Venezuela
Venezuela: Successful strike of workers in ‘Snack America Latina’
Workers win trade union recognition
Around the world
Middle East & North Africa
Israel/Palestine: Political earthquake strikes as Hamas wins landslide
Hamas victory a blow to imperialism and capitalism in the Middle East
Canada
Canada: Tories win elections after 12 years of Liberal cuts and scandals
Working class needs to resist new right wing minority government
Iraq
Iraq: Sectarianism strengthened
Weeks after elections in Iraq (15 December), the result is still awaited.
Germany
Germany: Which way forward for the left?
The left was the only true winner of last September’s general election.
Bolivia
Latin America: Bolivian elections reflect continental revolt against neo-liberalism
Evo Morales of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) was sworn in as President of Bolivia this week. (6,000 words).
Britain
Britain: Potential for new mass working class party
The potential for beginning to build a new mass working-class party in England and Wales was glimpsed in outline at the RMT rail union discussion conference on the crisis of working-class political representation on 21 […]
Britain
Britain: “A socialist alternative to New Labour can get mass appeal”
Union-sponsored conference debates way forward for working class and youth
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: War looms
The four-year long cease-fire in Sri Lanka’s civil war is on the verge of collapse.
Venezuela
Venezuela: Desperate housing crisis for millions
Homeless occupy empty city buildings