Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Fighting strategy needed for public sector union NIPSA
Annual conference of Northern Ireland’s largest trade union at the end of May: A fighting strategy is needed on all fronts
Europe
Greece
Euro crisis: Greece heads for the exit
Eurozone convulsed by turbulent economic forces and political upheavals
Greece
Greece/Britain: We stand 100% with the Greek workers
The capitalist classes of Europe are now cranking up the pressure on the Greek working class, trying to blackmail it
Finland
Finland: Exciting meetings at Tampere Social Forum and in Stockholm
Activists for democracy and justice gather to discuss burning social issues
Germany
Germany: 30,000 defy police provocations
Mass demonstration against EU’s austerity policies
Germany
Germany: Massive state repression against “Blockupy” movement
Thousands attempt to occupy squares and blockade the ECB in Frankfurt, Germany. Protests are banned.
Finland
May Day: Demonstration in Uleåborg Finland
Meeting discusses involvement in Afghanistan
France
France: Weekend that shocked Europe
Austerity rejected in Eurozone’s second biggest economy
Britain
Britain: Legitimacy of Cameron and Clegg further shattered
The Con-Dem government suffered a crushing defeat in last Thursday’s elections for local authorities and in the mayoral contests apart from London.
Europe
The capitalist “vampire squid” and the class struggle in Europe
As economic crisis worsens and class struggles continue in Spain, Greece, Portugal and elsewhere in Europe, the need for working class fight-back and to build the influence of Marxism grows.