Germany
Germany: Mass school students’ strike in Hamburg against deportations
Defend the refugees! Defend union members!
Europe
Spain
Spain: A year of struggle and militancy despite union leaders’ roadblock
Indefinite strikes, occupations, seeds of workers’ control
Ireland Republic
Northern Ireland: Students and staff occupation at University of Ulster
Fighting plans to close student facility and convert it into ‘high class teaching suites’ and corporate dining area
Europe
Europe: Preparing for momentous events amid continuing crisis and radicalisation
Report of the discussion on Europe at the recent meeting of the CWI’s International Executive Committee
Ukraine
Ukraine: EU not solution, independent movement of workers and young people needed
MEP Paul Murphy condemns brutal State violence against peaceful protesters in Kiev
Netherlands
Netherlands: An “employers’ paradise”
But tide begins to turn as workers startto take action
Italy
Italy: The five day strike which paralysed Genoa
Privatisation of local transport delayed
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Still no “bailout” for bubble mortgages
In the midst of talk about Ireland’s exit from the Troika programme and recovery supposedly in sight, the mortgage crisis affecting hundreds of thousands of ordinary people is being deliberately understated.
Scotland
Scotland: SNP’s white paper will not deliver decisive change
Scottish constitutional referendum: Yes to an independent socialist Scotland, no to a continuation of capitalist austerity
Europe
Europe: Extreme-right parties form alliance
Populist, anti-immigrant parties aim to exploit anti-EU mood in May elections