Ireland Republic
Ireland: Joe Higgins denounces “creeping privatisation of Irish health care”
"The Government is giving hundreds of millions of euro in tax breaks to profit-seeking speculators, to build for-profit hospitals."
Month: April 2006
Nepal
Nepal: Half a million people celebrate as the King reinstates Parliament
Demonstrations recede but political crisis will continue
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Successful Socialist Party conference
The Socialist Party in Ireland (CWI) held an extremely successful party conference at Maynooth, over Easter.
Germany
germany: “socialism days” in Berlin
Future not capitalism
History
History: Britain’s 1926 General Strike – workers taste power
New book by Peter Taaffe, General Secretary of the Socialist Party
Nepal
Nepal: King retreats. as does opposition leaders
Victory celebrations – will the masses go further?
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Bamb blast in Colombo points to war
On Tuesday, 25 April, a suicide bomber attacked the car in which the top Sri Lankan army commander was travelling.
Germany
Germany: Berlin city elections
Anti-cuts alternative confirmed for September poll
China
China: What’s behind Beijing’s charm offensive on Taiwan?
Article on www.chinaworker.org/
Ukraine
Ukraine: The rewriting of Chernobyl’s history
Corruption and despair – Interviews with accident victims