US
US: Healthcare debate
The limits of reform from above – the need for struggle from below
Month: August 2009
Malaysia
Malaysia: Power struggle between ruling National Front (BN) and opposition People’s Alliance (PR)
The needs of the working class and youth are sidelined
China
China: Militant steelworkers’ action blocks privatisation
Steelworkers in Henan province follow example of Jilin steelworkers and force local officials to suspend sell-off
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Vote ‘No’ to anti-worker, pro-big business Lisbon Treaty
Joe Higgins MEP & Bob Crow (General Secretary, RMT) address Dublin public meeting
Nigeria
Nigeria: Free the BRT Lagbus 5 campaign
Since Monday August 17, 5 workers of the Lagbus, one of the two companies that run BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) scheme in Lagos State, have been arrested and detained by the police at the behest […]
History
History: Marxism and the second world war
Seventy years ago, the major powers plunged humanity into the horror of world war.
Japan
Japan: Voters want end to rule of Liberal Democrats
But capitalist alternative Democratic Party of Japan offers no secure future for workers and young people
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Elections in war-devastated north bode ill for government
Tamil people “Not prepared to surrender”
Belgium
Belgium: A future for Opel Antwerp is possible
Stop the threatened jobs massacre – for nationalisation under workers’ control and management !
Nigeria
Nigeria: Labour and Civil Society Coalition rally in Ibadan
Call for change gain an echo among working class masses and youths