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David Cameron’s spin‑doctor Andy Coulson quit last week over phone-hacking at the News of the World.

The global super-rich gathered in London last week to celebrate the opening of One Hyde Park in Knightsbridge.

It was a case of deja vu as warmonger Tony Blair put in his second appearance at the Iraq inquiry last Friday.

The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) met last Saturday to discuss May’s council elections.

‘Somebody better get down there and explain offside to her’

Political and sectarian tensions in Lebanon are at the fore once more. On Tuesday, the Hizbollah-backed candidate for prime minister, Najib Mikati, was appointed. Anti-Hizbollah demonstrations broke out in the north of the country as the appointement was announced.

Students have led the fightback against the Tory coalition. Thousands of young people have poured onto the streets to battle student fees and cuts.

Socialists in Greece are leading the fight against the government’s austerity programme and attempts to blame immigrants for the crisis. As part of this racist scapegoating, fascists had taken over parts of the Agios Panteleimonos area of Athens and attacked immigrants.

A referendum has taken place in the south of the African country of Sudan to ask people whether they want to form a separate state.

Part of my family was wiped out for the crime of being Jewish in what has become known as the Holocaust. The German Nazi regime strove to create a racially pure, authoritarian society where dissent or difference was not to be tolerated.

Mirfat Badallah’s campaign to stop her deportation to Yemen is growing. Last week she sent 28 letters of support to the Home Office. She urgently needs more solidarity.