Italy
Italy: Anti-war and Anti-Bush demo in Rome
"No Bush – No war", 100,000 strong week-day protest.
Europe
Germany
Germany: “People not profit”
400 people attended the “Socialism Days 2004” organised by Socialist Alternative (SAV). It was an opportunity to discuss, debate, exchange ideas and put forward a programme for the struggle against a system that provides nothing […]
Scotland
Scotland: Defending a socialist programme
Kevin reveals his position when he says in his article: "Those who see politics purely in terms of capitalism or socialism have yet to make any serious attempt to explain how a controlling class can […]
Serbia
Serbia: Elections results reveal instability
Neo-liberals victory means attacks on working people
Netherlands
Netherlands: Dockworkers force union to take strike action against government cuts
After angry dockworkers threatened to strike, even without the unions, the biggest union in the Netherlands is now supporting strike action on the 7th and 11th of June. This strike will be aimed at the […]
Ireland North
N Ireland: Dessian factory strike
Workers at the Dessian factory in Belfast have gone on strike over the sacking of a shop steward. Dessian, which is a locally owned company making PVC windows, employs over 100 at it’s Belfast plant […]
Austria
Austria: Rail workers rebel against their union leadership
At the end of April, the Austrian railway workers’ union (GdE) signed a deal with management on a new labour contract that included changes in work times and sick pay.
Kosova / Kosovo
Kosovo/Kosova: UN/NATO fuels sex slave trade
Restoration of capitalism creates barbaric conditions
Macedonia
Macedonia: Imperialism worried by current political instability
Elections show that working class needs own party
Italy
Italy: Dramatic strikes at Alitalia and Fiat
“Just the tip of the iceberg”