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  Austria

  Austria: Right win elections but significant vote for Socialists

  December 7, 2002 Franz Breier jun, SLP Secretary, Vienna

  The early general elections in Austria held on 24 November saw a huge victory for the conservative Peoples party (ÖVP) of chancellor Schüssel, getting 42,3 % and becoming the largest party for the first time [...]

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  Kenya

  Kenya bombing: Terrorism and state terrorism

  December 6, 2002 Dave Carr, from The Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party, England and Wales section of the CWI

  WHILE THE US and British governments relentlessly prepare to attack Iraq as part of their ’war on terrorism’, a suspected al-Qa’ida cell blew up a hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, packed with Israeli tourists. Most of [...]

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  Australia: Labour landslide in Victoria State elections means more cuts

  December 5, 2002 Stephen Jolly, Socialist Party, Melbourne, 4 December 2002

  Within 48 hours of Labour being re-elected in a landslide, Victorian unions (many of whom played a key role in mobilising to get Labour in power) were being rebuffed by Labour leader Steve Bracks in [...]

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  Britain

  Britain: Firefighter’s union calls off strike

  December 3, 2002 Editorial from The Socialist, 6 December 2002, paper of the Socialist Party, England and Wales section of the CWI

  MANY FIREFIGHTERS and other workers will have looked on bewildered as the FBU (Fire Brigade Union) executive council called off the eight-day firefighters’ strike due to begin on 4 December.

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

  Belgium: Racist murder in Antwerp leads to riots

  December 2, 2002 Linkse Socialistische Partij - Mouvement pour une Alternative Socialiste, 28 November 2002

  On the 26 November Mohamed Achrak, a 27 year old teacher from Moroccan origin was shot in Borgerhout, one of the poorest areas of Antwerp. It is almost certain that this is a case of [...]