July 14, 1997 STOCKHOLM — The June European Union summit highlighted the competing interests and divisions among the imperialist governments in Europe. The heads of state gathered failed to reach an agreement on voting procedures that was supposed to pave…
July 7, 1997 LONDON — Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams and chief negotiator Martin McGuinness were elected May 1 to the U.K. Parliament. In response to the gains made by the Republicans in the recent elections, London briefly reopened bilateral…
June 23, 1997 In his recent travels, president William Clinton has been touting the Marshall Plan between 1948 and 1951 as a model for peace and economic development. Under this scheme, the U.S. rulers provided $13 billion in loans to…
June 9, 1997 TEHRAN, Iran — More than one million people attended the 10th Tehran International bookfair, held April 26-May 5. Most of the books presented were in Farsi, Arabic, and English, including titles from more than 1,300 Iranian publishers…
June 2, 1997 CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Anzac Day celebrations here were seized on by capitalist politicians and media to glorify past military adventures of New Zealand imperialism, and to gain support for the government’s push to refurbish the country’s…
May 26, 1997 HAVANA, Cuba — “Where did you serve on your first mission as an internationalist?” Cuban journalist Luis Báez asks Ulises Rosales del Toro, division general of Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) and chief of staff of the…
May 19, 1997 HAVANA — Cubans poured into the streets leading to Revolution Plaza here on May Day. About 1.3 million demonstrated in Havana. Altogether, several million people turned out across the nation, in one of the largest mobilizations here…
May 12, 1997 DETROIT — As 1,800 members of United Auto Workers Local 51 head into their third week on strike against the third largest U.S. automaker, talks between the union and Chrysler remain deadlocked. So far the strike by…
May 5, 1997 STOCKHOLM — As Washington leads the imperialist drive to extend NATO into eastern and central Europe, the Swedish ruling class has become increasingly active in defending its imperialist interests in the Baltic region. Both the Social Democratic…
April 28, 1997 WATSONVILLE, California — A crowd of 25,000 farm workers, trade unionists, and youth marched here April 13 in support of the United Farm Workers effort to organize this state’s 20,000 strawberry pickers. The union is targeting the…
