Ireland Republic
Ireland: ‘Bus Eireann workers in front line of class war – We should all support them!’
Bus workers take strike action over savage wage cuts and attacks on conditions
Europe
Italy
Italy: The economic crisis becomes a political and institutional crisis
The latest events that have happened in Italian politics mark a new phase of development in the crisis in the third European industrial power.
Greece
Greece: Challenging the Golden Dawn
On 2 May the neo-fascist Golden Dawn attempted to distribute food in Syntagma square in Athens to people holding proof of Greek nationality.
Britain
British county elections: Capitalist parties rejected
Time for a new mass workers’ party
Britain
Britain’s ‘precariat’: Fighting for real jobs
’Get a job!’ is the constant refrain of privileged Tory ministers and vicious right-wing tabloids. A million unemployed young people are the subject of a relentless campaign of smears and lies.
Portugal
Portugal: Constitutional court ruling sends government into disarray
CC rules budget illegal for second time, government declares war against it
Europe
Europe: EU austerity budget – cuts, cuts, cuts
Irish Presidency brought unprecedented levels of cuts to the EU budget.
Scotland
Scotland: Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation launched
Writing off of any debt accrued due to the bedroom tax, supporting the building of new social housing, opposing all cuts and austerity measures
Britain
Britain: Break with Thatcher’s legacy!
Socialist policies needed
Britain
Britain: MPs refuse to outlaw caste discrimination
Hundreds of people protested outside London’s Houses of Parliament on 14 April to demand that caste oppression in Britain be outlawed.