12 June 2013

Syria threatens sectarian middle east war

Urgent need for independent working class socialist organisations: The capturing of the strategically important city of Qusair by pro-government forces, including Hezbollah and Iraqi Shias, marks a new stage in the bloody quagmire of Syria and is likely to have wide ramifications, writes Peter Taaffe More...

12 June 2013

Labour crosses the Rubicon - again

In a series of speeches last week, the Labour leadership crossed the Rubicon and completely betrayed the poor and working class More...

12 June 2013

No to G8 austerity

End the rule of big business, poverty and war: The leaders of the most powerful nations in the world will soon descend on Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, for the 17-18 June G8 Summit, writes Niall Mulholland, Committee for a Workers' International (CWI). More...

17/6/13 Brighton

Bin workers strike for seven days  Hundreds of people rallied in support of Brighton CityClean workers as they began a 7-day strike. Demo report added 18.6.13 More...

16/6/13 Salford

Stopping the BNP from meeting  Twice in the last few weeks, the BNP has been prevented from holding public meetings in Salford More...

16/6/13 Turkey

Police launch brutal assault  Yesterday Turkey's security forces launched a large-scale brutal attack on a peaceful concert and protesters in Istanbul's Gezi park and Taksim square. It is urgent to send protests More...

11/6/13 Leicester

NUT members strike to defend teaching assistant posts  'Things are getting serious' a NUT member told me on the picket line at Uplands Junior School. (Updates added on 13 & 18 June) More...

10/6/13 Chesterfield

College lecturers strike against redundancies  Chesterfield College lecturers were supported by students in a one-day strike against compulsory redundancies More...