Slovakia
Slovakia: Austrian multinational hunts down trade unionists
Neusiedler/Mondi bussiness paper SCP a.s. takes legal action against workers involved in setting up a trade union.
Europe
Britain
Anti- war protest: “AEGIS out of Iraq!”
On the weekend of the undemocratic elections in Iraq that are meant to legalise the occupation of the country, International Socialist Resistance (ISR) and Socialist Students organised a protest in London outside the headquarters of […]
France
France: Week of mobilisations against redundancies and for higher wages
The public sector workers turned out in massive numbers last week against the ongoing liberalisation pushed by the Raffarin government and to protest against the meagre wage deal they had been offered.
Ireland North
Northern Ireland Assembly: Is it gone for good?
As 2005 opens, the Peace Process is once again in deep crisis.
Germany
Germany: Socialist Alternative in Rostock wins important improvements for unemployed
Successful Socialist Alternative campaign against cuts
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.