Stop the War Coalition convenor, Lindsey German, and chair of CND, Kate Hudson, have issued calls for anti-war protests during the G8
We are angry and dismayed that Malawi is not included in the plan for debt relief.
The meeting of the G8 finance ministers on Thursday of last week ended with statements about a "historic" cancellation of the debt that burdens poorer countries.
Pride of place in the BBC’s upcoming Africa Lives season goes to a series called Geldof In Africa. Six 30 minute reports, with a related coffee table book, will start on BBC1 at 7.30pm on Monday of next week.
As G8 leaders argue about the measly aid budget to the Third World, the money spent globally on weapons has reached more than $1,000 billion a year.
Supporters of Omar Deghayes, a detainee at Guantanamo Bay since 2002 and a British resident, met on Monday this week to discuss what further action to take to safeguard his return here.
The no votes in the French and Dutch referendums on the European Constitutional Treaty have sent shockwaves through mainstream parties across the European Union (EU). France’s ruling conservative coalition and the centre left Socialist Party are in turmoil following the result.
The Dutch no vote to the EU constitution was a blow for the right wing government and a victory for the left.
As Socialist Worker went to press, workers at Ambala Foods in Stratford, east London, seemed close to reaching a settlement in their seven-week long battle for decent pay.
BBC unions were set to meet with director-general Mark Thompson on Wednesday of this week in an attempt to negotiate over his plans for 3,800 job losses.
Anti-fascist activists are out to stop the British National Party (BNP) at a council by-election in Barking and Dagenham, east London, on 23 June.
