Germany
Germany: Socialist Alternative in Rostock wins important improvements for unemployed
Successful Socialist Alternative campaign against cuts
Europe
Ukraine
Ukraine: ‘Orange Revolution’ in Ukraine
An eyewitness account
Slovakia
Slovakia: Sacked union activists to hold conference
Workers and international socialists meet in Ruzomberok
Britain
Britain: Inequality scandal in Blair’s Britain
"Super-rich have doubled their money under Labour" was the headline in The Guardian on 8 December, as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released a report graphically illustrating the widening gaps in wealth, assets and […]
Britain
Britain: An economic tsunami in 2005?
"Capitalism is the only system that works," pronounced Polly Toynbee, The Guardian columnist, as 2004 drew to a close.
Britain
Britain: Saving pensions
Millions of public-sector workers are faced with huge cuts to their pensions – some from as early as April 2005.
Germany
Germany: Concrete steps towards formation of new party
Against the background of increased attacks on living standards and working conditions, important sections of the working class in Germany have drawn the conclusion that an organisational and political alternative to the neo-liberal policies of […]
Europe
European Union: “Speed up the Lisbon Agenda”
Frustrated leaders want to step up privatisation and deregulation
Slovakia
Slovakia: International solidarity with workers at Neusiedler plant in Ruzomberok
Reply to a letter dated 22 November 2004, sent by the CEO of the company to all the employees.
Italy
Italy: Italy stops in fifth general strike against Berlusconi
On the 30th of November in Italy there was the fifth general strike against the Berlusconi government. It stopped the country.