Scotland
Scotland: Solidarity conference agrees to build a socialist party
Urgent campaigning needed in working class communities
Europe
Germany
Germany: Skirmishes at Sri Lankan Embassy in Berlin
Embassy officials attempt to intimidate protesters
France
France: the winding road towards the presidential elections
60% of the population think all politicians are corrupt
Cyprus
Cyprus: Kurdish refugees fight for asylum
Cypriot government intends to hand over Kurds who won struggle for refugee rights, into the hands of their Syrian torturers.
Austria
Austria: General election sees surprise sees Social Democrats return to power
2,250 vote in Vienna against capitalism
Scotland
Scotland: Murdoch’s “democracy in Scotland”
The campaign by Rupert Murdock against Tommy Sheridan, and through him against socialism, in Scotland took a new turn last week.
Denmark
Denmark: 100,000 in ten cities demonstrate against the welfare cuts
Greatest protest for 20 years in country’s second city. Eye-witness report from the day of action
Netherlands
Netherlands: Inquiry on refugee deaths forces ministers’ resignations
Dutch Socialist Party must fight November elections on socialist policies
Scotland
Scotland: News of the World offensive against Tommy Sheridan
THE NEWS of the World (NoW), who suffered a sensational defeat at the hands of Tommy Sheridan in his defamation case against them in August, has unleashed a massive new offensive against him.
Britain
Britain: Tony Blair’s long goodbye
Ditching hated PM will not end New Labour rightwing policies