Portugal
Portugal: ‘Troika’ comes to town
Elections loom as IMF’s austerity plans revealed
Europe
Germany
Germany: Berlin hospital workers on strike
2,500 on strike demo
Russia
Russia: Moscow May Day march
Socialists harassed by nationalist “left”
Britain
Britain’s royal wedding: Not much bread but there’s plenty of circuses
Witness the media torrent of sickly sentimentality over the royal wedding.
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Build the ULA, build the fight back!
New government: "Same circus, just different clowns!"
Ukraine
Chernobyl disaster: 25th anniversary
Scientists estimate nuclear fall-out caused over 200,000 deaths
Belarus
Belarus: Bomb attack on Minsk metro leaves 13 dead
President Lukashenko uses outrage to attack working class
Finland
Finland: Massive protest vote in elections
Right wing populist ‘True Finns’ third biggest party
France
France: Sarkozy instigates ban on veil to boost his political ratings
What attitude should socialists adopt in defending women’s rights?
Britain
Britain: NSSN anti-cuts strategy vindicated
Developments in SWP confirm Socialist Party’s arguments for NSSN anti-cuts campaign