Austria
Austria: Railway strike challenges government
The current strike of the Austrian Railways is challenging the right wing coalition government.
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Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Assembley elections – Public Services – Not safe in their hands!
The one thing the main political parties here are all agreed on is that Northern Ireland should be sold to private profiteers.
Ireland North
Northern Ireland Assembly elections: Launching a socialist challenge
The Socialist Party has decided to challenge the right wing and sectarian parties by putting up two candidates for the Assembly. Voters in East and South Belfast will have the chance to elect someone who […]
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Defend public services vote Socialist
For most people the only choice in this election is between the same old mix of sectarian and right wing politicians. But in two constituencies, voters will have a choice. The Socialist Party is standing […]
New Zealand
New Zealand: Activists picket Labour Party conference
On Saturday, 8 November delegates attending the annual NZ Labour Party conference at the Christchurch Convention Centre were able to witness two strongly contrasting styles of democracy.
Britain
Britain: Galloway takes road of ‘popular unity’
ON WEDNESDAY 29 October around 1,400 people came to a meeting in London entitled ’British politics at the crossroads’. The audience were primarily political and anti-war activists and they had come to hear George Galloway […]
Britain
Britain: Postal workers win important victory
THE COURAGEOUS unofficial action by tens of thousands of postal workers in the last two weeks has shown that bullying bosses can be stood up to and forced to retreat.
Israel / Palestine
Israel/Palestine: Sharon steps up Palestinian repression -with US backing
THE ISRAELI government of Ariel Sharon stuck two fingers up at the United Nations (UN) after the UN general assembly passed a resolution on 21 October condemning Israel’s ’security fence’. Israeli deputy prime minister Ehud […]
Germany
Germany: 100,000 demonstrate against Schröder’s Social Cuts
Today’s much bigger than expected 100,000 strong Berlin protest against social cuts has demonstrated the enormous discontent and rage that is building up in Germany.
Georgia
Georgia: ‘Velvet coup’ will solve nothing
THE THOUSANDS of Georgians waving the flag of St George outside the parliament building in Tbilisi weren’t celebrating England’s rugby world cup victory – they were cheering the resignation of Georgia’s President Eduard Shevardnadze.