Europa
Estado Español/Gibraltar: ¿QUÉ SE ESCONDE DETRÁS DE LAS NUEVAS TENSIONES SOBRE GIBRALTAR?
Los gobiernos de Rajoy y Cameron tratan de desviar la atención de sus crisis internas con un reavivamiento de las tensiones sobre Gibraltar
Month: August 2013
South Africa
South Africa: Marikana: workers remember the massacre a year ago
On August 16, the anniversary of the police massacre of striking workers at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, over 5000 mineworkers gathered on ‘the mountain’ where their comrades had been shot down one year […]
Malaysia
Malaysia: Economy worsening
Further burden on working class and young people
USA
Minneapolis, US: SEIU State Council endorses Ty Moore for city council
In an unprecedented move, the 30,000 strong Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Minnesota State Council endorsed Socialist Alternative candidate Ty Moore for Minneapolis City Council.
Israel / Palestine
Israel/Palestine: Stop the evictions of Bedouins
Abolish the Prawer-Begin plan! Stop racist discrimination
USA
US: Socialist Breakthrough Highlights Path for Independent Politics
35%, over 44,000 votes – Kshama Sawant’s stunning result in Seattle primary
History & Anniversaries
Anniversary: Leon Trotsky’s assassination
On 21 August 1940 Leon Trotsky, the Marxist thinker and fighter, and co-leader of the Russian Revolution, along with Lenin, was murdered by one of Stalin’s agents.
Lebanon
Lebanon: Bombings, sectarian conflict and a refugee crisis
Need to build an independent workers’ movement to confront terror, sectarianism and poverty
Britain
Britain: A tale of two Britains
For a tiny few at the top Britain is really booming…
Egypt
Egypt: Hundreds dead as military tries to consolidate power in blood
Increasing sectarianism threatens revolution’s future – Workers’ independent action urgently needed