Scotland
Scotland: Tommy Sheridan trial ends in guilty verdict
Politically-driven prosecution against Scotland’s best-known socialist
Europe
Europe
CWI 10th World Congress: Europe
Millions involved in general strikes and demonstrations; deeply unpopular, often hated, governments – Europe is witnessing the re-entry of the working class and youth into struggle on a mighty scale.
Britain
Obituary: John Macreadie – Committed socialist and militant union leader
Lifelong Militant/Socialist Party member
Britain
Britain: Prepare to build the fight against all cuts in 2011
The ruling class in Britain is determined to make sure that it is not them, but the working class and young people, who pay for the crisis in their system.
Ireland Republic
Ireland / EU: Opposition to eurozone crisis mechanism!
Joe Higgins explains that the establishment of a Permanent Crisis Mechanism for the eurozone will be used to bail out the financial speculators that caused this crisis and will institutionalise the idea that ordinary people […]
Italy
Italy: Berlusconi crisis deepens
“General strike” call on lips of protesters
Romania
Romania: Băsescu’s oppressive regime declares war on the working class
Strikes and protests occur in the context of huge economic turmoil
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: £4 billion cuts announced by governing DUP/Sinn Fein Assembly Executive
A "good Christmas present for the people of Northern Ireland" – Sammy Wilson, Finance Minister
Spain
Spain: Ruling parties and federal government hammered in Catalan elections
Conservative nationalists victory follows defeat of “left” tripartite
Greece
Greece: Society paralysed by a week of major strikes and general strike
Third wave of PASOK government austerity attacks provokes outrage