Netherlands
Netherlands: Successful first meeting of ‘Offensief Against Racism’
Rotterdam campaign receives far right and police attention
Around the world
Venezuela
Venezuela: Chávez, the re-call referendum and the struggle for revolutionary socialism
The referendum called on August 15 to try and remove Hugo Chávez from power has backfired on the rightwing reactionary forces led by the capitalist class with the support of US imperialism.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Socialists nearly double their vote in three months
On Saturday 10 July, the Provincial Council elections saw a much lower turn-out than usual.
Africa
Africa: Africa’s forgotten wars
Only occasionally do Africa’s hidden wars make the front pages, as with the recent coverage of the refugee crisis in Darfur in western Sudan. Yet the Sudanese conflict has been raging for years with virtually […]
Nigeria
Nigeria: Socialist activists released
All the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) in Nigeria members who were arrested last week in Lagos have now been released.
Iraq
Iraq: White House tries its creature Saddam
Saddam Hussein appeared in court on 1 July and was charged with a list of crimes.
Germany
Germany: Kassel protest against social cuts
1,500 school students and apprentices take part in a city wide youth strike in Kassel, Hessen, to demonstrate against social cuts.
Nigeria
Nigeria: Socialist activists arrested:
Today (7 July) two members of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Ojo Olajire (OJ) and Peluola Adewale (Pelad), were arrested by members of Nigerian Police Force at Oshodi bus stop, in Oshodi Isolo local government […]
Brazil
Brazil: “Fight for a socialist society”
Exclusive interview with Brazilian trade unionist
Britain
Britain: Socialism 2004
Key political issues discussed and debated