France
France: Chirac victory
Chirac’s victory in the second round of the French National Assembly elections has been widely presented as a further part of a European swing to the political right.
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Germany
Germany: Building workers strike
THOUSANDS OF building workers downed tools and walked off sites throughout Germany to demand a 4.5% pay rise. The strikers are also demanding a rise in the minimum pay rate for workers in the former […]
Norway
Norway: World Bank Oslo conference
Several demonstrations are planned to protest against the World Bank’s Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) Conference in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, 24-26 June.
Theory & Marxism
Theory: What about Russia
Did the fall of the USSR prove that socialism will inevitably fail?
Comment & Analysis
Review: Victor Serge – The Course is Set on Hope by Susan Weissman
A socialist activist in several countries, revolutionary journalist par excellence, novelist, and poet – Victor Serge was a man of huge talents. During his extraordinary life (1890-1947), Serge graduated from youthful anarchism to Bolshevism. He […]
Spain
Spain: Workers prepare to test right wing government with one-day general strike
On 20 June, workers in Spain will strike for 24 hours against the imposition of a law that drastically cuts unemployment benefit.
Spain
Spain: Mass protests planned for June EU summit
Anti-capitalist protesters, trade unionists, and socialists will be demonstrating against the upcoming European Union summit to be held in Seville on 20-21 June 2002. CWI members and supporters from Spain and also from a number […]
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Ceasefire and the ballot box
Council elections in Sri Lanka have reinforced last December’s general election results with the United National Party strengthening its position further. It was bolstered, above all, by the cease-fire deal with the separatist Liberation Tigers […]
France
France: National assembly elections
The results of the June 2 first round of the national assembly elections are not simply a right wing success and do not give a full picture of French politics.
Italy
Italy: Local election defeat for Berlusconi
The second round of local elections affecting 25% of Italy’s electorate confirmed a big electoral swing against the Berlusconi forces after a year of his belligerent right wing government. Even in the North, the center-left […]