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  Italy

  Italy: Thousands of youth march against war in Florence

  October 8, 2002 Henry Silke, Italy, 5 October 2002

  Today (October 5) 10,000 people, mainly youth, took part in an anti war demonstration called by the Florence Social Forum. This was part of a national day of action which saw over sixty demonstrations and [...]

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  ARCHIVE | Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução was the CWI section in Brazil until 2019

  Brazil: Lula close to winning

  October 8, 2002 André Ferrari

  PT gets highest vote in first round and goes to runoff. The Workers Party candidate, Lula, got the highest vote for president in the first round. With 99% of votes counted, he had 46.4% of [...]

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  Kenya

  Kenya: 240,000 teachers on strike

  October 7, 2002 Okoth Osewe, 3 October 2002

  In Kenya 240,000 teachers have entered into their second week of a national strike action to demand an outstanding salary increment which they won in 1997 after the teachers paralysed the education system by going [...]

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

  Belgium: Bomspotting. 2,000 protest against nuclear weapons

  October 7, 2002 Geert Cool, Linkse Socialistische Partij/Mouvement pour une Alternative Socialiste

  1,117 arrested, including dozens of CWI members

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  History & Anniversaries

  History: Che Guevara – revolutionary fighter

  October 5, 2002 Special feature from The Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party, England and Wales section of the CWI.

  "SHOOT, COWARD, you are only going to kill a man." According to legend, these were the last words of Che Guevara, just before his execution at the hands of the Bolivian army, who were in [...]