The Ministry of Defence has released detailed reports of British troops’ actions in Afghanistan—and they reveal a lot about the crisis of the occupation.
The author and activist Arundhati Roy has made the following statement after facing serious harassment from right wing forces for calling for democracy in Kashmir:
France's right wing government is trying harsh state repression to break the huge movement of strikes and street protests against the attacks on pensions.
Thousands of leaked US military documents have revealed the grisly reality of the murder, torture and abuse of prisoners by US, British and local pro-occupation forces in Iraq.
Tens of thousands of trade unionists struck and took to the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday and Thursday of last week over the killing of left wing rail worker and student Mariano Ferreyra.
More than 250 people have died of cholera in an epidemic sweeping Haiti and doctors are terrified that the outbreak may spread. It could hit the makeshift tent cities surrounding the capital, Port-au-Prince, where 1.3 million homeless survivors of January’s earthquake live.
French workers and students continued their inspiring strikes in Thursday, as the movement comes to a critical point.
An NPA video showing French workers striking and protesting around the country
The fightback in France against attacks on pensions has shown magnificent resistance.
Protests rocked Athens on Thursday of last week, as Greek workers and students continued their fight against cuts.
Up to one million workers marched in Rome on Saturday against finance minister Giulio Tremonti’s deficit reduction plans. He is forcing through a £22 billion cuts package—but is facing huge resistance.
The progress of the fightback in France against the attacks on pensions hangs in the balance.
