Scotland
Scotland: Scottish National Party in crisis
The Scottish National Party (SNP) is still reeling from their drubbing in the May 1st elections to the Scottish parliament.
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Austria
Austria: Struggle at Austrian Airlines
August 14th saw the pilots and flying crew of Austrian Airlines (AUA) go on strike for two hours.
Brazil
Brazil: PT lefts fail its first big test under Lula government
Lula government’s pension "reform" bill passed first reading in House of Representatives with most PT lefts voting in favour.
Belgium
Belgium: Afghan refugees on hunger strike in Brussels
At the beginning of July 1,100 asylum seekers from Afghanistan were ordered to leave the country. The government wants to send them back, because, they claim, “the war is finished”. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign […]
Israel / Palestine
Israel/Palestine: Coming unstuck – George Bush’s peace plan
AS PREDICTED, the journey along George Bush’s ’road map’ to end the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is now decidedly ’off-road’.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Disastrous economic situation
The economic situation around here is disasterous. Official figures for inflation are 340% but economic analysts say that the actual figure is over 400%. The government tampers with figures in order to hide the seriousness […]
Britain
Britain: Iraq, Kelly death, Hutton inquiry…
Blair’s web of deceit continues to unravel
Brazil
Brazil: Occupy and resist — The “roofless†struggle in São Bernardo do Campo
“Occupy and resist”, that is the cry in the encampment Santo Dias, with more than 7,000 people camping in Volkswagen’s plot of land in São Bernardo do Campo, in the São Paulo state.
Australia
Australia: That Which Surrounds Me – one
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India
India: Bomb blasts in Mumbai
“Nine bombings in as many months, almost 100 people dead, and some 200 injured: Bombay is in the midst of … the longest-running terror offensive any major Indian city has ever encountered…” (Editorial in ‘The […]