Britain
Britain: Youth and students – organise to fight for a future
After New Labour’s axe men began the education cuts, the Con-Dem butchers seem to have been let loose with a chainsaw.
Europe
Britain
Britain: PCS – a strategy to stop the cuts
The PCS civil servants union’s national executive committee (NEC) has met to discuss how to respond to the Tory/Liberal coalition government’s cuts and privatisation programme.
Britain
Britain: TUC refuses national demo
After weeks of vacillation the TUC has finally agreed NOT to call a national demo against the cuts this year.
Germany
Germany: Love Parade catastrophe was preventable
Did the organizers stop at nothing for profits? 20 people died in the horrific stampede at the July 24 Love Parade festival in the German city of Duisburg, 500 were injured and, for a time, […]
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Riots expose reality of sectarianism
Social decay causes alienation and conditions for conflict
Britain
Britain: Con-Dem government propose denationalisation of NHS
For trade union led mass campaign to stop destruction of Health Service!
Italy
Italy: Metalworkers resist FIAT blackmail
Struggle at Pomigliano brings out need for workers’ party
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Fight the Public Assemblies Bill
The Assembly Executive is preparing an act that will criminalise the right to protest.
Europe
The EU Project: Is it doomed?
The eurozone is faced with a potential break up.
Ireland Republic
Ireland & the EU: Austerity programmes provoke general strikes and struggles
According to some Greek protesters Ireland is not like Greece – one banner on a demonstration read, “This is not Ireland, we will fight”. Finance Minister, Brian Lenihan, says the same but from a different […]