Britain
Britain: “We’re striking back on 10 May”
Pension cuts, job cuts, service cuts
Europe
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Water charges are just paving the way for privatisation
Irish government doesn’t seem to have learned anything from the massive opposition to its Household Tax
France
France: Down with Sarkozy and austerity policies!
Make the rich and the bankers pay for their crisis!
Sweden
Sweden: Chinese premier’s visit met by vociferous democracy protests
CWI supporter Zhang Shujie and other activists took to the streets when Wen Jiabao visited Stockholm and Gothenburg
Iceland
Iceland: The crisis is far from over
“Up to half of all Icelandic families are bankrupt”
Ireland Republic
Referendum in Ireland: Irish Congress of Trade Unions decides not to take a stance on European fiscal treaty
Socialist MEP calls for unions to advocate ‘No’ vote on ‘austerity’ treaty
Britain
State repression: European court condones police ‘kettling’
Eleven years after the ‘kettling’ (containment) of an anti-capitalist protest in central London, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment on the police tactic.
France
France: Presidential elections shows deep anger at Sarkozy’s rule
New, polarized situation opening up
Norway
Norway: Far right Breivik states his loathing of ‘equality’ and socialism
Extreme right-winger boasts of killing 77 during court trial
Britain
Britain: The pensions’ battle continues
The need for concerted strike action against Con-Dem cuts in the public sector is more urgent than ever.