Netherlands
Netherlands: Enough is enough!
National meeting of workers called to plan actions against cuts
Around the world
New Zealand
New Zealand/Aotearoa: Imperialism, racism and resistance
Labour appeals to “national unity” while waging war on workers at home and abroad
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Fire Fighters break with New Labour
”Time for a new working class party”
Serbia
Serbia: Neither neo-liberal nor right-nationalists offer choice in elections
Independent class position needed
Germany
Germany: Electoral disaster for Schroder
June 13 saw many elections in Germany: European elections (which are the only nationwide elections between two Federal general elections); state parliament elections in Thuringia and local elections in 6 of the 16 German federal […]
Kurdistan
Kurdish people’s struggle: No trust in imperialist powers
Since the war on Iraq, the Kurds have stood out in stark contrast to the rest of the Middle East.
Britain
Britain: Respect and the June elections
Respect – the Unity Coalition was formed by George Galloway MP and the Socialist Workers’ Party (SWP) at the beginning of the year. It stood for the first time on June 10.
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Dessian strike against victimisation
Workers at the Dessian Products factory in Apollo Road have been on strike since May 19. The strike began over the sacking of Paddy McCloskey, one of the two T&GWU shop stewards in the plant.
South Africa
Obituary: Nimrod Sejake
Black South African workers’ leader and fighter for socialism
Iraq
Iraq: A transition to discontent?
ONE REASON for Labour getting ’a good kicking’ in the 10 June elections was opposition to Blair’s war and occupation of Iraq.