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
Month: May 2008
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Socialist Party representative questions German Chancellor about Lisbon Treaty
“The Lisbon Treaty demands more expenditure on the armaments industry and intensifies the militarisation of the European Union”.
South Africa
South Africa: Xenophobic pogroms reveals capitalism’s barbaric underbelly
Anti-immigrant attacks – a warning to working class
Cyprus
Cyprus: First months of ‘communist’ presidential rule
Christofias promises ‘worker-friendly’ policies and resolution of national question – Will he succeed?
Asia
Pakistán: La Campaña para los Derechos de los Sindicatos (TURCP) participa en los eventos del primero de mayo, Día Internacional de los Trabajadores, en más de 50 localidades y ciudades
La TURCP dirigió reuniones que fueron a menudo más grandes que las reuniones "oficiales"
Europa
Gran Bretaña: Brown fracasa – pero no variará el rumbo
Desastre electoral para el Nuevo Laborismo
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Elections in the teeth of violence.
The Provincial Council election in the East will enter history as one of the most rigged elections in Sri Lanka.
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Film director Ken Loach supports sacked Belfast Airport workers
“Resolve the situation in favour of Gordon and his comrades”
Análisis
Crisis mundial de los alimentos: Alzas de precios provocan pobreza y rebelión
Huelgas, manifestaciones y protestas han estallado en todo el mundo mientras millones y mas millones de trabajadores, campesinos y pobres enfrentan el horror de la rápida subida de los precios de los alimentos
Ireland North
Northern Ireland : Hunger striking airport worker in critical condition
Press release issued by the sacked Belfast airport workers on 19 May 2008