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Around 75,000 anti-war protesters flooded London's streets on October 17, in a protest called to coincide with the European Social Forum meeting in that city. The protesters carried signs emblazoned "Troops out!" and "Blair must go!". The media has

Eva Cheng Ignoring months of workers' resistance, the cabinet of President Noh Moo-Hyun's government finalised a bill on October 19 that will seriously restrict public sector workers' rights to organise and bargain collectively. In response, the

Rohan Pearce They call it the "war on terror", but under the guise of fighting terrorism Washington's warmongers are strengthening the US empire. Part of this has been carrying out a worldwide realignment of US military forces — the better to

Larry Hales, Denver Two hundred and thirty students, activists and workers took to the street on October 9 to peacefully protest the celebration of Columbus Day and the portrayal of the man behind the genocide of Native American peoples as a hero

More than 100 people were involved in a street battle in Nuneaton on October 15, after racist thugs attacked people returning from evening prayers to a bail hostel. A witness told IC Coventry that "five or six lads were out there giving racist abuse

Doug Lorimer The Los Angeles Times has reported that US officials have told it the Bush administration has decided to delay a major offensive to recapture rebel Iraqi cities until after the November 2 US presidential election. A week earlier,

Kim Bullimore, West Bank At the height of the 18-day military offensive in Gaza, which has resulted in at least 136 Palestinians being killed, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's senior adviser, Dov Weisglass, revealed that Israel's much-touted

Chris Slee Sri Lanka's clothing industry, which directly employs 340,000 workers and indirectly employs another million, faces a "sudden collapse" when the Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA) expires next year, according to Kalani Subasinghe, a staff

"These terrorists are serious, they're deadly and they know nothing except trying to kill. I understand that. That's why I will never stop at anything to hunt down and kill the terrorists." — John Kerry, St. Louis debate, October 8. "[I]t is very

INDIA — Villages condemn political killings On October 1, a meeting of several hundred elected village representatives in Patna, capital of Bihar state, condemned the increasing number of killings of leading members of the Communist Party of

Norm Dixon "Like a whistle was blown to halt the activity, the entire metropolis suddenly went dry of vehicles from 7am... Lagos was shut down... Banks, markets, business houses and state and federal secretariats were under lock and key", read the

Leslie Feinberg, New York "We have called on the anti-war and peace movements to join us on October 17 and they are coming by the tens of thousands", Million Worker March leader Clarence Thomas explains, "because the war in Iraq, just like the