A new newspaper produced entirely under workers’ control in Greece hit the shelves on Wednesday of last week—and became the highest circulation paper in Athens.
International pressure is mounting against the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
Around 15,000 people formed a human chain around the city of Dresden, Germany, on Sunday of last week.
Six socialists in Zimbabwe have lost their application to have charges of "conspiring to commit public violence" dismissed.
The International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the European Central Bank want to change the Greek constitution.
Hundreds of thousands of people all over Spain took part in demonstrations called by trade unions in defence of workers’ rights last Sunday.
Tory foreign secretary William Hague said that Iran’s nuclear program could lead to a Middle East "cold war" last week. He later warned that an Israeli assault on Iran would not be "a wise thing".
Workers and students in Egypt’s state and private universities held a national strike last Saturday, 11 February.
Civilian casualties mount in Syria as Bashar al-Assad’s forces try to smash the revolutionary movement there.
Trade unions and activists in Egypt called for mass strikes on Saturday of last week.
The Greek government has come out badly shaken by three days of workers fighting back.
More than 300,000 demonstrators took to the streets in Portugal last Saturday to take part in the country’s biggest mass protest for decades.
