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| Syria
Interview with Marwan Othman leader of the Kurdish party Yekiti
Marwan Othman, aged 45, identifies himself as a Trotskyist and is one of the leaders of Yekiti, the second most influential party among Syrian Kurds. -> read article... |
| Czech Republic
The Czech communists’ road to EuropeThe Czech Communist Party will bring to the European parliament its peculiar mix of progressive social and economic policies and an unattractive attachment to authoritarian and nationalist sentiments. But the decline of anti-Communism at home, and exposure to the libertarian currents of the Western left are likely to transform the party into a modern anti-capitalist force. -> read article... |
| South Korea
Workers’ struggle erupts againNovember 9, 2003, downtown Seoul.In the square in front of city hall, 100,000 workers join the KCTU-led national workers rally. Since the great struggles of 1987 this has been a traditional workers’ event, together with May Day. The rally commemorates the late Jeon Tae-il, who, on November 13, 1970, immolated himself in protest against the inhumane working conditions and brutal capitalism under the military dictatorship. -> read article... |