Scotland
Scotland: Vendetta continues against socialist fighter
Tommy and Gail Sheridan’s perjury trial is now in its sixth week and is certain to be the longest case of its kind in Scottish legal history.
Europe
Spain
Spain: A tense calm
The aftermath of the general strike on the 29 September
Britain
Britain: Con-Dem shock therapy
Midwife to a double dip?
Germany
Germany: Unrest grows
Opposition growing against Stuttgart 21, nuclear power and cuts. Opinion poll shows – Germany is in a state of political crisis
Italy
Italy :Demand for general strike voiced at mass protest in Rome
Metal mechanics’ leaders point to political programme needed
France
France: “A lot of youth and workers hope that the mobilisation will have a new upturn”
Interview with Alex Lecoq, Gauche Revolutionnaire (CWI in France), a student in Rouen
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Thousands demonstrate in Belfast against devastating cuts
Largest non-sectarian demonstration since anti-war movement
Britain
Britain: Thousands of trade unionists march in London against cuts
4,000 workers from at least ten different trade unions, led by 100 striking firefighters, marched through central London on Saturday 23 October.
France
France: A major trial of strength between the classes
Millions of workers and youth want an end to the Sarkozy ’dictatorship’
Scotland
Scotland: Over 20,000 take to the streets against government savagery
Build a one-day public sector strike!