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International Notes
May 7, 2003France: General strike planned May 13 French trade unions, outraged over the Chirac government’s plans to reform the pension system, said last week that public and private sector workers will hold a one-day general strike May...
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International notes
May 7, 2003S. Africa: Farm workers fight back Some 2,400 tomato farm workers are fighting in the courts to win their jobs back. The workers, employed by ZZ2 – one of the world’s largest tomato producers – were...
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Vietnam beats SARS, but Asia still at risk
May 7, 2003NEW DELHI – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), a form of pneumonia, is spreading across Asia. Thousands are in hospitals and the death toll is several hundred. The most affected nations are China including Hong Kong,...
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Support for Israeli refuseniks urged
May 7, 2003On April 15, five more young men joined the growing ranks of Israelis who refuse to enlist in the military because of their conscientious objection to the occupation of the Palestinian Territories, and to the actions...
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War against Iraq devastates prospects for Middle East peace and democracy
May 7, 2003The Tudeh Party of Iran, founded in 1942 out of the labor and communist movements, has carried forward the struggle for peace, democracy and socialism in that country despite decades of the fiercest repression by reactionary...
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