"Split talk" in the Nepalese Maoists
Rajesh Thapa Sun, 30/10/2011 - 16:26Rajesh Thapa reports from Kathmandu on the growing divisions in the Maoists over the post civil war settlements Read more...
Union-busting at Qantas
Rebecca Anderson Sun, 30/10/2011 - 14:46A bitter dispute between the Australian airline Qantas and its workforce over job cuts and outsourcing took a dramatic turn on 29 October when the company threw down the gauntlet and announced that it would ground all flights immediately and lock out all staff from 31 October. Read more...
#Occupy Movement hits Pakistan
Shehzad Arshad Wed, 26/10/2011 - 10:54The Occupy Lahore Camp started on Sat 22 October at 12. p.m. in Nasir Bagh park a regular site for political rallies. Read more...
Greece: October 20: second day of 48h general strike (clashes between demonstrators)
Yannis Almpanis Tue, 25/10/2011 - 13:54The 48th general strike of October 19-20 has been by far the most successful strike in Greece since the fall of the dictatorship in 1974. It was the first time since many many years that private sector had a huge participation in a labor mobilization. Read more...
Pakistan: Women health workers fight for their rights
Mon, 24/10/2011 - 11:57Women health workers are protesting across the whole of Pakistan for their wages for the last four months. They often do not receive them and they are also demanding that their contracts be made permanent. Read more...
Sri Lanka after the elections
Socialist Party of Sri Lanka Mon, 24/10/2011 - 11:55The local elections on 8th of October ended with victory of the ruling nationalist alliance “United People’s Freedom Alliance” around the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) of president Rajapakse. The Alliance won 22 of the 23 contested urban councils. The United National Party (UNP) the main bourgeois opposition party, was only able to win in Colombo district. Read more...
Todos somos bombeiros! The struggle of fire fighters in the state of Rio de Janeiro
Rico Rodriguez Fri, 07/10/2011 - 22:00Fire fighters in the state of Rio de Janeiro have been organising protests for half a year. They organised several demonstrations and protests and in September they set up a camp in front of the parliament building in downtown Rio. So what is their struggle about? Read more...