Iceland
Iceland: Devastated by global crisis
Demonstrations of anger bring down government
Europe
Europe
Eastern Europe and Russia: Deep recession leads to violent street protests across region
A “spring of discontent” beckons
Britain
Britain: British economy heads further into deep crisis
Alistair Darling – “We are far from through this.”
Britain
Britain: Over 100,000 on London Gaza protests
Much interest in arguments for a socialist solution
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Thousands of Catholics and Protestants rally against brutal occupation of Gaza
Socialists condemn role of Western imperialism and Barack Obama
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Belfast protest against the Israeli military attacks on Gaza
Video report from the ’Irish News’ of Socialist Youth protest, on 9 January 2009
Germany
Germany: Update – Anti-marxist campaign in German Left Party
The campaign to keep marxist activists outside the Left Party (DIE LINKE) in Germany (see previous reports on socialistworld.net) is being continued by people in the party leadership despite growing support for marxist ideas amongst […]
Britain
Britain: 2008 world capitalist crisis – “Goodbye and good riddance to all that” – Financial Times
2009 – Revolt is brewing in British society
Britain
Britain: Well-known socialist Tommy Sheridan on ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ television show
The appearance of Tommy Sheridan in Celebrity Big Brother, the television ’reality’ show, will have disappointed many people who know of his role as an uncompromising fighter for the interests of the working class over […]
Britain
Britain: Brown bounce back
How long can it last?