Haiti
Haiti: Chaotic elections
Slum poor ‘candidate’ Rene Preval favourite to win
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Iran
Iran: Tehran bus workers
Some released, new arrests, hundreds detained
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Belfast postal workers on unofficial strike
Second week of industrial action against bosses’ bullying
Italy
Italy: Drama over metal mechanics’ national agreement
Deal finally signed after 13 months of negotiation and 60 hours’ of strike action.
Historia
Los antiguos partidos trabajadores: Una nueva izquierda revolucionaria
Sacando las lecciones del fracaso de la izquierda reformista y la construcción de nuevos partidos socialistas
Culture
culture: Worldwide “cartoon” uproar
Build a united workers’ movement to fight divisions and capitalism
Kashmir
Kashmir: Workers commemorate union leader killed in last October’s earthquake
“Nazir Gardazi struggled for his class”
Pakistan
Pakistan: Fourteen hundred daily-waged Postal workers sacked
Trade union activists victimized
Venezuela
Venezuela: Mass demonstration in support of Chavez regime
Right-wing opposition mobilizes only a few thousand
Venezuela
Venezuela: Women occupy Caracas factory
For the past 6 weeks, a group of around 40 women have led a struggle for jobs and pay at the Selfex factory in the south east of Caracas.