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  Women's Struggle

  Women: Women of the world – step up the fight for socialism

  May 5, 2001 CWI statement

  The Committee for a Workers’ International – with parties, sections and members in 35 countries in all five continents – greets the working women of the world for International Women’s Day, 2001. Since the end [...]

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  Philippines

  Philippines: State of rebellion – another attempt at people power

  May 5, 2001 CWI statement

  Days of angry street demonstrations in the Philippines capital Manila culminated in an attack on the presidential palace in the early hours of May 1. After seven hours of battles with the police using teargas, [...]

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  Indonesia

  Indonesia: Showdown

  May 5, 2001 Niall Muholland

  A FIERCE struggle is consuming Indonesia’s national parliament, as various parties attempt to unseat the president, Abdurrahman Wahid.

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  Israel / Palestine

  Israel/Palestine: A war by any other name

  April 25, 2001 International Secretariat, CWI.1

  The first ever invasion of the Palestinian Authority (PA) territory by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on Monday 15 April has taken the present conflict in the region to a new level. It may be [...]

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  Mexico

  Mexico: Zapatistas in Mexico City. What next?

  March 3, 2001 Robert Bechert, CWI.

  Mounting excitement gripped Mexico in early March as the 15-day "Zapatour" by 23 Zapatista (EZLN) comandantes and subcomandante Marcos made its way from Chiapas towards Mexico City. The EZLN followed, in the last leg of [...]