Spain
Spain: Class struggle takes centre-stage
Struggles mount in build-up to 29 September general strike
Europe
Britain
Britain: Determined, widespread union action needed
Organising to save jobs and services
Ireland Republic
Europe / Ireland: 29/9 – Unions call European day of protest
Towards a 24 hour all-European general strike!
Ireland Republic
Public sector union CPSU in Ireland: Build alliance to halt rotten deal
At a CPSU consultative conference in July, delegate after delegate raised their continued opposition to the Croke Park deal.
Sweden
Sweden: Right-wing government re-elected
Complete failure for Social Democratic-Green “opposition”
Germany
“Stuttgart 21”: Joe Higgins speaking on mass demonstration
"Your campaign is terrifying the speculators and the big banks – and that is a very good thing" – Joe Higgins speaking at a demonstration in Stuttgart.
Italy
Italy: Solidarity letter from Joe Higgins to Fincantieri’s workers
State owned shipyard company plans to close major shipyards, resulting in around 2,500 job losses (7,000 including subcontractors)
Britain
Britain: Tony Blair’s destructive path
Autobiography shows aim to destroy Labour as a vehicle for working class struggle
Ireland Republic
Ireland: “First prize in Ireland for hypocrisy goes to the government”
Over the course of the last month, the breathtaking hypocrisy of the capitalist elites in Ireland and internationally has been glaringly exposed.
Ireland Republic
Bankruptcy: Is Ireland going bust?
UCD economist, Morgan Kelly, was pilloried by the establishment back in May when he said it was no longer a case of whether Ireland would go bankrupt but when.