

  Iraq: Anti-war protests – Belgium and Canada

  November 21, 2002 Geert Cool, LSP/ MAS, Belgian section of the CWI, 18 November 2002

  More than 10,000 demonstrated against the war in the streets of Brussels last Sunday. This was an important succes given the fact the trade union organisations didn’t realy mobilise and given the fact that some [...]