Egypt
Egypt: Strike wave shakes regime
Ruling elite fear social explosions
Middle East
Iraq
Iraq: ‘Surge’ doomed to failure
Only workers’ unity and a struggle for socialism offers a way out
Israel / Palestine
Israel: Contract postal workers storm Histadruth union HQ
Protest carried on national TV
Israel / Palestine
Israel: Contract postal workers demand permanent job status
Histadrut union federation takes membership dues but ignore struggle
Lebanon
Lebanon: Bus bombings heighten tensions before pro-government rally
Working people demand: “Let us live!”
Lebanon
Lebanon: Sectarian clashes arise from political divisions
Union leaders hand over initiative to opposition parties
Iraq
Iraq: Bush continues his dangerous blunder
"The most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam" were the words Chuck Hagel, a Vietnam war veteran used to describe Bush’s latest revised Iraq strategy. Hagel, however, is not only a Vietnam […]
Lebanon
Lebanon: Unions call for mass action against government cuts
Only a united working class can stop cuts and defeat imperialism
Iraq
Iraq: Saddam’s execution
Frankenstein kills out of control monster
Lebanon
Lebanon: Masses take to the streets in opposition to crisis ridden government
Hizbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) have planned mass street demonstrations for this week in opposition to Prime Minister Siniora and his weakened, imperialist-supported, March 14th or Future movement government.