The third Conference of the European anti-capitalist left was held in Brussels on December 12-13, 2001. It brought together parties, alliances and anti-capitalist movements from 10 countries, all committed in their respective countries to policies of regroupment and convergence.
Leonora Lloyd (1940-2002)
7 March 2002, byTHE death of Leonora Lloyd on January 23 at the young age of 61 has deprived the movement of a dedicated fighter for socialism, for feminism and above all for a woman’s right to control her own fertility.
A crucial vote
7 March 2002, byIreland is facing its fifth constitutional referendum on the question of abortion on March 6.
Municipal elections open political crisis
7 March 2002, byContrary to the predictions of the polls, the Socialist Party (PS) suffered defeats in all the most important towns, including Lisbon and Porto, in the Portuguese municipal elections on December 16, 2001 while the Social Democratic Party (despite its name, a bourgeois party) won the majority of municipalities.
“The Navigators”
7 March 2002, byKen Loach’s most recent film is The Navigators, about the British railways after privatisation. Loach also directed the Socialist Alliance TV broadcast for the 2001 British general election. Alan Thornett spoke to him following the release of The Navigators.
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