"DRAT THE British!" Karl Marx once said in frustration at his London exile. When the European revolutions of 1848 began to crumble Marx was forced to come to London.
'I HAVE come to the European Social Forum because, if you want to change the world, you need to know the world. Here you can find out what people around the world are doing to fight for change.
WELCOME TO the European Social Forum, and welcome to the new-look Socialist Worker. To readers old and new, we hope you like the new design and, more importantly, the new content!
THE GENERAL secretary of the NUT teachers’ union, Steve Sinnott, was this week sending posters for the European Social Forum (ESF) into every school in England and Wales.
The dispossessed are mobilising
With 300 people registering daily to come to the European Social Forum (ESF), one group making special efforts to organise support are asylum seekers.
THERE’S ONLY three weeks to go before the European Social Forum (ESF) hits London. Tens of thousands will come to Alexandra Palace to discuss alternatives to capitalism and debate the way forward for the movement.
THE HARTLEPOOL by-election has been called for 30 September. The election was sparked when Peter Mandelson MP was given a lucrative job as a European commissioner. It should be a safe Labour seat, but these days there is no such thing.
‘IT’S STARTING to feel like the whole movement is heading to London for the European Social Forum (ESF) in October," says Chris Nineham, who is part of the mobilisation for the event.
