Germany
Germany: The Left party holds its first national congress
"Measure DIE LINKE by its actions"
Month: May 2008
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Sacked airport shop steward, Gordon McNeill, calls off hunger strike after doctors threaten court action to have him force fed
Shop stewards say they will now defy and resist the Unite injunction barring them from protesting at Transport House
Belgium
Belgium: Spontaneous strike wave pushes union leaders into calling action over wages
Government and bosses fear all-out battle with working class
Lebanon
Lebanon: Civil war or rule by sectarian warlords
Politicians Qatar power-sharing deal no solution
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Unite union serves injunction and threatens protesting shop stewards with fines and imprisonment
"Unite are trying to deny us our democratic right to peacefully protest." Gordon McNeill
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Sacked airport workers accuse Unite leadership of issuing “black propaganda and disinformation” to try to discredit them.
Gordon McNeill remains on hunger strike at Transport House – His protest enters the 14th day.
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: The Good Friday Agreement – 10 years on
Sectarian politicians’ power-sharing Assembly not a solution
Australia
Australia: Labor government’s first budget a boon for big business
$33 billion cuts announced
Germany
Germany: Break down the blockades to education!
8,000 school students strike and march in Berlin
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Airport workers suspend hunger strike to await offer
Legal bills understood to be paid – Unite union promise to make compensation offer