Belgium
Belgium: Local elections
National government’s defeat hidden by media!
Europe
Russia
Russia: Russia/Georgia conflict deepens
Journalist critic of Russia’s Caucuses policy, Anna Politkovskaya, murdered
Austria
Austria: General election sees surprise sees Social Democrats return to power
2,250 vote in Vienna against capitalism
Scotland
Scotland: Murdoch’s “democracy in Scotland”
The campaign by Rupert Murdock against Tommy Sheridan, and through him against socialism, in Scotland took a new turn last week.
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Coalition government edges towards collapse
Tawdry affair exposes government divorced from of people" – says Joe Higgins, Socialist MP
Belgium
Belgium: Growing potential for new anti-neo-liberal political initiative
CWI contests local elections to highlight case for new workers’ party
Belgium
Belgium: interview with Jef Sleeckx
Veteran workers’ leader discusses a new political initiative
Denmark
Denmark: 100,000 in ten cities demonstrate against the welfare cuts
Greatest protest for 20 years in country’s second city. Eye-witness report from the day of action
Poland
Poland: Corruption scandal hits an already battered government
Supposedly anti-corruption party PiS caught selling minsterial posts
Scotland
Scotland: News of the World offensive against Tommy Sheridan
THE NEWS of the World (NoW), who suffered a sensational defeat at the hands of Tommy Sheridan in his defamation case against them in August, has unleashed a massive new offensive against him.