Month: February 2012
Iran: War clouds gather
War clouds are gathering, once again, over the Middle East. Heightening tensions over the last months between the US and its allies and Iran have seen covert assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists, cyber warfare, attacks on Iranian military and missile installations, and a build-up of Western forces in the region and speculation of military preparations for air attacks on Iran.
Greece: solidarity visit – Day 3
On Friday 24 February, the official GUE/NGL delegation was over and I spent the day with members of Xekinima (the Socialist Party’s sister party in Greece) visiting and discussing with different groups of workers in struggle.
Paul Murphy MEP calls for rejection of Austerity Treaty
- Treaty will mean savage austerity to devastate people's lives and economy
- People's opportunity to reject austerity at ballot box
National children’s hospital:
- Instead of pushing ahead with Mater site, full public review needed
- Secondary children’s hospitals must be maintained
Criminal policies of privatisation
The decision by the government to sell off €3 billion worth of state assets is arguably the most economically and socially criminal of the many criminal policies implemented in this State over the past three years in the interest of salvaging the financial system in Europe from the consequences of the speculative activities of its big players. It is the wrong policy at any time but most especially at a time of major crisis in the Irish economy due to a collapse of demand and a related collapse in private investment in job creation.
SNP’s independent capitalist Scotland – No solution for working class
A referendum on whether Scotland should become an independent country will take place in the autumn of 2014. The Scottish National Party (SNP) government in Edinburgh is currently conducting a consultation process, including as to whether 16 and 17 year-olds should get a vote and whether a question on maximum devolution should be included.
Greece: solidarity visit – Day 2
Workers in struggle and discussions with the Greek left
Greece: solidarity visit – Day 1
Austerity measures have gone so far that they increasingly represent an attack on society itself.
Another attempt to assassinate the legacy of Leon Trotsky?
Condemnation of Leon Trotsky is well-trodden ground for so-called biographer Robert Service. Service was condemned by The American Historical Review (June 2011), which considered his 'biography' of Trotsky a complete distortion.
Young people across Europe take to the streets against ‘ACTA’
The German federal government attempted to prevent protests developing there just before the international day of action against “ACTA” on 11 February. They publicly announced that they will not sign the ACTA agreement, but will re-examine it.