Greece is aflame with strikes and mass struggle. All public sector workers struck on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Private sector workers joined them on Wednesday creating another general strike – the fourth this year.
The Greek economy is caught in the vice of the capitalist system.
Europe’s press and politicians have attempted to portray ordinary Greeks as lazy and ill deserving of being bailed out.
A new military order to enable Israel to capture or deport every Palestinian resident in the occupied West Bank who does not have a permit issued by the Israeli authorities came into force on Tuesday 13 April at 5pm.
"It’s revolution here," observed a taxi driver as the people of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia rose up and overthrew President Bakiyev last week.
Hundreds of thousands of Red Shirt demonstrators have taken to the streets of Thailand over the last few weeks, demanding democracy.
The first round of the Hungarian elections last weekend saw a devastating victory for the right wing.The fascist Jobbik party also made major gains.
Greece is back in the eye of the storm—if it ever went away. European leaders this week agreed to loan the government up to £26.4 billion, if it asks for it.
Nato has at last admitted shooting dead five Afghan civilians—having spent a month trying to cover up the murders.
A series of bombings in the Russian republic of Ingushetia could be laying the groundwork for another war in the region.
Israel is threatening another all-out military assault on Gaza after injuring three children in airstrikes last Thursday night.
Protests have broken out in the West Bank in the last few weeks, which have seen thousands of Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers and "security" police in the cities of Ramallah, Hebron and Nablus, and East Jerusalem.
