Germany
Germany: 30,000 defy police provocations
Mass demonstration against EU’s austerity policies
Around the world
Sri Lanka
Tamil struggle: “Seek justice – by all means necessary!”
Third anniversary of slaughter of Tamil people by Sri Lankan army marked by protests all around the world
Algeria
Algeria: Legislative elections give near-majority to the FLN
Anger from below, manoeuvres from the top
Myanmar-Burma
Burma: Two elections, 90% support but no power
Workers’ organisations must ensure real change
Lebanon
Lebanon: Union leaders call “a strike without credibility”
Build fighting, democratic trade unions!
Germany
Germany: Massive state repression against “Blockupy” movement
Thousands attempt to occupy squares and blockade the ECB in Frankfurt, Germany. Protests are banned.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Activists released
Leader of the “Leave Peoples’ Homes Alone” campaign and member of the SMK, Larissa Boyar, and others have been released from prison
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: MEP speaks out against repression
"Despite this ferocious oppression, the opposition and discontent of the working class cannot be silenced"
Nigeria
Nigeria: Experiences of the explosion of class struggle
Urgency of a working class alternative proven again
Finland
May Day: Demonstration in Uleåborg Finland
Meeting discusses involvement in Afghanistan