Ireland Republic
Ireland: Coalition government edges towards collapse
Tawdry affair exposes government divorced from of people" – says Joe Higgins, Socialist MP
Around the world
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 25,000 coal miners strike over atrocious pay and conditions
Urgent international support needed!
Mexico
Mexico:”Social upheaval inflames Mexico
This was the headline in the US Wall Street Journal in its weekend edition on 1-3 September.
Scotland
Scotland: Murdoch’s “democracy in Scotland”
The campaign by Rupert Murdock against Tommy Sheridan, and through him against socialism, in Scotland took a new turn last week.
Belgium
Belgium: Growing potential for new anti-neo-liberal political initiative
CWI contests local elections to highlight case for new workers’ party
Denmark
Denmark: 100,000 in ten cities demonstrate against the welfare cuts
Greatest protest for 20 years in country’s second city. Eye-witness report from the day of action
Poland
Poland: Corruption scandal hits an already battered government
Supposedly anti-corruption party PiS caught selling minsterial posts
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Action demanded to end persecution of Sri Lanka’s Tamils
"Life for the Tamil people of Sri Lanka has become unbearable."
Sudan
Sudan: Darfur crisis – Class unity is the only answer
Nothing could more clearly demonstrate the toothless nature of the United Nations (UN) than its ineffectual posturing over the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Western Sudan.
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Financial scandal puts Prime Minister’s political survival in the balance
Joe Higgins parliament speech "tore the Taoiseach [PM] apart"