August 2006

We have some victories: Unions and the IMF

Last year I wrote a report for the Washington office of the International Confederation of Trade Unions on how unions around the world have successfully fought back against privatization and other schemes pushed on their countries by the International Monetary…

Koizumi insults Asia once again

Japan’s Elvis-loving Prime Minister has visited Yasukuni Shrine for the umpteenth time. The Germans have left behind their Nazi past. Isn’t it about time Japan does the same for its reactionary emperor system and helping to trigger World War II?…