Britain
Britain: Tony Blair’s destructive path
Autobiography shows aim to destroy Labour as a vehicle for working class struggle
Month: September 2010
Ireland Republic
Ireland: “First prize in Ireland for hypocrisy goes to the government”
Over the course of the last month, the breathtaking hypocrisy of the capitalist elites in Ireland and internationally has been glaringly exposed.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Appeal for solidarity with prisoners’ protest
Desperate inmates facing brutal beatings self-mutilate and hunger strike
Kashmir
Kashmir: “Paradise turned into hell”
Indian ‘Fact-finding mission’ will not offer solution
Ireland Republic
Bankruptcy: Is Ireland going bust?
UCD economist, Morgan Kelly, was pilloried by the establishment back in May when he said it was no longer a case of whether Ireland would go bankrupt but when.
India
India: General strike of 7th September heralds new wave of radicalisation
As we reported last week, the general strike of 7 September in India was called by a wide range of trade unions. It was in protests at the rocketing prices of food and fuel while […]
Australia
Australia: Victorian State Election – We need a fighter on Spring Street
The Socialist Party (CWI Australia) has preselected Stephen Jolly to stand for the seat of Richmond in the Victorian State elections on November 27.
Scotland
Scotland: Solidarity leader facing massive legal battle
Support Tommy and Gail Sheridan
China
China: The struggle for grassroots independent unions
Regime announces union ‘reforms’ – is democratisation of the state-run unions on the cards?
Australia
Australia: Victorian ETU ditches Labor
The recent disaffiliation from the ALP of the Victorian branch of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) is the most significant example so far of the tensions between the modern Labor Party and the more dynamic […]