Turkey
Turkey: Sweeping election victory for pro-Islamist AKP party
But divided elites, social tensions and Kurdish question herald new crises
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China
China: Will China rescue world capitalism?
Will India and China, the new economic giants, rescue world capitalism?
Venezuela
Venezuela: RCTV and the question of the media
The non-renewal of the RCTV license has become the subject of worldwide debate.
Iraq
Iraq: ‘Strategic failure’ in Iraq and Afghanistan
Withdraw the troops now
Germany
Germany: The Left in Germany – new party, old mistakes
The merger between the two left-wing parties, Left Party.PDS and WASG (Electoral Alternative for Work and Social Justice), in Germany has taken place.
Australia
Australia: Mass protests planned for Bush visit to Sydney
Youth and socialists against pro-big business APEC summit
Bolivia
Bolivia: Oil workers start hunger strike in struggle for job reinstatement
Support the Gualberto Villarroel workers – send protests!
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Fourth Eelam War under way
Government isolated; workers need solutions
China
China: Workers strike against French cement giant, Lafarge
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Bolivia
Bolivia: Sacked trade unionists appeal for your international support
In Bolivia, it is illegal for any employer to discriminate against a portion of its workforce by creating two-tiered labor conditions.