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International Notes
November 22, 2003Lesotho: Strike leaders arrested The two top leaders of Lesotho’s Factory Workers Union (FAWU) – Billy Macaefa and Willie Matheo – have been arrested following last week’s strike and protest demonstration, the United Nations’ Integrated Regional...
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Ecuador: Peasant activist assassinated
November 22, 2003Ecuadorian campesino and environmental leader Angel Shingre was murdered on Nov. 4 in the city of Coca, Orellana province, where he lived. Shingre was a member and leader of numerous peasant and environmental groups in the...
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Turkish military attacks glass workers
November 22, 2003Security forces smashed a “tent city” outside a glass factory operated by the leading glass producer Pasabahce in Eskisehir, Turkey, and detained 100 union members including two officers of the Kristal-Is union, on Nov. 7. Workers...
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South Korea: Rumsfeld beset by protests
November 22, 2003Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s visit to South Korea last week provoked stormy demonstrations over a period of several days. It was Rumsfeld’s first visit to the country as Bush’s defense secretary, and one of his...
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Demonstrations confront Bush in London
November 22, 2003President George W. Bush’s state visit to London this week has provoked an “unwelcoming” response of huge proportions, with mass demonstrations, teach-ins, debates, school walkouts, film showings, poetry readings, and plays organized to oppose Bush’s policies...
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