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09/09/2010: For the Turkish and Kurdish working class and the left, September 12 is
above all a day of remembrance of one of the heaviest blows against the
workers in recent history.
09/09/2010: CHP offers no alternative
08/09/2010: Police hold human rights defender, Vadim Kuramshin, for 10 days to
prevent him meeting Joe Higgins MEP
08/09/2010: Despite being the most unpopular Taoiseach in the history of the state,
at the head of the most unpopular government in the history of the
state, Brian Cowen has been ranked as the fifth best global leader of
the year by the American Newsweek magazine.
08/09/2010: Brutal Nazerbayev regime presides over ticking social time-bomb
07/09/2010: Arrest of human rights lawyer and campaigner backfires on authorities
07/09/2010: “Democracy is sometimes a little bit difficult“, said the mayor of
Stuttgart, facing a mass movement against the railway project,
‘Stuttgart21’.
06/09/2010: Thousands demonstrate across Europe
06/09/2010: Strike will start today
03/09/2010: The only antidote to painful public-sector cuts
03/09/2010: Repression and criminalisation of struggle is not socialism!
02/09/2010: A socialist candidate for the Brazilian presidential elections
02/09/2010: Can Nigeria experience positive development and improved living
conditions?
01/09/2010: Say no to job cuts and poverty wages!
01/09/2010: Do local councillors have ‘no choice’? – Lessons from 1980s Liverpool
Council struggle
31/08/2010: The celebrations of the 30th anniversary of Solidarity take place
against the background of attacks and an unprecedented media campaign
against today’s trade unions and workers.
31/08/2010: Struggle must continue to save environment and to win democratic rights!
31/08/2010: Massive turn-out on ninth day of strike
31/08/2010: SNP are putting independence on the backburner
30/08/2010: Aren’t people motivated by money? Wouldn’t socialism stifle hard work
and innovation?
29/08/2010: Lawyer attacked and arrested in run-up to Euro MP’s visit
29/08/2010: Business and media circles are agog at “the most significant development
in philanthropy” for many decades.
28/08/2010: On August 28, the right-wing populist Tea Party Movement, an assortment
of conservative organizations, and Fox News commentator Glenn Beck will
descend on Washington, D.C. for the so-called “Restoring the Honor”
rally.
28/08/2010: The Australian Federal election held on August 21 delivered a hung
parliament – the first in 70 years. Neither the Labor Party led by Julia
Gillard nor the Coalition led by Tony Abbott won the 76 seats required
to form a government. The result is both a reflection of the lack of
enthusiasm people have towards the two major parties and a reflection of
the uncertain future that faces Australian capitalism.
27/08/2010: Strike and protest action in around 4,000 factories
27/08/2010: “Criminal negligence” of government and the super-rich
27/08/2010: Accordging to the Police Federation of Northern Ireland, dissident
republican groups have been responsible for carrying out an average of
two attacks a day since the beginning of the year.
27/08/2010: Up to 1,000 firefighters poured into the conference room of TUC
headquarters for a mass meeting of the London Fire Brigades Union (FBU)
on Tuesday night (24 August).
26/08/2010: The Hungarian parliamentary elections in April 2010 secured a landslide
victory for the conservative FIDESZ party, with their leader Victor
Orbán retaking the Prime Ministerial position that he had held from 1998
to 2002.
25/08/2010: The government hid information to the families for hours
25/08/2010: London Socialist Party members travelled to Watford (North of London) to
deliver a protest letter to the Vinci regional office.
25/08/2010: Solidarity vital
25/08/2010: Solidarity message from socialist brutally assaulted by thugs
24/08/2010: DSM demands: General Strike to support public sector workers
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