USA
US: US construction bosses welcome war
THE LOOMING US-led war on Iraq is causing uncertainties for capitalist investors. However, one section of big business hopes that a post-Saddam Iraq will become a lucrative venture.
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World Economy
World economy: Is war good for business
FINANCE MINISTERS from the seven largest economies in the world met recently to debate how to revive the sick world economy. However, there was little agreement on how to revive the patient.
Science & Technology
Aids crisis: Dying for profit
SOUTH AFRICA 24 April 2002. A giant faced a dying man in court. The giant told the man that he could not have the lifesaving drugs he needed because it had profits to protect. The […]
Brazil
Brazil: ‘Trotskyists’ join Lula’s government of cuts
The newly elected PT (Workers’ Party) led government of Lula in Brazil has aroused massive expectations and demands for change amongst the workers, peasants and others exploited by capitalism. Millions of workers, youth and peasants […]
Canada
Canada: Anti-poverty activists on trial
Last Thursday, 6 March, saw the opening of the trial of three leading members of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) charged in relation to a June 15, 2000 anti-poverty demonstration in front of the […]
Asia
No a la Guerra contra Irak: La manifestación contra la Guerra
Hoy sábado 14 de marzo la manifestación contra la Guerra convoco a unas 3000 personas, que marcharon desde Plaza Italia hasta el Palacio de Gobierno.
Belgium
Belgium: Fifty thousand demonstrate against Cockerill closure
Yesterday some 50,000 demonstrated in Liège against the closure of Cockerill, a steel company owned by the multinational Arcelor. It was the biggest demonstration in Liège since the general strike of 1960-61. Besides thousands of […]
Iraq
Iraq: Stop work to stop the war – German trade unionists organise action
Stop work to stop the war.
Iraq
Iraq: No to war in Iraq – Britain – Stop work to stop the war
DESPITE THE biggest demonstration in the history of Britain and unprecedented anti-war protests, Blair is determined to go to war with Iraq over the next few days. Like Bush, he believes that vital capitalist interests […]
Iraq
Iraq: Stop work to stop the war – Strikes and demonstrations in Spain and Italy
Stop work to stop the war.