Month: June 2011

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

Paul Murphy argues for organised resistance on and around 15 June against the anti-worker austerity packages all over Europe

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

 ¡Terminemos con la dictadura del capital!

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

 Verdadera Democracia Ahora

Unidad de las luchas para derrocar al gobierno

¡Por un programa para acabar con el capitalismo y lograr una democracia real!

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.

European Union wants to increase its military might

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 […]

Lynn Walsh is speaking on the situation in Britain, the world economy and international perspectives