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After only a few days, the sham of the Iraqi ‘elections’ became evident as Iraq was shaken by a renewed wave of bombings and violent attacks on government officials and the occupation forces. As each […]

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.

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 […]

A struggle for basic union rights

US v EU power and profits conflict

But Labour leaders participate in government’s sham ‘conference’

Talks paralysed as elections loom

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.

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

Capitalist parties clash but no workers’ alternative

"Demonstrations are escalating. From yesterday morning until today, homeless people in the East of the Island occupied the main road from Ampara all the way up to Batticaloa.

Prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (pronounced "Chin-a-what") and his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party are on course for a crushing parliamentary majority following the elections in Thailand on Sunday 6 February.

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’.

"More than 50 million [U.S.] workers don’t have a union but want one. Few workers are able to join unions and their strength is divided … into separate unions instead of building their strength in […]

eyewitness report from the Pakisani province of Baluchistan

Bush and Blair have been quick to hail the elections in Iraq as a "victory for democracy" and a vindication of their brutal occupation of Iraq, but this was largely for public consumption.

Dear collegues,

Lahore. More than 50 people came to the solidarity demonstration organised by the SMP, the CWI section in Pakistan. All the main trade unions had representatives at the demonstration.

What lies behind attempts to reach a ceasefire?

Successful picket of Israeli Embassy in London

The threat of counter revolution has once again raised its head in Venezuela as the struggle between revolution and reaction seems to be entering a new phase.

While Aceh on the northern edge of Sumatra has registered nearly two thirds of the total death toll from the Asian tsunami, the Acehnese so far have received only 30 per cent of UN food […]

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

International appeal

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 grotesque picture of devastation is slowly emerging and haunting us. The real brunt of the tsunami was taken by the eastern part of the island. The principal town, Pottuvil, has seen the worst disaster […]

What are the prospects for Cuba today?

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.

One month after the tsunami disaster struck the coasts of the Indian Ocean the costs are still being counted.

With the help of the thousands of donations that have been made in the last four weeks to the Campaign Sri Lanka, our comrades in the country second worst hit in the region have picked […]

Successful Socialist Alternative campaign against cuts

An eyewitness account

Workers and international socialists meet in Ruzomberok

The bloody war in Iraq led by US imperialism worsens every day as the death toll mounts and the country plunges deeper into civil war and ethnic and religious clashes.

Last Friday, Teungku Malik Mahmood, was interviewed by Offensiv in its Stockholm office. He is in exile but regarded by the Aceh Freedom Movement (Gam) as the rightful prime minister of the State of Aceh. […]

"Socialists and the Venezuelan Revolution", by Tony Saunois, is very relevant to the struggles of the workers and peasants in the neo-colonial world as a whole, but is of special significance for Pakistan.

Like criminals with guilty consciences creeping back to the scene of their crime to apologise, capitalist governments around the world now promise to set up an Indian Ocean tsunami early warning system. Was the risk […]

A grotesque picture of devastation is slowly emerging and haunting us.

The generous response of people worldwide to the plight of the tsunami victims is a graphic example of human solidarity and internationalism.

Opposition parties divided but regime relies on US imperialism

The cwi appeal for donations to help the United Socialist Party (USP) in Sri Lanka after the tsunami disaster of 26 December 2004 has received an incredibly powerful and overwhelming response internationally.

While Aceh on the northern edge of Sumatra has registered nearly two-thirds of the total death toll by the Asian tsunami, the Acehnese so far have received only 30% of UN food deliveries. More than […]

"At my school, I collected €436.81 in donations for the Free Trade Union Centre (FTUC) in Sri Lanka in only two days," reports Gina, from Hamburg.

More than 3000 workers of Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation [KESC] organised a protest rally against the proposed privatisation of this state owned corporation which supplies power to 1.3 million people in Karachi.

It is now more than two weeks since the killer tsunami crashed against the shores of the Indian Ocean.

A recent armed clash between armed nationalist activists and the Pakistani security forces in the city of Sui once again proves that the situation in Baluchistan is far more fragile and volatile than the Pakistani […]