The issues of neo-liberalism and war dominated the ESF—they were themes running through the whole event, including the "Assembly of the social movements" on the final Sunday.
Prison guards reveal torture US GUARDS subjected detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp to torture, ex-workers at the camp have admitted. In interviews for the New York Times military guards, intelligence agents and others revealed the horrific treatment dished out to detainees.
"Congress was right to give the president the authority to use force to hold Saddam Hussein accountable... We must do everything in our power to complete the mission and get the job done." John Kerry, Democratic presidential candidate speaking on foreign policy at New York University earlier this month
YOU CAN stand as a candidate for the fascist BNP and still be welcome at Richard Branson’s Virgin Trains. But if you’re Muslim you’d better watch your step.
UKRAINE will begin withdrawing troops from Iraq regardless of the outcome of its presidential election at the end of next week.
THERE’S A myth that, while there’s trouble in Iraq, the government is doing well over poverty and equality at home. So what do people in Britain earn?
I HAVE a question for radical and progressive people in the West. What are we going to do to save the world? I know that many of you have marched and demonstrated against Bush and Blair’s war in Iraq.
THE DISCUSSIONS at the European Social Forum (ESF) in London on building workplace resistance showed significant progress compared with last year’s forum in Paris.
THE BALLOT of 290,000 civil service workers in the PCS union is set to end on Friday of this week.
BALLOT PAPERS have gone out to Unison union members in the NHS for the vote to decide whether to accept Agenda for Change—the government’s plan for sweeping changes to health workers’ terms and conditions.
