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  • INDONESIA: Texmaco black-lists strike leaders

    Texmaco black-lists strike leaders JAKARTA — Textile company Texmaco has black-listed 15 workers who led a strike at a factory here for better wages. It is refusing to allow the 15 to join the workers' negotiating team or to re-register for

  • IRELAND: Another breakthrough, another breakdown

    DUBLIN — It took a year and a half of wrangling between the two protagonists, David Trimble's Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and Gerry Adams' Sinn Fein, to form the new cross-party Northern Ireland government in Belfast in November. Two months later,

  • UNITED STATES: Pressure grows to lift blockade against Cuba

    UNITED STATES: Pressure grows to lift blockade against Cuba The US Senate's Appropriations Committee voted on May 9 to lift the embargo on sales of food and medicine to Cuba. Supported by both houses of Congress, the move now has an excellent

  • INDONESIA: Discrimination against ethnic Chinese

    INDONESIA: Discrimination against ethnic Chinese In Indonesia, racism is one of the most pressing problems facing society. Unlike the United States or South Africa, where racism is based on skin colour, racism in Indonesia manifests itself through

    INDONESIA: Discrimination against ethnic Chinese

  • ZIMBABWE: Why Britain fears Mugabe's land gamble

    The loud complaints from the British Labour government and hysterical coverage by the international capitalist mass media have given undeserved credibility to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's populist claims that he suddenly intends to "resolve"

  • UNITED STATES: March for immigrant amnesty

    UNITED STATES: March for immigrant amnesty NEW YORK — Nearly 3000 people marched on May 1 in New York City to demand a general amnesty for undocumented immigrants and better conditions for all workers. The march was part of a national day of

  • SOUTH AFRICA: Misdirected strategy weakens workers' movement

    SOUTH AFRICA: Misdirected strategy weakens workers' movement JOHANNESBURG — The broad left (both in South Africa and internationally) has taken a cautious approach to critically analysing the program and activities of South Africa's largest and

  • SOUTH AFRICA: Millions strike over job losses

    SOUTH AFRICA: Millions strike over job losses Close to 4 million workers in South Africa joined a national strike against job losses on May 10, according to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). Around 400,000 strikers marched

  • LEBANON: Israel bombs again as deadline nears

    LEBANON: Israel bombs again as deadline nears RAMALLAH, Palestine — The Israeli government's latest round of bombings in Lebanon has raised concern about the possibility of a major war following the expected pullout of Israel's troops from

  • UNITED STATES: An ugly coalition

    An ugly coalition The week before the April 16-17 demonstrations against the WTO and IMF in Washington, the AFL-CIO leaders had their own rallies in Washington. One, called by the Teamsters union (part of the AFL-CIO), underscored an ugly new

  • Special fund appeal for a special issue

    Special fund appeal for a special issue Progresibo, the socialist unity paper in the Philippines, needs to help build a solidarity campaign in support of the Bangsa Moro peoples, who are facing a 200,000-strong Philippines army assault on their

  • BOUGAINVILLE: PNG frustrates independence referendum

    BOUGAINVILLE: PNG frustrates independence referendum Statements by Sir Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea's minister for Bougainville affairs, have exposed the lack of sincerity behind the PNG government's apparent agreement to allow the people of