Asia
Asia – tsunami disaster: Sri Lanka – The struggle for survival and justice goes on
The people in Sri Lanka who lost everything in the tsunami disaster of 26 December are still left with nothing.
Month: June 2005
Nigeria
Nigeria: Resisting neo-liberal attacks – fighting for a socialist alternative
While Africa pays $15 billion yearly to service its debt to the rich nations and financial institutions, it receives less than $13 billion as aid with strings attached.
Comment & Analysis
g8: Make poverty history – fight for a socialist plan
More than 20,000 people die each day in the neo-colonial world because of "extreme poverty".
Greece
Greece: Wave of strikes to defend public sector
Workers need decisive, militant leadership not rotten ‘deals’
South Africa
South Africa: Powerful general strike against bosses
Militant action needed to stop "jobs holocaust"
Australia
Australia: Five hundred students strike against Howard government
The last day of school in Melbourne, Friday 24 June, before the mid-year break, saw a 500-strong student strike and demonstration against the John Howard government in Melbourne.
Ireland Republic
Ireland: “Last man standing” – Magazine profile of Joe Higgins, Socialist Party TD (MP)
“Wearer of the mantle of James Connolly… [using] rhetorical flourishes that brings House to laughter”
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Joe Higgins calls for proper funding for children’s health and welfare
Autistic teenager High Court case reveals under-funded services
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Picket of Pakistani warship docked in Cork over repression of telecom workers
Twelve members of the Socialist Party (CWI, Ireland) picketed the Pakistani warship, PNS Tippu Sultan, which docked in Cork city, on 23 June 2005.
Africa
Africa: A continent in crisis
Imperialism condemns millions to poverty