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

  Belgium: Tensions in Middle East lead to clashes

  April 2, 2002 Geert Cool, 2 April 2002

  Today the tensions in Antwerp (Belgium) have led to several acts of violence. Antwerp is a city with a large Jewish community and a large community of immigrants from North Africa and other Muslim countries. [...]

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  Italy

  Italy: March against article 18

  March 27, 2002 Clare Doyle, March 27 2002

  Saturday 23 March will be one of the most memorable days in the history of Italy. Three million people made their way towards the Circus Maximus, not far from the world-famous Coliseum, at the heart [...]

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  Italy

  Italy: Opposition to Berlusconi

  March 21, 2002 Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party, 21 March 2002

  The basis for the return of Berlusconi was created by the complete failure of the previous government, the ‘Olive Tree’ coalition, composed of the ex-Communist Party, now ‘rechristened’ as the Democrats of the Left (DS), [...]

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  Venezuela

  Venezuela: At the crossroads

  March 19, 2002 Tony Saunois, 19 March 2002

  Hugo Chávez, elected president of Venezuela in 1998, heads the most radical populist government currently in power. Now, after four years, his regime is at a crossroads as social turmoil and conflict continues.

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  Israel / Palestine

  Israel/Palestine: The bloody spiral

  March 8, 2002 Ariel Gottlieb, Maavak Sozialisti, 8 March 2002

  "There will be funerals. Caskets will come out of here even the commanders say that. What can I tell you, it’s not that Golani (a battle hardened infantry division) are afraid to die, surely we’re [...]