For first time in the country's history Croatia has been rocked by demonstrations with anti-capitalist slogans, reports Drago Markisa
The huge TUC organised demonstration in March has shown that the working class is still a force to be reckoned with. Mark L Thomas looks at the reality of class in Britain today, while Jack Farmer unpicks the debate within the Labour Party over how to relate to the cuts
Recent years have seen increased international coverage of LGBT issues. While activists are rightly outraged by the attacks people suffer in other parts of the world, it's important to understand the broader context of homophobia in order to avoid promoting racist stereotypes, argues Colin Wilson
Last month a national congress in Cuba agreed to reforms aimed at opening the country up to market forces. Mike Gonzalez examines Cuba's contradictions
French Algerian director Rachid Bouchareb spoke to Simon Assaf about his new film on the Algerian war of independence, Outside the Law
The other day I heard a recording of a Thatcher speech on the TV. It was one of those awful repetitive dogmatic dirges she was so fond of. Immediately the hairs on the back of my neck stood up and I felt my hackles rise.
Jane Hardy takes issue with a new study which claims that workers haven't suffered too badly in the recession
Colin Parsons looks at why socialists argue for mass strikes
Much of the coverage of John Hutton's proposals for what amounts to a major attack on public sector pensions concentrates (rightly) on the planned changes and their likely impact on workers. But little light has been shed on what Hutton and the government are trying to achieve.
What does the London School of Economics (LSE) have in common with Mariah Carey?
The true extent of the destruction that followed the Japanese earthquake and tsunami is only just being seen. But it is clear that many thousands of people have lost their lives and billions of pounds worth of damage has been done.
With the impending wedding of well-known aristocrats William Windsor and Catherine Middleton, it's a shame that other events took priority in this month's Socialist Review.
