Germany
Germany: Success for Left at regional WASG Berlin party conference
Delegates oppose social cuts of local Berlin government
Articles by David Matrai, WASG and Socialist Alternative (CWI Germany), Berlin
Italy
Italy: Millions of workers bring Italy to a halt
Last Friday, 25 November, a general strike against budget cuts paralysed Italy.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Interview with Alan Chen, a socialist in Hong Kong
Interview by Ron Groves, a Socialist Party member (England and Wales) recently on a visit there
Israel / Palestine
Israel: Support the 450 workers of Tadiran Kesher Factory
The 450 workers of Tadiran Kesher in Israel are on strike since 11 November.
América
Estados Unidos: Comentario y Análisis de la CIO – Irak y el Huracán Katrina muestran los límites del poder de los EE.UU.
Traducción por Pamela Cataldo Los desastres de Irak y del Huracán Katrina son dos enormes ataques a la imagen de los Estados Unidos, cultivada por la camarilla neo-conservadora de Bush a partir del primer día […]
Belgium
Belgium: 700 people demonstrate against Vlaams Belang conference
Neo-liberal policies expose reactionary party’s ‘worker-friendly’ rhetoric
China
China: Is Harbin chemical spill, China’s Chernobyl?
The massive toxic chemical spill, which left the city of Harbin without running water for a week, has drawn global attention to the downside of China’s boom.
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Irish Ferries – Call for 24 hour national work stoppage
Press statement from Joe Higgins, TD, Socialist Party
Ireland Republic
Ireland: No to slave labour at Irish Ferries
ICTU must call 24hour general strike now!
Iraq
Iraq: Anger grows at brutal occupation
Sixty percent of Americans now think that the ’blood shed’ in Iraq is not worth it. The brunt of the ’bloodshed’ has of course been borne by the peoples of Iraq, around 100,000 of whom […]