Generals in Turkey have threatened "military intervention" to halt a vote in the country's parliament that could see Abdullah Gül, the current foreign minister from the mainstream Islamist party Justice and Development (AK), elected as president.
The "Power to the People" campaign organised by Women of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) spread to Harare on Monday 23 April. Protesters assembled in the morning and held simultaneous ‘tough love’ protests at offices of state power company, Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa), in Kuwadzana, Warren Park and Zengeza. Over 470 members from 10 different areas of Harare took part.
The United Nations (UN) and international aid agencies are warning that Iraqis are facing grave dangers to their health as a result of the chaos caused by war and occupation.
Phillipos Dolo travelled from South Africa to London this week to confront the giant Anglo American mining corporation at its annual general meeting.
Car Workers taking part in an indefinite strike at the Hindustan Motors factory in Uttarpara, in the Indian state of West Bengal, were brutally assaulted by police last week.
Shocking details – including video footage – have come to light of the brutal torture methods routinely used by Egypt’s security services.
Over 1,000 people are reported killed during the recent assault on the Somali capital Mogadishu, by US-backed Ethiopian forces.
The Egyptian government has begun a crackdown on trade unionists at the heart of a recent wave of strikes.
The official campaign for the French presidential elections began on Monday. The first round of voting takes place on 22 April.
The Zimbabwean regime is trying to crack down even harder on workers' opposition. Socialists and trade unionists must redouble their efforts to give solidarity to workers fighting back.
The US multinational Chiquita Brands International has admitted funding death squads which unleashed a reign of terror in Colombia.
The people of Iran have every reason to be fearful and suspicious of US and British military activity in their region. Both powers have a long history of imperial intervention in Iran – installing dictatorships, fomenting wars and terrorising ordinary people.
