The Lindsey Oil Refinery Strike
A few days ago, Greek workers marched in support of the rights of low-paid migrant workers. In France, workers have marched with banners declaring ni état ni patrons — RÉVOLUTION (neither state nor bosses — REVOLUTION). Their anger was correctly directed at greedy bosses and the response of their governments to the crisis in global [...]
SNP Fail
Shortbread futures plunged today, after Scotland’s minority nationalist government failed to get its budget passed through Parliament, despite support from the Tories. First Minister (and former Royal Bank of Scotland economist) Alex Salmond’s £33 billion budget is almost exactly the same size as the financial shortfall caused by his casino-capitalist cronies, or to put it [...]
The Golden Age iii
It is amusing — as it is predictable — to observe the more paranoid, conspiracy minded elements on the ‘left’ arguing with their mirror images on the chauvinist right about the BBC’s decision not to broadcast the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal for aid for Gaza. In their minds, events do not unfold dialectically, but [...]
Direct Action In Athens
Protesters have clashed with police during a demonstration in support of Constantina Kuneva, the union activist who thugs attempted to murder in an acid attack last month, leaving her blind in one eye and her vocal chords destroyed. Constantina had been campaigning against the shocking working conditions and near slave wages paid to migrant workers [...]
Stanislav Markelov And Anastasia Baburova Murdered
Russian human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova were murdered in Moscow on Monday,
after a press conference at which Markelov discussed his plans for opposing and investigating the early parole of Colonel Yuri Budanov, who was convicted in 2003 of the murder of a young Chechen woman, Elza Kungayeva, and sentenced to ten [...]
Stop Messing About — Nationalise The Banks
Following the spectacular and resounding failure of casino capitalism in the banking ‘powerhouses’ of the western neo-liberal economies, the Brown Labour government must nationalise British banks and prosecute the banking executives and senior managers who are stealing billions of pounds from taxpayers. Banks are taking massive handouts from the public purse — another £200 billion [...]
Justice Demanded For Union Activist Attacked With Acid
Greece: ITUC demands that justice be done after ignominious acid attack on a woman trade unionist:
On 22 December Constantina Kuneva, a Bulgarian migrant worker and union activist, was the victim of an attack using sulphuric acid while returning home from her workplace. She was seriously wounded, losing the use of one eye and of her [...]
