A talk given by Luke Cooper on the ideas and contested legacy in the communist movement of the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci Read more...

President Assad struggles to stay in power as the resistance movement grows Read more...

The New York Police attacked Occupy Wall Street, clearing the park and arresting many protesters in a clampdown aimed at destroying the Occupy movement, writes Dave Stockton Read more...

What is going on in Europe should be a wake up call to everyone, writes Simon Hardy Read more...

This week Italy overtook Greece as the state at the heart of the European crisis, raising the stakes and threatening to rip apart the Eurozone, writes Andy Yorke and Dave Stockton Read more...

No matter what they try, nothing seems to work… The world leaders have gathered at the G20, and European leaders are having regular summits, but the economy is just getting worse. Read more...

Chaos reigned in Athens as Prime Minister George Papandreou called a referendum to agree the latest round of austerity measure and EU bail outs, only to call it off days later. Read more...

Rajesh Thapa reports from Kathmandu on the growing divisions in the Maoists over the post civil war settlements Read more...