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US: Saddam – Made in the USA
How the Reagan/Bush Sr. administrations backed Saddam
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Venezuela
Venezuela: At a political crossroads
In recent months, US imperialism, together with landlords, business organisations, corrupt trade union leaders and the Catholic Church, have stepped up their combined efforts to topple the radical nationalist, populist regime of Venezuelan President Hugo […]
Venezuela
Venezuela: The eye of the storm
In the midst of Venezuela’s worst economic crisis for decades, severe flooding killed thousands of people and brought air and sea ports to a standstill. Tony Saunois evaluates the effects of the disaster against the […]
Iraq
Iraq: No to war – Blood for oil
WHEN US Secretary of State Colin Powell was asked if the planned war with Iraq was all about oil, he denied it, claiming "the oil of Iraq belongs to the Iraqi people" and would not […]
Europe
Europe: Crisis for major euro economies
The run up to the Swedish referendum on the euro, 14 September, is coinciding with a crisis for the major economies within the currency union. This Spring can see a show down over the EMU’s […]
Israel / Palestine
Israel: Sharon elected on historically low turn-out
Monday’s (27 January) general elections in Israel saw Ariel Sharon’s Likud party double its vote to 37 seats. The Labour Party (which is the traditional party of the Israeli capitalists) plunged to an all time […]
Netherlands
Netherlands: Dutch general elections – a lost opportunity for the Socialist Party
The Dutch general election results (22 January) were a bitter disappointment for many members and supporters of the Socialist Party, a broad Left party, which had been tipped to make a historic electoral breakthrough. Instead […]
Scotland
Scotland: No change to poverty under New Labour
It’s official. Six years of a New Labour government and four years of the Scottish Parliament has made little or no difference to the lives of millions of working class people in Scotland.
North Korea
North Korea: US imperialism confronts Pyongyang
What does Kim Jong Il’s defiance mean for the Bush military doctrine? Can these events lead to yet another US military intervention? Offensiv takes a closer look at the Korean crisis.
Comment & Analysis
Brazil: Lula addresses enormous crowds at World Social Forum
"Ole, ole, ole, Lula… Lula… Lula", chanted a vast crowd that engulfed the Sunset Park in Porto Alegre on Friday afternoon, last week.