www.labornet.org/solidarity 36 International Viewpoint #296 36 well read A very incomplete review of the radical press Socialistisk Information #114 In Danish. The December issue of the monthly magazine of Socialistisk Arbejderparti (SAP), Danish section of the Fourth International includes artiels on the far right "Danish People's Party" and the municipal elections, Pia Kjaersgaard's anti-social programme, the EU employment summit in Luxembourg, municipal corruption, and the struggle for a shorter working week. For further information (and subscription rates), please write us at: [email protected] Grenzeloos #41 In Dutch. The latest issue of the newspaper of the Dutch Socialist Workers Party) discusses poverty and the dual society (John Cozijn), The fight for the Amsterdam harbour, and an explanation of why the SAP will not take part in the 1998 parliamentary elections. At the municipal level, however, an alliance in Amsterdam between the SAP and the Greens is increasingly probably. Robert Went looks at The barbarous face of casino capitalism, and James Balowski explains why the Indonesian regime is looking on as Kalimantan (Borneo) burns. Murros #9 In Finnish (articles marked * are available in English on website) The editorial* discusses the Left League's member poll on EMU and the views of Esko Sepponen, a Finnish MEP who is also the black horse of the Left League party. Is he a rainmaker or a reformist? Katia Tuominen looks at the Finnish workers everyday inte in the 80th anniversary of independence and the "divideand-rule" tactics of big capital.* Juha Lievonen questions the unconditional praise of the Zapatista by western left movements, throwing light on the black sides of Zapatista ideas of democracy, and their inability to produce economical results. Janne Selin asks why Finland isn't signing the landmine ban, and Juhani Lohikoski reports on the civil movement to oppose the founding of an Islamic School in Helsinki, and news about the squat in Turku which has been taken over by activists on the route of a motorway construction project. Murros is published by the Communist Youth of Finland, PL 288, 00171 Helsinki, Finland. Tel: 358-9-278 2244 Email: [email protected]
Internet: www.dlc.fi/-komnuor/ Bandera Roja In Spanish. The November-December issue discusses health care reform in Puerto Rico, and developments within the US colony's Frente Socialista.
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