Ireland North
Northern Ireland: 2,000 classroom assistants’ hold one-day strike
Solid action against pay cut and attacks on working conditions
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World Economy
World Economy: Credit crunch threatens global downturn
The global capitalist economy has been hit by a major credit crunch.
Pakistan
Pakistan: Crisis continues in run-up to presidential elections
All wings of establishment jostle for power
Britain
Britain: Rocking capitalism
The Northern Rock banking crisis
Africa
Africa: Workers’ struggle and capitalist nightmare
Economic ‘upswing’ offers no improvement for the masses
History & Anniversaries
History: 40th anniversary of the death of Che Guevara
“..it is not for revolutionaries to sit in their doorways of their houses waiting for the corpse of imperialism to pass by” (Second Declaration of Havana, 1962)
Myanmar-Burma
Burma: Army shoot peaceful demonstrators
Deaths and injuries, as protests spread
Britain
Britain: Banking crisis exposes fragile economic boom
Capitalism could drag millions of working people into an economic and social abyss.
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Classroom Assistants vote 93% for strike action on 26 September
1,000 schools affected…picket lines in every city, town and village
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Assembly government carries out neo-liberal policies
Sectarian parties lower taxes for big business while hiking taxes for workers