Russia
North Ossetia: School siege is latest horror of Chechen conflict
Putin fails to bring ‘peace and security’ to Chechens or Russians
Europe
Sweden
Sweden: School students and parents boycott school meal fees
TV and newspaper covers campaign in Sweden
Germany
Germany: More than 100,000 people take part in Monday demonstrations
Eye witness accounts from Rostock and Leipzig
Germany
Germany: Hot autumn starts early
“Hot autumn” for German government starts early as tens of thousands take to the streets in yet another wave of protest against impoverishment programme Agenda 2010
Scotland
Scotland: Socialists and the national question
The race for the leadership of the Scottish National Party took a dramatic twist recently when on the day nominations closed former SNP leader Alex Salmond announced he was standing for party convener.
Portugal
Portugal: New government, the fight continues
The European elections of 10 June gave the heaviest defeat suffered by any government since the establishment of bourgeois parliamentary democracy, 30 years ago.
Netherlands
Netherlands: Successful first meeting of ‘Offensief Against Racism’
Rotterdam campaign receives far right and police attention
Germany
Germany: Kassel protest against social cuts
1,500 school students and apprentices take part in a city wide youth strike in Kassel, Hessen, to demonstrate against social cuts.
Britain
Britain: Socialism 2004
Key political issues discussed and debated
Germany
Germany: “Which side are you on?â€
Does radical rhetoric of some of the trade union leaders against the government’s cuts policy mark a turning point for the struggle against Agenda 2010?