Netherlands
Netherlands: Committee of Inquiry on Iraq finds Dutch government in “violation” of international law
Cuts-making coalition government under strain, as elections loom
Europe
Ukraine
Ukraine: Economic collapse and Presidential elections
Five years after ‘Orange Revolution’ “victory”: Elite factions struggle for riches, while working people suffer
Britain
Britain: Launch of Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Electoral coalition to challenge bosses’ parties in general election
Greece
Greece: On the edge of a volcano
Class struggle amid devastating crisis
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: ‘First Minister’ steps down ‘for 6 weeks’ amid scandal
Out of touch political establishment in hock to business world
Germany
Audio: 1989: Consequences and lessons of the fall of the Berlin wall
The fall of Stalinism from 1989 to 1991 changed the world. Listen here to the introductions to debates at Socialism 2009 about the collapse of the Soviet Union and the mass movements in the former […]
Britain
Britain: Lessons from Labour’s early history
The British Labour Party was formed over 100 years ago to provide an independent political voice for working-class people. Ed Doveton describes this struggle, which is paralleled by today’s campaign for a new mass workers’ […]
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: ‘Power Sharing’ Assembly delivers austerity, as sectarianism grows
2010 – Time for united working class opposition!
Britain
Britain: Court rules against British Airways workers
Defend the right to strike!
Europe
Europe: Continent beset with economic, social and political crisis
Workers start fight-back and search for a real socialist alternative