Britain
Britain: Rail workers’ union breaks with New Labour
Historic decision shows willingness by union to support socialists
Europe
Britain
Britain: War crimes and whitewashes
"AS ANY inept DIY bodger could tell you, whitewash, applied carefully and thinly will last years. Too thick and it will flake off in no time." (Letter to The Guardian, 29 January)
Britain
Britain: Socialist Party and the Respect Convention
LAST SUNDAY, 25 January, the founding convention of Respect took place and agreed to launch an electoral campaign across England and Wales, headed by George Galloway MP, for the June European and Greater London Authority […]
Britain
Britain: Case against anti-war protester dismissed
Police treatment of school students was not within the law
Britain
Britain: ISR member Karl Debbaut acquitted of assaulting a police officer
ISR member Karl Debbaut acquitted.
Germany
Germany: Struggles develop as crisis deepens
As socialistworld.net has previously reported, Germany has witnessed a wave of protests and strikes both on the industrial and social fields, as well as series of student strikes, towards the end of last year.
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Can the sectarian stalemate be broken?
ON 5 JANUARY Jeffrey Donaldson, Norah Beare and Arlene Foster announced that they were joining the DUP. Their move underlined the results of the recent elections. The DUP are now the largest unionist party and […]
France
France: Chirac’s proposed ban on students’ headscarves polarises society
Socialists oppose right wing agenda
France
France: Joint electoral list of the far left offers big possibilities
While the right wing Raffarin government in France increases its attacks against the social gains of the past, there is a continued radicalisation amongst workers and youth.
Serbia
Serbia: Nationalists win elections
The ultra nationalist Serbian Radical Party (SRS) has become the biggest force in Serbian politics following the country’s general election on 28 December 2003.