July 2002 |

Italy: Genova Libera

July 26, 2002 Simon Donovan, Socialist Party (England and Wales)

With a chant of ’Genoa Libera’ 150,000 youth and young workers marched through the streets of Genova on Saturday. They marched to commemorate the year since the G8 summit which saw a police riot and […]

South Africa: Cosatu call two day general strike as SAMWU’S mass action breathes life into anti-privatisation campaign.

July 23, 2002 Weizmann Hamilton, Democratic Socialist Movement, South Africa, 23 July 2002

Cosatu’s announcement yesterday that it has lifted the suspension on the anti-privatisation programme and will be calling a two-day general strike on the 1st and 2nd October, is a direct result of the impact of […]

AIDS pandemic: Pharmaceutical giants obstruct progress

July 21, 2002 Roger Shrives. This article first appeared in The Socialist.

AS 15,000 delegates attended the International Aids Conference in Barcelona, the United Nations estimates that 68 million people could die of the Aids disease by 2020. Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support […]

Kazakhstan: Protest at a new wave of repression

July 20, 2002 CWI Kazakhstan

There has been a big stepping up of repression against the Workers Movement of Kazakhstan, a major working-class organisation. Criminal charges have been lodged against four members of its executive Saken and Ramil Dzhunosov, Ramil […]

Women: No really does mean no

July 19, 2002 Christine Thomas. This article first appeared in The Socialist.

THE TRIAL of top snooker player Quinten Hann for rape, highlighted all the prejudices, backward attitudes and myths which still surround this issue. Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building alternative socialist […]

Turkey: Turkish capitalism teeters on the brink

July 18, 2002 Geert Cool, LSP/MAS, CWI Belgium

IN RECENT weeks Turkish politics has looked like a TV soap, you’d never know who would be in which party the following day. Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building alternative socialist […]

Portugal: A new “Hot Summer” in Portugal?

July 17, 2002 Francisco Raposo, Alternativa Socialista, Portugal

In the Summer of 1975, the Portuguese revolution was developing in such a sharp manner that it became known as the "Verão Quente" (Hot Summer). Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building […]

Ireland North: Build the fight against sectarianism

July 16, 2002 Peter Haddon, Belfast Socialist Party

FIGHTING BROKE out at last weekend’s annual Orange Order parade at Drumcree. Demonstrators threw missiles at police, resulting in 24 injured as well as two civilians. However, Drumcree is not the issue it was. The […]

History: Watergate – Rotten apples in a mouldy barrel

July 15, 2002 Jim Horton, Socialist Party, England and Wales

THIRTY YEARS ago the ’Watergate’ political scandal rocked US capitalism, exposing the corrupt and reactionary intrigues of the Nixon presidency and its spy agencies. Today, US president George Bush is reactivating the state’s surveillance powers […]

Ireland South: Joe Higgins MP hammers corruption

July 13, 2002 Joe Higgins, Socialist Party MP, Ireland, 11 July 2002

Joe Higgins (Socialist Party MP in Ireland) made the following speech in the Irish Parliament (Dail) pouring scorn on the attempt by the Irish government to cover-up big-business scandal in the country. Special financial appeal […]