Western Europe
French regional elections: NPA defends Socialist Party
By Kumaran Ira, March 20, 2010
Despite the PS’ record and its public advocacy of social cuts during the election campaign, the NPA is calling on voters to support the PS.
Works councils and unions implement GM’s European “restructuring” plan
By Dietmar Henning, March 19, 2010
The works councils and unions are playing a key role in implementing GM’s “restructuring” plan, helping to work out the details of the cuts in jobs, wages and social benefits, while playing off ...
British Airways strike provokes fury in media and political establishment
By Julie Hyland, March 19, 2010
A ferocious campaign is under way by the political establishment and the media against the strike by British Airways cabin crew, scheduled to begin this weekend.
Germany: Young refugee commits suicide in deportation centre
By Martin Kreickenbaum, March 18, 2010
A refugee from Georgia hanged himself in his cell in the Hamburg city deportation centre on March 7. He had informed the authorities that he was just 17 years old.
Britain: Protests against closure of elderly care homes
By Ajanta Silva and Paul Mitchell, March 18, 2010
Funding long term care for the elderly has become a life and death issue for millions of individuals and families.
France: teachers, students march against education cuts
By Kumaran Ira, March 17, 2010
On March 12, thousands of students, teachers and parents took to the streets across France to protest education “reforms,” deteriorating working conditions, and job cuts.
German executives awarded themselves millions in 2009
By Elizabeth Zimmermann, March 17, 2010
The chief executives of the companies and banks listed in the German stock exchange index DAX pocketed millions in 2009 despite the economic crisis and a sharp slump in industrial production.
The Greek debt crisis signals a new stage in class conflict
By International Committee of the Fourth International, March 17, 2010
The Greek debt crisis marks a new stage in the global recession triggered by the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008. Governments all over the world reacted by handing over trillion...
Afghanistan violence escalates as US forces prepare Kandahar assault
By Patrick O’Connor, March 17, 2010
Intensified clashes between US-led occupying forces and Taliban and Afghan resistance fighters have seen a substantial increase in casualties, and an escalating civilian death toll.
French regional elections: Ruling party defeated amid mass abstention
By Antoine Lerougetel and Alex Lantier, March 16, 2010
The March 14 first round of France’s regional elections produced a massive abstention and a resounding disavowal of the austerity policies pursued by President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Britain: Communication Workers Union sells out postal workers
By Tony Robson, March 16, 2010
Postal workers should vote decisively against acceptance of “Business Transformation 2010 and Beyond,” the agreement worked out between Royal Mail (RM) and the Communication Workers Union (CWU).
Britain’s Chilcot inquiry: A whitewash of war crimes and Iraq war
By Robert Stevens, March 16, 2010
The hearings held by the inquiry into the war in Iraq, headed by Chairman Sir John Chilcot, have confirmed that the fundamental purpose for which it was convened was to ensure that those responsible f...
