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End this farcical trial of the human rights’ lawyer and drop all charges!

Eurozone convulsed by turbulent economic forces and political upheavals

Hundreds of thousands of students take to streets, inviting workers to participate

The capitalist classes of Europe are now cranking up the pressure on the Greek working class, trying to blackmail it

Activists for democracy and justice gather to discuss burning social issues

For nation-wide union-led mass actions and a 48-hr general strike

When authoritarianism faces resistance

Mass demonstration against EU’s austerity policies

Third anniversary of slaughter of Tamil people by Sri Lankan army marked by protests all around the world

Anger from below, manoeuvres from the top

Workers’ organisations must ensure real change

Build fighting, democratic trade unions!

Thousands attempt to occupy squares and blockade the ECB in Frankfurt, Germany. Protests are banned.

Leader of the “Leave Peoples’ Homes Alone” campaign and member of the SMK, Larissa Boyar, and others have been released from prison

"Despite this ferocious oppression, the opposition and discontent of the working class cannot be silenced"

Urgency of a working class alternative proven again

Meeting discusses involvement in Afghanistan

Campaign Kazakhstan reports that newspapers in Kazakhstan said a strike by miners at KazakhMys ended on 7 May with a complete victory for the workers.

May Day should have offered opportunity for workers to pose their demands and agitation before the government

Austerity rejected in Eurozone’s second biggest economy

Socialist organisations march to joint rally

The Con-Dem government suffered a crushing defeat in last Thursday’s elections for local authorities and in the mayoral contests apart from London.

As economic crisis worsens and class struggles continue in Spain, Greece, Portugal and elsewhere in Europe, the need for working class fight-back and to build the influence of Marxism grows.

Socialist Action (CWI) campaigning against the capitalist 1% and against racism

Solidarity needed to free Vadim!

Fotos of impressive march

For a workers’ programme that puts forward the socialist alternative

Days of action planned in Frankfurt/Main against European Central Bank and big finance

Pension cuts, job cuts, service cuts

Make the rich and the bankers pay for their crisis!

Immediate protests and financial help needed

“Up to half of all Icelandic families are bankrupt”

Eleven years after the ‘kettling’ (containment) of an anti-capitalist protest in central London, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment on the police tactic.

Build A Mass Movement To Fight For Jobs

Despite the enormous agricultural and mineral resources of the country, the various capitalist political elites could neither resolve the economic nor nationality problem.

Since last May Day, fierce battle between public sector workers and the capitalist ruling class of different shades and disguises have erupted.

New, polarized situation opening up

Paul Murphy MEP speaks out against the ongoing repression and torture of workers and social justice activists in Kazakhstan.

Socialist MEP condemns use of European Parliament to defend European imperialist interests

Committee for a Workers’ International representatives speak

Shrieks of protest from the Spanish government, Repsol, EU leaders, Latin American Presidents and others have been unleashed

Extreme right-winger boasts of killing 77 during court trial

The need for concerted strike action against Con-Dem cuts in the public sector is more urgent than ever.

The government is cutting more than five billion euros

Court hears new allegations of police planning for Zhanaozen massacre

Unify the working class and poor in a struggle against the corrupt elite and the big business

The Current Political Context

"A conscious policy to undermine the freedom of the media"