# Betogings teen oorlog en stygende lewenskoste het gister in groot Italiaanse stede uitgebreek. Dit volg op gister se grootskaalse betogings in Franse stede. Die owerhede het ‘n sterk polisiemag ontplooi, en talle winkels het as voorsorgmaatreël teen moontlike skade gesluit. Die betogings in Turyn, Rome en Bologna het gewelddadig geraak met botsings met die […]
# Protests against war and rising living costs took place in major Italian cities yesterday. This follows major riots in cities in France yesterday. Authorities deployed a heavy police presence, and many shops closed as a precaution against possible damage. The demonstrations, which followed clashes last weekend in which protesters fought with police, looted shops […]
# Die vakverbond SAFTU steun die Brasiliaanse president, Lula da Silva, terwyl kiesers na die stembus gaan vir die land se presidensiële verkiesing. SAFTU doen ‘n beroep op werkers, plaaslike gemeenskappe en gesinne om te mobiliseer ter verdediging van die maatskaplike en ekonomiese winste wat tydens Lula se vorige twee termyne – van 2003 tot […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kommunistiese Party doen ‘n beroep op die regering, vakbonde en die burgerlike samelewing om die druk te verskerp ten einde ‘n einde te bring aan die dekade oue Amerikaanse blokkade teen Kuba. Die party se oproep kom te midde van die 34ste debat oor die blokkade in die Verenigde Nasies se Algemene […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions is backing Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as voters go to the polls in the country’s presidential election. SAFTU is urging workers, indigenous communities and landless families to mobilise in defence of social and economic gains made under Lula’s previous two terms, from 2003 to […]
# The South African Communist Party is calling on the South African government, trade unions and civil society to intensify pressure to end the decades-old US blockade against Cuba. The party’s call comes as the 34th debate on the blockade at the United Nations General Assembly takes place in New York this week. The SACP […]
# Honderdduisende betogers het gister in Frankryk opgeruk, in meestal vreedsame saamtrekke wat ontaard het in botsings in Parys en Marseille ná donker. Franse wetstoepassingsagentskappe het meer as 70-duisend polisiebeamptes regoor die land ontplooi om ‘n herhaling van verlede week se geweld te voorkom. Die ministerie van Binnelandse Sake het gesê meer as 400-duisend mense […]
# Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in France yesterday, with largely peaceful rallies giving way to clashes in Paris and Marseille as night fell. French law enforcement agencies deployed more than 70-thousand police officers across the country, preventing a repeat of last week’s unrest. The Interior Ministry said more than 400-thousands people took part […]
# Frankryk ontplooi 70 duisend polisiebeamptes landwyd terwyl owerhede voorberei vir nuwe protesoptogte oor die lewenskoste en swak skooltoestande. Die veiligheidsoperasie volg op van die ergste stedelike geweld in jare verlede naweek, toe plundering, brandstigting en botsings met die polisie uitgebreek het. Die minister van Binnelandse Sake, Laurent Nunez, sê beamptes sal ondersteun word deur […]
