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The Military Council is the guardian of dictatorship and corruption The attacks by the armed forces on unarmed demonstrators at dawn Saturday using live bullets and tear gas, and their attempt to terrify protestors with armoured cars, puts the Military Council clearly in the camp of counter-revolution.

As Japan tries to come to terms with the havoc and devastation wreaked by the 11 March earthquake and tsunami, much has been written about the "stoical character" of the Japanese people. It's true that, for many, the only certainty in this world is disaster—specifically "tensai" (heavenly disaster).

UCU members in Scotland met on Friday of last week in the midst of disputes on jobs, pay and pensions.

French and United Nations (UN) helicopters bombed the compound of Ivory Coast’s sitting president Laurent Gbagbo on Monday.

More than 50 people took part in a sit-down protest over cuts to bus routes in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, on Thursday of last week.

Two London day centres have won reprieves thanks to anti-cuts campaigns.

A broad coalition of disability groups and campaigners has called a demonstration against cuts.

Prison officers across Britain have held meetings over the Tory government’s controversial plans to privatise jails.

The mass demonstration against cuts on 26 March lit a fire under the working class.

Fury at the Tories burst onto the streets of Camden, north London, last week as teachers struck against £20 million cuts to key children’s services.