Britain
Britain: How can an alternative to the main political parties be developed?
Discussion between Mark Serwoka (General Secretary PCS) and Peter Taaffe (General Secretary, Socialist Party)
Europe
Serbia
Serbia: Close presidential election threatens government collapse
Stalled EU deal… status of Kosovo…crisis grows
Italy
Italy: After Prodi, ‘Mission Impossible’!
Mass disappointment underlines need for workers’ party with fighting programme
Italy
Italy: Gloomy outlook after Prodi government defeat
Workers need party that fights bosses’ system
Britain
Britain: Shock of recession draws near
As share values tumbled in the most dramatic falls since 9/11, the talk was not so much of whether there will be a recession, but of how deep and long it will be.
Scotland
Scotland: Defend Tommy Sheridan
On 16 December, former Scottish Socialist Party MSP Tommy Sheridan was charged by Lothian and Borders police after the most expensive perjury investigation ever in Scotland.
Germany
Germany: Train drivers’ strike sparks wider working class demands
“We’ve given enough!” – Public sector industrial action likely
Ireland North
N Ireland: Classroom assistants betrayed!
Union leaders try to break strike
Ireland North
N Ireland: Socialist Party replies to Sinn Fein attacks on classroom assistants
Memory of Bobby Sands invoked by SF to deflect from right wing policies
Britain
Britain: 2007 – A convulsive year
The wheels have come off the Gordon Brown bandwagon.