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Pakistan anti-war activists demonstrate

LAHORE, Pakistan — The Labour Party Pakistan (LPP) organised a successful demonstration against the arms race on May 27. The action attracted more than 250 people despite police and government harassment. It was the only such demonstration

The Cordillera people's armed protest

The Cordillera people's armed protest By Reihana Mohideen MANILA — After driving for 22 hours, on narrow roads which cling to the sides of spectacular mountain ranges, we were greeted in the dead of night by armed fighters of the Cordillera

NZ Labour sinks GE bill

By Russel Norman AUCKLAND — Legislation to establish a royal commission into genetic engineering and to place a moratorium on genetic engineering field trials and commercial genetically engineered production has been rejected by the New Zealand

Turkey prepares show trial for Ocalan

Turkey prepares show trial for Ocalan By Norm Dixon Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan has already been judged and sentenced to death by the Turkish regime — all that remains is the formality of the stage-managed "trial" that

'The Philippines left needs to appreciate the national question'

'The Philippines left needs to appreciate the national question' ABRINO AYDINAN, a leader of the Cordillera Peoples Liberation Army-Cordillera Bodong Administration (CPLA-CBA) and an executive council member of the Socialist Party of

Jesus Montane Oropesa, 1923-1999

Jesús Montané Oropesa, 1923-1999 By Neville Spencer Cuban revolutionary Jesús Montané, a member of the central committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, died of a respiratory disease on May 7. He was one of the few

Fighting for democracy in China

Fighting for democracy in China HONG KONG — LEUNG KWOK HUNG and FRANCIS LAU, political activists in Hong Kong since the mid-'70s, talked to Green Left Weekly's EVA CHENG about the current state of workers' resistance and the struggle for

Colombian revolutionaries protect the people

Colombian revolutionaries protect the people By Raul and Sulema Cienfuegos SAN VICENTE DEL CAGUAN, "Liberated Zone", Colombia — The Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) was formed on May 27, 1964, in response to the

National workers' organisation formed

By Max Lane Between May 14 and 16, delegates from militant worker committees from several cities around Indonesia met in Bandung and voted to form a new national workers' organisation, the Indonesian National Front for Labour Struggles (FNPBI).

Murder and Ireland's 'peace process'

Murder and Ireland's 'peace process' By Stuart Ross The Pat Finucane Centre in Derry has recently published a 50-page report into the circumstances leading to the murder of one of Ireland's most prominent human rights lawyers, Rosemary Nelson. On

Arms dealer banned Kurdish TV station

By Norm Dixon "Despite the great sympathy in the UK for the Kurdish people, it is not in the public interest for any broadcaster to use the UK as a platform from which to incite people to violence", intoned the chairperson of Britain's Independent

Workers' football match for Korean unification

Workers' football match for Korean unification With a clear goal of helping to end the division of Korea, South Korea's Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and the North's Korean General Confederation of Labour have scheduled a historic football