Greece: Protestors blockade parliament in third general strike
V N Gelis reports today from Sindagma Square where 10,000 protestors are trying to stop MPs passing a new austerity package of cuts
Teachers vote overwhelmingly to strike to defend their pensions
Teachers in England and Wales have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action against government plans to cut their pensions. Dave Gay of Greenwich NUT (in a personal capacity), looks at what must be done to make the strike on 30 June the first step in a concerted campaign to defend pensions and fight government cuts to the public sector
Scotland's constitutional crisis
The most sensational result on the 5 May spate of elections and
referendum occurred in the Scottish parliamentary election, when
the SNP gained an absolute majority of seats. Allan Armstrong
explains why the result left everyone wrong-footed and how
socialists should respond now
After Fukushima: is nuclear power finished?
The recent nuclear accident in Japan has led
the left to redouble its efforts against nuclear power. But, asks
Stuart King, how does this square with reducing global warming?
David Walters argues that completely the wrong
Permanent Revolution 20, Summer 2011 out now!
Permanent Revolution 20, Summer 2011 out now!
Articles on Arab spring, crisis in the Eurozone, a roundtable on the anti-cuts movement in Britain, and the fall-out from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Plus briefings, reviews and debate
Carbon emissions on the rise again
The latest report on CO2 emissions for 2010 show the planet is on track for runaway climate change with disastrous consequences. Meanwhile world governments stand idly by.
Post Office in UK; fighting job losses and closures
Around 3,500 postal workers in four large London
workplaces will probably be on strike in the next few weeks after
voting 4-1 for industrial action against proposed job losses.Pete
Firmin delves into Royal Mail's plans and the union's
response
Arab spring inspires new Palestinian movement
The uprisings throughout the Middle East have
acted as a catalyst in the relations between the Palestinian
national movement, Israel and the US. Keith Harvey looks at recent
developments
Greece: Eyewitness account of 5 June protests in Athens occupied central square
As the economic and social
crisis in Greece intensifies, V N Gelis reports from the centre of
the protest in Athens
Liverpool People’s Assembly vows to oppose all cuts
On 4 June 2011 almost 150 people attended the People’s Assembly Against the Cuts in the grand setting of the Black E hall in the centre of Liverpool. The Assembly was supported by a wide range of unions and campaigns from across the area (see note 1).
Lambeth SoS: Resolution for Coalition of Resistance conference
That since the founding conference of CoR in Nov 2010, almost 200 anti cuts groups have sprung up around Britain. These have the support of those building a fightback against the cuts – Trade Unions, students, older peoples campaigns, user groups etc. They, alongside the TUs, are the focus and centre of the anti-cuts struggles....Lambeth Save Our Services
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Revolution appears during another round of the financial crisis. In
Europe Ireland has replaced Greece at the centre of the storm.
Maureen Gallagher reports on the impact of the crisis there.
On the other side of the world the US and China have been squaring up to a currency battle that could have long term implications for relations between two major world powers. Keith Harvey and Bill Jefferies examine the roots of the friction that lie in growing uneven developments in the world economy.
Christina Duval analyses the recent mass movement in France against pension reform, and interviews participants in the wave of struggles which led to mass strikes paralysing the country.
Can we learn from this in Britain? The mass student demonstrations and occupations seem to suggest we can. In our editorial and briefings we attempt to cover the varied aspects of a growing struggle against the Con-Dem Coalition – the role of direct action and violence, the anti-cuts movement, how the attacks on welfare and education will affect our future.
Two other briefings look at far-reaching political developments in the US and one small island off its coast. In the US the growth of the Tea Party movement has polarised politics sharply, while the new measures in Cuba adopted by the ruling party will significantly accelerate the restoration of capitalism in the economy.
