Month: June 2011

But opposition continues to grow

State forces moved in to crush anti-POSCO struggle

2,000 police mobilised in Val di Susa

They write memorandums – we write history!

As the cuts bite, millions ask this question

“I can’t say anything,” says outspoken artist; protests against state repression must continue

The historic tasks of the United Left Alliance (ULA)

“Aim of Flotilla to break siege and highlight blockade impact on Gaza population”

Largest protest movement for more than 20 years

18th annual Youth Against Racism in Europe (YRE) Greek camp

Stop repression of striking oil and gas workers!

Public sector and education unions call 24 hour strike on 30 June

Workers resist Pasok’s savage cuts and privatisation programme

Strikes of oil and gas workers continue; other workers follow lead

Step up the fight for a general strike!

’Communists’ defeated in Kerala as well as West Bengal

Resistance to coalition government’s cuts

What future for the left in Portugal?

A few days before the tenth general strike in Greece, APOSTOLIS KASIMERIS, one of the leaders of the OASA bus workers’ union in Athens, spoke at the recent National Shop Stewards Network conference in London. […]

Disputes over pensions, pay and deregulation show underlying discontent

Brutal and provocative police response

Mass party needed to unite workers, youth and poor around socialist policies

MPs forced to enter Catalan parliament in helicopters

“Turn 21 June into a day of mass protests and strikes”

16th June – Day of Solidarity!

Second major defeat for beleaguered government

Militant mass action needed to stop next savage austerity package

Serious and inspiring preparation for the battles to come

"The ULA, the individual members and the groups involved, must prepare for an inevitable explosion of anger here which, when it comes, will be every bit as significant as the movements sweeping southern Europe."

Socialist Alternative (CWI in the US) debates WA State Senator Ed Murray (Democrats) about budget cuts, taxing the rich, and the role of the Democratic Party.

Strikes spread – solidarity action needs to be stepped up

The weekend of May 6/7/8 saw members of the Socialist Party from all around Australia gather at Trades Hall in Melbourne for the annual National Conference.

The significance of the student movement

Wages fall: Office for National Statistics 2010 survey of hours and earnings

Since the mass protests, much of the energy against Walker has been channeled into a series of recall campaigns.

ANC retains big majority but political authority weakened

Thousands of farmers and students join protest marches in at least six cities

After striking for the right to elect their own shop stewards the workers are attacked by both – the mine- and trade union bosses!

Movement will not be broken by brute force!

Rajapakse regime shoots peaceful workers

How Will Republicans Perform in 2012?

New ’International Socialist Resistance’ blog launched

Struggle against state repression continues under

Contribution to the ongoing debate on the Tunisian revolution and its aftermath.

The second round of Peru’s Presidential election on Sunday 7th June has resulted in a victory for the radical nationalist Ollanta Humala.

But western powers also have blood on their hands

The United Left Alliance has the potential to be at the heart of the active resistance to the fresh round of attacks coming from the government in the months ahead.

But strikers’ lawyer Natalia Sokolova remains under arrest

Tamil representatives, solidarity and human rights campaigns and individual activists converged on the European parliament on Wednesday (1 June)

What organisation, strategy and politics does the situation demand?

Hundreds detained and beaten – Natalia Sokolova still missing – Urgent solidarity needed

But more than one in three Chinese still live in poverty according to World Bank

Facing repression, gay rights activists in Russia have no time for carnivals.

FC Barcelona’s revolutionary blend of artistic flair and collective organisation in the Champions League final showed why millions worldwide love the "beautiful game". But football’s world governing body, Fifa, is imploding in an ugly display […]

Rome, Turin, Naples, Milan, Reggio Emilia, Padova, Palermo, Brescia, Trieste, Venice, Cagliari, Viareggio, Pavia, Florence, Sassari, Verona, Lecce, Bologna, Pisa – this is a rough list of the major cities where the “Italian revolution” movement […]

Since Wednesday 25 May the central squares in Athens and other Greek cities have been occupied by protesters.

Lawyer arrested, new address for solidarity messages needed

Across the Middle East and North Africa the revolutions and protests that began after Mohamed Bouazizi’s suicide in protest at poverty and oppression in Tunisia have, in many countries, reached turning points.

How to support the genuine forces in the uprising in Libya? – A Second Reply to the AWL

What started as a hunger strike by a relatively small number of oil workers in the town of Karazhanbasa in West Kazakhstan last week has now turned into a mass strike – now over fifteen […]