History & Anniversaries
United Nations: 60 years of failure
Hit by corruption scandals and accused of failing to prevent genocidal wars, the United Nations (UN) has little to celebrate on its 60th anniversary.
Articles by Paula Mitchell, Socialist Party
Nigeria
Nigeria: Country descends into the abyss
Only a socialist solution can save working people
Asian Earthquake (2005)
asian earthquake disaster: Financial appeal
Urgent appeal for further earthquake aid
France
France: ‘Government’s policies set the suburbs on fire’
’Chirac-Villepin-Sarkozy – We’ve had enough!"’
Portugal
Portugal: Workers demonstrate against cutbacks
’Socialist’ government’s policies threaten French-style explosion
USA
US: Successful student walkouts in protest over Iraq occupation and military recruitment
Thousands leave class rooms across country
Asian Earthquake (2005)
Asian earthquake disaster: Three weeks after the earthquake…time runs out for survivors
As winter looms thousands more could die
Australia
Australia: Socialist Party holds anti-Iraq occupation protest at US Embassy
Melbourne lobby highlights role of US and Australian imperialism
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Mafia, warlords and ex-Jihad win elections
Low turnout poll ‘elects’ new reactionary parliament
France
france: eleven days of rioting across France
Establishment’s cultivated image of ‘equality for all’ goes up in flames