Great revolutions in the modern era take years to ebb and flow. They usually begin with temporary and superficial unity between all the opponents of the old regime.
More than 25,000 people gathered in Prague’s Wenceslas Square on Saturday to protest against austerity measures being pushed through by the Czech Republic’s right wing coalition government.
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People in Gaza faced another night of terror as Israel amassed troops on the border and threatened a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.
Thousands gathered outside the Irish parliament on Wednesday night after news that Savita Halappanavar, a 31 year old woman, had died in a Galway hospital after repeatedly being denied a life-saving abortion.
Air strikes and warships pounded Gaza yesterday, murdering Ahmad al-Jaabri, military chief of the elected Hamas authority and at least eight other Palestinians.
The general strike against austerity began in Spain and Portugal in the middle of last night, with picket lines at bin, bus and post depots.
The recent arrests of socialist leaders in Russia, on charges of organising riots, are the latest step in the Vladimir Putin government’s attempts to stifle opposition.
Jim Nichol, who represents miners’ families at the inquiry into South Africa’s Marikana massacre, reports on developments
Argentina’s rich are on the march Hundreds of thousands marched through Buenos Aires in Argentina on Thursday of last week against the government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
The Greek parliament passed a fresh austerity budget by the skin of its teeth last week—but already it faces renewed resistance as a fresh general strike was set for Wednesday.
More than 30,000 striking miners at the Amplats platinum mine near Rustenberg in South Africa rejected the firm’s latest pay offer last Saturday.
