Comment & Analysis
g8: Make poverty history – fight for a socialist plan
More than 20,000 people die each day in the neo-colonial world because of "extreme poverty".
Articles by Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary
Greece
Greece: Wave of strikes to defend public sector
Workers need decisive, militant leadership not rotten ‘deals’
South Africa
South Africa: Powerful general strike against bosses
Militant action needed to stop "jobs holocaust"
Australia
Australia: Five hundred students strike against Howard government
The last day of school in Melbourne, Friday 24 June, before the mid-year break, saw a 500-strong student strike and demonstration against the John Howard government in Melbourne.
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Joe Higgins calls for proper funding for children’s health and welfare
Autistic teenager High Court case reveals under-funded services
Ireland Republic
Ireland: “Last man standing” – Magazine profile of Joe Higgins, Socialist Party TD (MP)
“Wearer of the mantle of James Connolly… [using] rhetorical flourishes that brings House to laughter”
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Picket of Pakistani warship docked in Cork over repression of telecom workers
Twelve members of the Socialist Party (CWI, Ireland) picketed the Pakistani warship, PNS Tippu Sultan, which docked in Cork city, on 23 June 2005.
Africa
Africa: A continent in crisis
Imperialism condemns millions to poverty
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Pakistan telecom workers’ struggle raised in Irish parliament
Socialist MP, Joe Higgins, quizzes Irish Prime Minister
Bolivia
Bolivia: After the uprising
The mass protest movements against neo-liberal policies that swept Bolivia with strikes and demos have ousted president Carlos Mesa.