Events are moving at breathtaking speed in Egypt once again.
François Hollande of France’s Socialist Party (similar to Britain’s Labour Party) was elected president in May. Now his ratings are down to 36 percent—a record low for a new president.
Fast food workers across New York struck on Thursday of last week, demanding a pay rise and the right to join unions.
The new bailout agreement with Greece amounts to looting.
After more than 900 days in custody US army private Bradley Manning finally got to testify at his army pre-trial hearing in Maryland last week.
Israel has said it will restart its illegal settlement building programme in the West Bank, despite being condemned by United Nations (UN) members.
The ongoing Slovak teachers’ dispute has demonstrated the militant potential of the long dismissed Slovak working class.
Once again the 20,000 workers at Misr Spinning in Mahalla have taken the lead in challenging the Egyptian regime. They have rejected president Mohamed Mursi’s constitutional amendments and the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Last week Israel was forced to accept a ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza. Israel had not suffered any serious casualties, but neither had its Operation Pillar of Cloud had achieved the ends it wanted.
Tumi Moloi is a miner working at Amplats mine near Rustenburg. He describes what life is like for miners there—and why they struck for eight weeks
There were three demonstrations against the fascist Golden Dawn party in Athens on Saturday of last week, and more elsewhere in Greece.
Elections in Catalonia this week returned a parliament where more than two thirds of MPs want independence from Spain.
