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Arthur Scargill, General Secretary of the Socialist Labour Party, said today that Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair and the United States President Bill Clinton are guilty of `cold, calculated murder’ with their unprincipled attack on the people of Iraq.“There is no justification for what this New Labour Government is doing as it continues to bomb … [Read more…]

The news has come through towards the end of December that the rebel army of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front has made tremendous headway in taking control of vast areas of the country and is now threatening its capital, Freetown. Its avowed aim is once more to overthrow the regime of imperialist minion, Ahmad Tejan … [Read more…]

By Jo Cottenier and Jean Pestieau, Workers’ Party of BelgiumOn November 26, over a thousand workers and trade unionists held a demonstration in front the Law Courts of Nivelles (a small city 25 km from Brussels), Belgium, against the holding of a virtually unprecedented trial . Thirteen union representatives and workers were before the court … [Read more…]

On 7 January 1999 the Colombian government is at last commencing peace negotiations with the Colombian guerrilla forces of FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia) and ELN (National Liberation Army). It has had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the negotiating table, but with an estimated two-thirds of the country under guerrilla control, there … [Read more…]

Hillingdon Hospital StrikersOn 25th December, an enthusiastic band of supporters took Christmas greetings to the Picket Line outside Hillingdon Hospital. Harpal Brar brought solidarity greetings to the strikers and presented them with another £300 which had been collected for these wonderful workers.When asked to sum up the achievements of 1998, Malkiat Bilkhu spoke of the … [Read more…]