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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"

Tehran’s bus drivers’ union leader sentenced to 6 years in prison

Prison rights campaigner faces 7-15 years in jail

"Shout out the story as loud as you can"

Paul Murphy MEP denied visa to Kazakhstan – Nazarbayev regime scared of truth getting out about December 16 massacre of oil workers and their sympathisers.

Protest in response and release of the two shows potential for united struggle

15,000 join protest against the appointment of new leader C. Y. Leung as capitalist establishment is openly split

Appeal for international protests

Police detain Arman Ozhaubaev and claim his location ‘unknown’

5,000 anti-racists take to streets of Aarhus

Fight every move by the ruling classes to take away the little gains made by the working people

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.

Campaign Kazakhstan: "Stop the frame-up of the Zhanaozen strikers!"

It shows the potential for anti-cuts election challenges

Decisive battles ahead

A country stupendously rich in human and material resources on the world scale is virtually on the last scale of ladder of civilization and economic development.

The question of an independence referendum in Scotland has provoked rumblings on both sides of the sectarian divide.

If any of the trade union leaders had any doubt about the full character of the onslaught facing the working class and the trade union movement, it should be dismissed now.

Solidarity Protest in Bangalore against Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant

Will the Left Party present itself as an anti-capitalist opposition or as a ‘moderate’ party managing capitalism?