The Serbian Socialist Party has dominated politics ever since the Communist league dissolved itself in 1990. Manipulation of the electoral law and the media are only part of the explanation.
Trade union "Broad Lefts" increase co-ordination
1 March 1997, byFred Leplat reports from a ground-breaking conference of left currents across the trade union movement.
Prosperity? No thanks!
1 March 1997, byThe Islamic fundamentalist Refah (Prosperity) party came to power in Turkey at the end of 1995, on an anti-Western and populist programme, following the collapse of a conservative coalition government. Once in power Refah has made massive concessions to their neo-liberal backers within the Turkish bourgeoisie, and the military bureaucracy that still controls Turkish politics behind the scenes.
Abortion Still Restricted
1 March 1997, byProposals to liberalise access to abortion until the 12th week of pregnancy were defeated in the Portuguese Parliament on February 20th. The reform failed because 13 Socialist MPs voted against the liberalisation.
"It seems surrealistic to talk about human rights"
1 March 1997, byInterview with Houssin Zahouan, general secretary of the Algerian League for Defence of Human Rights (LADDH).
