Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Dirty tricks & collusion
Will the truth come out?
Europe
Europe
European Union: “Counter-terrorism” will not stop terrorism, but threatens democratic rights
“Counter-terrorism” was one of the main issues at the EU summit in Brussels 25-26 March.
Germany
Germany: Half a million march against government’s social cuts
Huge anger against Schröder’s ‘Agenda 2010’ onslaught
Scotland
Scotland: Scottish Socialist Party conference
THE FIRST debate on Saturday was on the SSP’s draft manifesto for the European elections in June.
France
French elections: Raffarin’s ‘reforms’ decisively rejected
Prospect of new wave of workers’ struggles
Germany
Germany: Moves towards a new “left party†?
New opposition to SPD government offer big opportunities.
Italy
Italy: Country closed down by general strike
Millions take industrial action against Berlusconi’s pension “reforms”
Kosova / Kosovo
Kosovo: Ethnic violence re-erupts
Ethnic tensions boiled over again in Kosovo mid-March, leading to the worst levels of violence since the UN/Nato imposed control of the country in 1999.
Austria
Austria: Victory against extreme anti-abortionists!
On March the 15th a Viennese court made a final ruling in a court case that extreme anti-abortionists have run against Claudia Sorger, the spokesperson for women’s affairs of the Socialist Left Party (SLP), the […]
Europe
Europe: European Union’s neo-liberal ‘Lisbon agenda’
In crisis but still a threat to workers