Ireland Republic
Ireland: Socialist MP condemns “Alice in Wonderland” government policies
Nurses and mortgage holders hit by rising inflation as election looms.
Around the world
Scotland
Scotland: Scottish Parliament election – support for Labour falling
Elections for the Scottish Parliament and local councils are to be held on 3 May. Most opinion polls are forecasting a big fall in support for New Labour.
Italy
Italy: Democratic Party launched
Conference marks final demise of once powerful Communist Party
Nigeria
Nigeria: Election farce
Build a mass working class alternative!
France
France: Record turn out sees Royal and Sarkozy go through to second round
But neither offers anything to French workers except more cuts and attacks on living standards
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Court victory for socialist activist threatened with jail
Judge rejects state prosecutor’s demands
Russia
Russia: Yeltsin’s legacy – ‘wild’ capitalism across the former USSR
It is sickening for the impoverished working people of the ex-Soviet Union to see the praise being heaped on Boris Yeltsin, one time president of Russia, after his death from heart failure on Monday, 23 […]
Quebec
Quebec: Elections see shake-up of political landscape
Big losses for ruling Liberals and pro-separatist Parti Québécois
Nigeria
Nigeria: 2007 Elections – A Very Farcical Exercise
Decisive Action By Labour Needed Now!
Ireland Republic
Ireland: “I support nurses, just as I detest parasite speculators” – Joe Higgins, Socialist Party TD (MP)
Nurses take industrial action for decent wages and conditions