Britain
Scotland: Westminster coalition of savage cuts takes power
Time for mass struggle to fight the cuts
Europe
Britain
Britain: New government… the onslaught of cuts
Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist Party, gave a sober but inspiring analysis of the general election outcome on a London meeting of the Socialist Party. Hear his speech here (40 min, mp3-file).
Greece
Greece: Joe Higgins speaks at central SYRIZA rally in Athens
At a central meeting of SYRIZA in Athens last Friday, 14 May, Joe Higgins, MEP for the Socialist Party in Ireland, spoke, along with Alexis Tsipras (chair of SYRIZA’s parliamentary group), Manolis Glezos (member of […]
Ireland North
Ireland: A tribute to comrade Peter Hadden’s contribution
Obituary
Romania
Romania: Mass protests against EU / IMF deal
"Those in power starve our children" – trade unions threaten a general strike on 31 May.
Europe
Slovenia: Students smash parliament buildings in anger at government’s attacks
10,000 students and school students protested in Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana, on 19 May. A demonstration began on Preseren Square. Students then moved to the Slovenian parliament and smashed its facade with eggs, stones and bottles. […]
Ireland North
Obituary: Peter Hadden – an inspiring life for socialism
PETER HADDEN, Northern secretary of the Irish section of the Committee for a Workers International (CWI), the Socialist Party, sadly died at the age of 60, in Belfast, on 5 May after a three year […]
Italy
Italy: ControCorrente embraces the CWI
A week-end of discussion on perspectives for the left – in Italy and in Europe – against the background of international capitalist crisis.
Britain
Britain: Con-Dem-ned to cuts… – Time for the fight of our lives
Britain has been ‘Con Dem-ned’ to a future of savage attacks on public services, pay, pensions and benefits combined with tax increases for working and middle-class people.
Britain
Britain: Support the British Airways Strikers
Cabin crew turn up the pressure on BA boss