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Blair’s
reign unravels
For the first time since his election in 1997, Tony
Blair has been defeated in parliament. His proposal for internment
without charge for 90 days in ‘terrorism’ cases was diluted to 28 days.
On top of mounting anger at cuts to public services, attacks on pay and
conditions, and the occupation of Iraq, Blair is increasingly seen as a
lame-duck prime minister. How long can he hang on and what will happen
when he goes? PETER TAAFFE writes.
Hong Kong
summit
The World Trade Organisation is split and looks
unlikely to reach substantive agreement as international trade tensions
and economic rivalry increasingly dominate the agenda of its next
meeting. The summit will also be met with angry demonstrations as
workers and the poorest people protest against this agency of global
capitalist exploitation. LAURENCE COATES reports.
A view from
Hong Kong
SOCIALISM TODAY interviews Alan Chen, a socialist in
Hong Kong, who gives his view on perspectives for the 'Chinese model’
and developments in Hong Kong itself, in the run-up to the WTO summit.
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France
Riots, repression & more neo-liberalism
Liberia
Election provokes mass protests
Australia
Half a million strike against anti-union laws
After the earthquake
Khalid Bhatti reports on the political impact of the October
earthquake
Britain's trade unions
Whatever happened to the 'awkward squad'? asks Bill Mullins
The rusting of the orange revolution
In reality, little changed except the faces at the top. Rob Jones
reports
From 'left terrorist' to neo-Nazi
Horst Mahler's political 'evolution'
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