Europe

Blair is preparing to declare the general election.

Four hundred meet to discuss resistance against social cuts and capitalism

Former nurse offered job as prostitute by Labour Service

If the Scottish National Party expected a "Salmond bounce" following the election of Alex Salmond to lead the SNP they have so-far been disappointed.

This General Election, perhaps more than ever before, will be fought over by politicians who are a million miles removed from the real lives and problems facing the majority of working people.

Threat of co-ordinated strike action by public-sector unions over pensions forces major climbdown.

Challenges and opportunities for WASG (electoral alternative- work and social justice), the new left party

Who gains from Brown’s plans?

“A sad and disappointing day for the right to protest.”

Mobilisations against the Raffarin government merge with opposition to the European constitution.

Lively International Socialist Resistance contingent on 100,000-strong London protest

Today, the Belgian Youth March for Work, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), and the European Social Forum are jointly protesting against growing unemployment, against insecure jobs, against the Iraq war and imperialist occupation and […]

One million people took to the streets demanding better wages and battling against a longer working week

Workers give generous solidarity for tsunami campaign

Those who form part of the European elite eager to built a European superpower capable of competing for markets and influence with the US and China will be forced to keep looking over their shoulder […]

The conference discussed the momentous events taking place in Latin America, where a series of struggles has erupted against the policies of neo-liberalism.

The three main French trade union confederations CFTC (Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens), CGT (Confédération Générale du Travail) and FO (Force Ouvrière) have launched an appeal to all private and public sector workers to strike […]

Thousands take to the streets against right wing Raffarin government

The 2005 Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) conference was held last weekend, following Tommy Sheridan’s resignation as party leader in November 2004.

On Saturday 12 February, nearly 300 demonstrations took place in 77 regions across the whole of Russia, at the same time.

US v EU power and profits conflict

The Northern Bank robbery in Belfast, Robert McCartney’s killing and the attempt to cover it up, and then the allegations about the multi-million pound criminal empire run by the IRA have put the leadership of […]

Talks paralysed as elections loom

Socialist Party member in British public sector union, UNISON, comes second in General Secretary election campaign.

Six MPs for Red-Green Alliance in otherwise flat elections

The Scottish Socialist Party conference meets this weekend in the aftermath of Tommy Sheridan’s resignation as SSP convener.

Just two days after the half-term holidays ended for all school students the streets of France filled with school students striking and demonstrating against the education ‘reform’.

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Successful picket of Israeli Embassy in London

Neusiedler/Mondi bussiness paper SCP a.s. takes legal action against workers involved in setting up a trade union.

On the weekend of the undemocratic elections in Iraq that are meant to legalise the occupation of the country, International Socialist Resistance (ISR) and Socialist Students organised a protest in London outside the headquarters of […]

The public sector workers turned out in massive numbers last week against the ongoing liberalisation pushed by the Raffarin government and to protest against the meagre wage deal they had been offered.

Successful Socialist Alternative campaign against cuts

An eyewitness account

Workers and international socialists meet in Ruzomberok

"Super-rich have doubled their money under Labour" was the headline in The Guardian on 8 December, as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released a report graphically illustrating the widening gaps in wealth, assets and […]

"Capitalism is the only system that works," pronounced Polly Toynbee, The Guardian columnist, as 2004 drew to a close.

Millions of public-sector workers are faced with huge cuts to their pensions – some from as early as April 2005.

Against the background of increased attacks on living standards and working conditions, important sections of the working class in Germany have drawn the conclusion that an organisational and political alternative to the neo-liberal policies of […]

Frustrated leaders want to step up privatisation and deregulation

Reply to a letter dated 22 November 2004, sent by the CEO of the company to all the employees.

On the 30th of November in Italy there was the fifth general strike against the Berlusconi government. It stopped the country.

The working masses need their own alternative

Right wing politicians and imperialist powers stir up ethnic tensions. A fierce power struggle between different factions of the Ukrainian ruling class – using the masses as pawns – threatens to slide the country into […]

Scottish socialist Party (SSP) members were stunned to learn of the resignation of Tommy Sheridan as national convenor of the party on Wednesday 10 November.

Germany is currently in the middle of a political, social and economic earthquake. Ordinary Germans are facing a neo-liberal offensive of huge and stark proportions by the German ruling class.

More than 40 students from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam assembled on 16 November on campus to show their anger against the current spate of racist attacks and the posting of inflammatory anti-Muslim posters on campus […]

After a 1,200-strong demonstration through central London, a packed rally heard PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka report on how successful the day’s strike action had been. He outlined the next stages of the campaign.