As of Tuesday morning I had received over 11,800 e-mails of support following my appearance at the US senate’s McCarthyite committee seven days previously.
A vibrant and powerful strike by thousands of BBC workers severely hit the corporation’s programming on Monday of this week. Workers picketed BBC buildings around Britain, including Glasgow (pictured). They were set to strike again against job cuts on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week
Millions of people around the world cheered as Respect MP George Galloway denounced the war on Iraq in the US senate last week. He also took apart the senators’ allegations against him about Iraq’s oil for food programme. Ron McKay, who sat beside George Galloway throughout the hearing, writes for Socialist Worker.
"So Senator, did he get the better of you?" Senator Norm Coleman’s face fell as he stood before the small crowd of expectant journalists. Struggling to find an answer that wouldn’t betray his dismay, Senator Coleman settled with, "Well, um, it wasn’t a contest."
Exhibits handed to George Galloway moments before he spoke to the US senate committee have confirmed Socialist Worker’s exposure of forgery in key documents.
George Galloway’s statement to the senate committee has been "lost" from the senate website.
Labour's leaders have launched a brutal witch-hunt in the Blaenau Gwent constituency in South Wales, designed to eradicate anyone who dares to stand up against Tony Blair.
New Iraqi witness statements, seen by Socialist Worker, tell of torture meted out by British soldiers.
Campaigners and civil rights groups have reacted with anger to a judge’s decision last week to allow the extradition of Babar Ahmad to the US on "terrorism" charges.
Government lawyers have responded to a case brought against them by Military Families Against the War with the astonishing claim that the decision to go to war had no bearing on the deaths of British soldiers.
G8 Alternatives, who are helping to mobilise people for the protests at the G8 summit in Scotland this July, have launched an open letter to defend the right to protest.
A number of protests and meetings have been organised for the week of the G8 summit. Events include:
