Comment & Analysis
People’s Alternative Summit in Madrid – Cumbre Alternativa de los Pueblos
Counter-summit to meeting of European, Latin American and Caribbean leaders discusses alternatives to the current crisis.
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Australia
Australia: Original nation passports issued to Tamil refugees
The Socialist Party helped organise this May Day action in support of the Tamil refugees who were stranded in Merak, Indonesia. The footage below includes parts of a speech delivered by SP member Mel Gregson.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: One year after the war
A CONSTANT stream of Tamils flowed into Parliament Square, London, on Tuesday 18 May.
Germany
Solidarity: Support Torsten Sting and other dismissed workers!
Dismissals with Sixt because of foundation of a works committee
Youth & Students
Puerto Rico: Students and workers fight austerity cuts
A mass student strike has shut down university campuses for nearly two months in Puerto Rico.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s “516” election – half a million people defy the government
LSD’s 278,931 votes to Donald Tsang’s 649 votes – who has failed to muster support?
Thailand
Thailand: Joe Higgins MEP condemns the brutal repression of protesters
At a Plenary Session of the European Parliament, Joe Higgins MEP condemns the brutal repression of protesters in Thailand by the military
Europe
Europe: The European Union’s spiral of crisis
Workers alternative needed to agenda of Europe’s bosses
Britain
Britain: The ConDem coalition
Not-so-new politics
Europa
Italia: ContraCorrente fortalece relaciones con el CIT
mundosocialista.net Un fin de semana llena de debates sobre las perspectivas de la izquierda en Italia y Europa en el marco de la crisis capitalista internacional. La visita de Peter Taaffe, secretario del Partido Socialista […]