Denmark
Denmark: 100,000 in ten cities demonstrate against the welfare cuts
Greatest protest for 20 years in country’s second city. Eye-witness report from the day of action
Articles by Sarah Victoria Bruun, CWI, Århus
Poland
Poland: Corruption scandal hits an already battered government
Supposedly anti-corruption party PiS caught selling minsterial posts
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Action demanded to end persecution of Sri Lanka’s Tamils
"Life for the Tamil people of Sri Lanka has become unbearable."
Sudan
Sudan: Darfur crisis – Class unity is the only answer
Nothing could more clearly demonstrate the toothless nature of the United Nations (UN) than its ineffectual posturing over the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Western Sudan.
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Financial scandal puts Prime Minister’s political survival in the balance
Joe Higgins parliament speech "tore the Taoiseach [PM] apart"
Israel / Palestine
Palestine: Public sector general strike shakes Hamas government
"From this day on, there is no government anymore!"
Netherlands
Netherlands: Inquiry on refugee deaths forces ministers’ resignations
Dutch Socialist Party must fight November elections on socialist policies
Scotland
Scotland: News of the World offensive against Tommy Sheridan
THE NEWS of the World (NoW), who suffered a sensational defeat at the hands of Tommy Sheridan in his defamation case against them in August, has unleashed a massive new offensive against him.
World Economy
World economy: The geopolitics of oil
Capitalism’s ruthless struggle for oil and gas
Europa
Alemania: 40.000 votos del WASG en contra de los recortes en las elecciones regionales de Berlín.
Decenas de miles de berlineses votaron el pasado 17 de septiembre en contra de las reducciones sociales y salariales en las elecciones al parlamento de dicha ciudad, (el Abgeordnethaus)