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Doug Lorimer The veto-welding permanent members of the UN Security Council — Britain, China, France, Russia and the US — remained divided over how to deal with Iran's nuclear program following the council's receipt on April 28 of a report from

A report released on April 20 by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, Fighting for Alternatives: Case Studies of Successful Trade Union Resistance to the Policies of the World Bank and IMF, highlights how unions in Africa, Asia,

Delegates from 12 countries, including Australia, will visit the Philippines in early May to investigate the killings of union leaders and the repression of worker activists. Some of the cases to be looked into include the recent killing of United

On April 29, Bolivian President Evo Morales and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with Cuban President Fidel Castro in Havana to kick-start the People's Trade Treaty (TCP). Morales said on April 25 that the treaty will enable the countries to

DILI — A week of tense protest action by former Falintil resistance fighters and unemployed youth resulted in a violent crackdown by East Timorese police in Dili on April 28. At least four people have been confirmed killed and media reports cite at

Dick Nichols In the April 9-10 Italian general elections, outgoing prime minister and media super-boss Silvio Berlusconi just failed to pull off a miracle win for his centre-right coalition the House of Freedoms. The centre-right came to within

Jim McIlroy & Coral Wynter, Caracas A March 30 meeting of almost 1000 Venezuelan trade unionists decided to organise a national congress in May of the National Union of Workers (UNT) — the major national confederation of militant and

Barry Sheppard, San Francisco Something that was completely unexpected even five weeks ago will happen this year — marches and rallies of hundreds of thousands of workers on May 1 in more than 100 cities and towns across the country. May Day,

On April 20, two workers were shot and killed by police, another was crushed to death and 40 others wounded when Mexican authorities attacked striking workers occupying the Sicartsa steel mill. Parts of the plant have now been taken over by the army

On April 26, "Freedom Day", 5000 people joined a protest in Durban to mourn the "death of freedom". S'bu Zikode, leader of the shack dwellers movement Abahlali base Mjondolo, said residents from 35 informal settlements joined the demonstration to

Jim McIlroy & Coral Wynter, Caracas Three days of commemorations of the fourth anniversary of the right-wing coup that briefly ousted President Hugo Chavez and installed a pro-US regime were held on April 11-13. The highlight was the opening of a

Doug Lorimer On April 11, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that two days earlier Iranian scientists had succeeded in producing "nuclear fuel" — uranium gas enriched with 3.5% of the fissionable uranium-235 isotope (natural uranium