The first case of Ebola was recorded in the US last week.
Roma people demonstrated outside their camp in Athens on Tuesday of last week against a planned eviction.
Student protesters are calling for action across Mexico on Wednesday of this week after the discovery of mass graves suspected to be of murdered student activists.
The ruling Labour-type Socialist Party lost control of the French senate to the right in an election this week. A police officer shot and killed 14 year old Cameron Tillman in the southern US state of Louisiana on Tuesday of last week. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was confirmed president of Afghanistan last week.
Greece’s right wing prime minister Antonis Samaras has appealed to the German government for “breathing space” from austerity.
Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah last week came to an agreement that will place border crossings from Gaza to Israel under the Palestinian Authority’s control.
Thousands of pro-democracy protesters remained on the streets of Hong Kong as Socialist Worker went to press.
We, the undersigned support the right of Hong Kong citizens to decide who they want to vote for Chief Executive rather than just have a choice of candidates who are vetted and approved by Beijing
People in Detroit face a desperate situation as creditors circle—but their fury has also pushed some to resist, reports Judith Orr
Thousands of university and college students in Hong Kong started a week long boycott of classes this week.
Greek workers strike; Egyptian socialist Mahienour el-Massry released;Spanish Tories drop plans to overturn abortion rights
The US is sending 3,000 troops to Liberia, west Africa, in the next month. It claims it is to deal with the Ebola crisis, and so far insists that it is just a matter of logistics and engineering.
