The Labour party has crashed in a disastrous result in the Australian election. It is the only government since 1931 to face losing power after one term in office.
The African National Congress (ANC) government in South Africa has used the army, police and the courts to try and break a 1.3 million strong public sector workers’ strike. The action involves teachers, civil service workers and health workers.
Some 200 Roma people have been deported from France as part of President Sarkozy’s racist scapegoating. Within weeks 700 Roma will be expelled. So far police have broken up over 50 Roma camps, and Sarkozy has vowed to hit 300.
World leaders are still refusing to release funds that could save lives in Pakistan.
Striking garment workers in Bangladesh are continuing their struggle for a decent minimum wage, despite government pleas for them to accept a poor deal from employers.
Global clothing importers from the West rushed to back the meagre increase to the minimum wage in Bangladesh.
Speculators are once again driving up the price of staple foods and threatening to push millions of the poorest people around the world into hunger.
The British media have reported the hearings into the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor as a soap opera starring such celebrities as Naomi Campbell and Mia Farrow.
1821 US Colonisation Society buys part of Sierra Leone in West Africa and US provides firepower to set up a colony—Liberia. It resettled around 20,000 US slaves who had won their freedom.
Elections this week in Rwanda, central Africa, saw much praise for President Paul Kagame.
Open Sit-In Since 12 July 2010, workers of the FuturePipe Factory in North Lebanon have been holding an open sit-in protesting against the closure of the factory. The management of the factory had stated that the reason behind closure is due to significant losses.
A potent strike by Greece’s truck drivers last week marked a new stage in the fight against austerity measures being imposed on the country’s people.
