The furious response to the police killing of a 15 year old boy in Athens last Saturday has seen mass protests, strikes and student walkouts rock Greece's right wing government.
The next meeting of the G20 group of nations will take place in London on 2 April.
The Nato-led occupation of Afghanistan is coming under severe threat, with Afghan resistance forces led by the Taliban threatening to encircle the capital city Kabul.
A government scheme to guarantee the pensions of millions of workers is in danger of collapsing because of the huge growth in corporate pension shortfalls.
Postal workers in seven mail centres have voted to take one-day strikes in the run-up to Christmas.
The Socialist Workers Party hosted A World In Crisis: the Socialist Solution, a special one-day conference on Saturday of last week.
The bosses, pundits, press and politicians have all had their say on the credit crunch. The one voice that hasn’t being heard is that of the workers in the banking industry.
People who have taken out unsecured loans are increasingly finding that their homes are under threat – thanks to the scandal of moneylenders going to the courts to obtain "charging orders" on their loans.
Around 10,000 people marched in London last Saturday at a demonstration called by the Campaign Against Climate Change. The march was young, noisy – and prepared to take direct action.
More than 500 bus drivers employed by First Bus in Bradford are set to strike for three days from Wednesday of next week in a dispute over pay.
A mixed pattern of ballot results at three London bus companies last week shows the urgency of calling new strike dates and building a network of activists that can take the campaign forward.
Christmas was ruined for thousands of families two years ago when the Farepak savings scheme collapsed. The HBOS bank pulled the plug on the scheme’s parent company – and 120,000 people lost a total of £38 million in savings.
