Monti will run against Berlusconi Italy’s ruling class is in turmoil once more in the run-up to next month’s general election.
Egypt’s president Mohamed Mursi won a majority with 64 percent of the vote in last month’s referendum on his new constitution.
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime faces the prospect of a long and slow defeat.
Winter is biting hard in austerity-hit Greece, but workers are still fighting back.
Protesters continued to occupy both Tahrir Square and the streets around the presidential palace as voting began in Egypt’s referendum on a new constitution.
Banners hang across the streets and graffiti covers the walls in central Cairo. The centre of Tahrir Square is occupied by protesters. It’s the day before the first day of voting for a new constitution in Egypt—and tension is high.
Mass demonstrations across Egypt by hundreds of thousands of people have forced Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Mursi to withdraw a decree that gave him draconian powers.
Greek public services to strike Public sector unions in Greece have called a general strike for Thursday of next week. Private sector unions will hold a shorter stoppage. Local government workers will strike for three days.
The Tunisian revolution began two years ago this month—and set in motion a wave of revolt across North Africa and the Middle East.
The ongoing teachers’ dispute in Slovakia has demonstrated the militant potential of a long sidelined working class.
There are hundreds of thousands of people on the streets today, Friday. People are marching on the presidential palace right now, while the army is trying to close off all access.
Teachers and students in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, are striking against the arrest and interrogation of leading Tamil activists from their university.
