Sweden
Sweden: Government plans harsher anti-immigrant laws
Thirteen refugees were found dead, and fifteen almost dead, on a boat outside Italy’s coast on Sunday 19 October.
Articles by Per-Åke Westerlund
Nepal
Nepal’s crisis: No way out under capitalism
SINCE THE collapse of negotiations in late August, over 1,000 have died in clashes between Nepal’s military and Maoist rebels. A weak ruling monarchy represses the masses in this impoverished and largely rural country of […]
Theory & Marxism
Theory: What is socialism?
FOR 300 years or so of its existence, capitalism has transformed the planet over and over again. Rail, electricity, the internal combustion engine, flight, space travel, telephones and electronic computers, the list is endless. The […]
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Assembley elections – A socialist challenge
Assembly elections
Comment & Analysis
Review: Empire defeated by Peter Taaffe
THE STRUGGLE over the war was as much for the ’hearts and minds’ of the American people as it was for those of the Vietnamese.
Israel / Palestine
Israel/Palestine: Cracks widen in Sharon’s camp
PUBLIC SPLITS have emerged amongst Israel’s ruling class as Ariel Sharon’s right-wing coalition government continues to repress Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza strip.
USA
US: University workers strike at corporate education
On October 21, the University of Minnesota (U of M) was shocked by its first strike in 60 years.
Austria
Austria: Success for ‘Austrian Airlines’ strike!
The struggle of the cockpit and cabin-stuff of the ’Austrian Airlines’ (AUA) has finally succeeded in stopping the immediate attacks of the management.
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Assembley elections – Politicians deliver stalemate and division
DESPITE MONTHS of negotiations, no agreement has been reached on how an Executive will be put in place after the election. At the last minute David Trimble rejected IRA decommissioning moves as not "transparent" enough […]
Ireland Republic
Ireland Republic: Anti bin tax campaign – Visit to Mountjoy prison
I was talking to David for about 2 hours. And I briefly spoke to Fionn, I didn’t see Mick. David is getting on well. He is in a cell with Fionn. They are settling in […]