Month: June 2012

Parliamentary elections strengthens Socialist Party’s rule

International left speakers address public launch rally

International Trade Committee in the European Parliament rejects ACTA

"Students have been striking for over 110 days."

Clear socialist programme for struggle needed

Escalation in struggle for power between old regime and Muslim Brotherhood

Day 4 of Paul Murphy’s blogging from Greece

Day 3 of Paul Murphy’s blogging in Greece while campaigning for Syriza

Anyone interested in socialist ideas is invited to attend

Day 2 of MEP Paul Murphy’s blogging in Greece while campaigning for Syriza

The Left and the second-round Presidential elections

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“[R]ather than achieving convergence, the euro has sharpened the differences between the national economies”

War criminal on the run!

Campaign Kazakhstan blog post

EU/IMF bank bailout only scrapes tip of iceberg

"[A]ny military intervention, regardless of how it’s dressed up…will not ease the suffering of the Syrian people"

Workers fighting back request solidarity and support

Rank-and-file union activists assemble for sixth annual National Shop Stewards Network conference

Despite denials by police department officials, racial profiling continues unabated in New York and other cities across the US

Stagnating economy and joblessness lead to growing working-class dissent In the second round of Serbia’s presidential elections on Sunday 20 May, Tomislav Nikolic won a majority against the incumbent, Boris Tadic. In an election dominated […]

A party of the working class is needed to defend workers in Wisconsin and beyond

Massive 180,000-strong crowd turns out for yearly candle-light vigil in Hong Kong • “CY effect” evident as rising local discontent coalesces with indignation over 1989 massacre

In struggle against brutal Assad regime, working class must oppose sectarianism and imperialist intervention

In memory of Takhir Narimanovich Mukhamedzyanov

“Red-Green” government forced to retreat

A Pyrrhic victory for the establishment that will blow up in their faces

Job prospects for young people are projected to remain bleak for several years.

Strikers punished for state’s murderous attack on peaceful gathering of oil workers and families!

The government will be hoping that the Jubilee flotilla of 1,000 ships on the river Thames will serve as a useful distraction while it pushes through more swingeing cuts.

Which way for the Left Front?

Tamils are outraged that Sri Lankan president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been invited to the British queen’s diamond jubilee celebrations.

Continuing actions planned following 5 eviction attempts and 23 arrests in the past week

Far right ejected from protest against police repression

Tommy Sheridan conviction must be overturned

Struggle to defend children’s right and for a better society

To avoid the worst effects of climate change, decisive action needs to be taken now, but it’s not going to come from the capitalists or their politicians.