A clear lesson is coming from Ireland—cuts and austerity do not end recession, and they can make it worse.
A new round of general strikes is taking place in Europe against attempts to make workers’ pay for the economic crisis.
Venezuela’s National Assembly looks very different today. The majority that backs President Hugo Chavez- elected in 2005 when the right did not present candidates – has been reduced from 147 to 99 seats.
Election day in Afghanistan was meant to be a day of triumph for imperialism.
Venezuela goes to the polls on 26 September to elect members its National Assembly.
French workers were to hold a further general strike this week over pensions.p>
Protests broke out in Sweden after a fascist party won 20 seats in last week’s election.
The referendum for democratising changes to Turkey's constitution has been passed by a higher than expected margin, with 58 percent voting yes.
Around three million workers took to the streets of France on Tuesday of last week in a huge day of action over attacks on pensions.
It was 1am and 64-year old Mohammed Akram was playing chess with a family friend when 30 soldiers came crashing through the door of his Kabul apartment.
Huge numbers of Indian workers joined a 24-hour strike last week against rising prices and privatisation. Action by around 100 million workers shut banks, power plants, telecommunications, airports and schools across the country.
The resistance to the Greek government’s austerity programme is on the rise again, with protests and strikes breaking out across the country.
