América
Chile: La guerra por el agua ya esta instalada
El capitalismo depredador el principal problema.
Month: June 2012
Serbia
Serbia: Low voter turnout for presidential elections
Stagnating economy and joblessness lead to growing working-class dissent
USA
US: Wisconsin Recall: Democrats Paved the Way for Walker’s Victory
A party of the working class is needed to defend workers in Wisconsin and beyond
China
China: Tiananmen anniversary sees protests and government splits in China
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
Syria
Syria: Houla massacre deepens fears of slide into full-blown civil war
In struggle against brutal Assad regime, working class must oppose sectarianism and imperialist intervention
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Leader of Socialist Movement Kazakhstan found dead
In memory of Takhir Narimanovich Mukhamedzyanov
Norway
Norway: Biggest strike since the 1980s
“Red-Green” government forced to retreat
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Fiscal Treaty passed
A Pyrrhic victory for the establishment that will blow up in their faces
Youth & Students
Youth jobs crisis: UN reports rise in global youth unemployment
Job prospects for young people are projected to remain bleak for several years.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Scores of oil workers jailed for between three and seven years
Strikers punished for state’s murderous attack on peaceful gathering of oil workers and families!