Thousands of people took to the streets around Ireland last Saturday to demand water charges be scrapped.
The Ukrainian government is calling for Western military support as fighting with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine intensifies.
Workers marched through the Turkish capital Ankara last Sunday in protest at a government ban on a strike.
Government forces opened fire on people commemorating the 2011 revolution, writes Charlie Kimber
Palestinians in Israel held a three-day general strike last week following the killing of a protester by Israeli police.
Houthi fighters forced Yemen’s president Abd-Rabbuh Mansour Hadi and government to resign last week.
Dave Sewell reports from Athens on people’s hopes for change after the election of the anti-austerity party Syriza
Voters in Greece delivered a resounding rejection of austerity in last Sunday’s general election.
Giorgos Pittas, a candidate for the anti?capitalist coalition Antarsya, spoke to Socialist Worker about the key priorities after Sunday’s election.
Syriza’s new coalition partner, the Independent Greeks or Anel, is a split from the Tory New Democracy.
The crowds surged and the flags swayed in Omomia Square, central Athens, as Alexis Tsipras announced, “Don’t be afraid. It’s time for change”.
Charity Amnesty International described the recent bloodbath in Baga, Nigeria, as Islamist group Boko Haram’s “deadliest massacre”. Some 2,000 people were killed.
