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"THE PEOPLE'S games welcome the world." That is the message from Australia's politicians for the Sydney Olympic Games opening on Friday. Australia's Liberal [Tory] government wants to project the imag...

IT IS a bit rich to hear William Hague calling for the Dome to be closed when Labour has simply copied the Tories' plans. It's also a joke for Lord Falconer to claim that the Dome has brought jobs an...

Comment Is struggle a threat to democracy?THE ENTIRE political establishment accused the fuel protesters of holding the country to ransom this week. They never talk of multinationals blackmailing wor...

The Dome resounds

Demonstrate against the IMF in Prague Tuesday 26 September E-mail [email protected]* SHEFFIELD Assemble 12.30pm, Fargate, by Cathedral tram stop* BIRMINGHAM Assemble 4.30pm, Barclays Bank, Colmor...

"UNIONS NOW find themselves in the most favourable political and economic context for more than 30 years." These were the words of John Monks, leader of the Trades Union Congress, last week. He welco...

"THE PROTEST blockades we've seen in France can never happen in Britain." That was the media's message at the end of last week. Within two days they were happening here. The bitterness that caused t...

THE ORGANISATION in charge of American free trade has backed a US company's right to pollute and fined the Mexican government a staggering 17 million. The innocuous-sounding North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is charged with regulating trade agreements between the US, Canada and Mexico.

HEALTH WORKERS on strike across Dudley hospitals in the West Midlands have now held 13 days of strike action. Around 600 workers are battling against a clutch of private firms in the consortium Summi...

IN THE space of less than 12 months the price of oil on the world market has more than tripled, from $10 to almost $35 a barrel. This comes after a long period of low and falling oil prices. With the ...

MELBOURNE exploded in mass anti-capitalist protest on Monday. Ten thousand protesters, the equivalent of 50,000 in Britain, successfully laid siege to the World Economic Forum (WEF) being held in Melb...

TORY LEADER William Hague last week proudly unveiled some of the most right wing policies ever put forward by a mainstream party. He walked in to the music of the band Massive Attack-appropriate because his plans are a massive attack on us all.