Ireland Republic
Ireland: Irish Ferries’ slave labour
Strike action needed now
Europe
Belgium
Belgium: Successful general strike shuts down major workplaces
Government forced to partially retreat, but unions must still oppose cuts
Germany
Germany: New government will be a ‘Grand Coalition’ against workers
Left must build on election success with socialist policies
Scotland
Scotland: Scottish by-elections
Workers reject political establishment
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Lessons of Northern Ireland
Why the IRA campaign failed to defeat the British state
Belgium
Belgium: general strike planned for Friday over pension reforms
United union action needed to win
Ukraine
Ukraine: Bitter fruit of the ‘Orange Revolution’
Victors of last December’s inter-elite struggle in spectacular fall out
Poland
Poland: Low turnout in election brings right wing to power
“Their only weapon will be strikes and demonstrations”
Sweden
Sweden: Strong support for refugees’ amnesty campaign
Parliament refuses amnesty to seriously ill children of refugees
Sweden
Sweden: Connex sacks union leader
The management of transnational company Connex on Thursday sacked Per Johansson, secretary of the fighting trade union branch, Seko 119, which organises 700 underground train drivers. This signals the most serious attack so far of […]