Venezuela’s president Hugo Chavez Frias has died in hospital after a long fight with cancer. Mike Gonzalez looks back at Chavez’s life and ideas—and the Venezuela he leaves behind.... read more

A jury unanimously find student protesters Alfie Meadows and Zak King not guilty of violent disorder. This follows a battle for almost two years with.... Read more

Huge corporations who make billions in profits will pay the same tax rate as the people who clean their offices.
That was what bungling baron George Osborne announced last week, in his budget....... Read more pic:cbi

Poorer tenants and their supporters across Britain are fighting the Tories’ hated bedroom tax. Here are just ten reasons why you should join them...
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A quarter of a million civil service workers struck as George Osborne delivered his budget last week. A strike by 250,000 civil service workers last week reopened the debate on where resistance to the Tories can go next....Read more

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The crisis in Cyprus is dominating headlines worldwide and in Greece. The mainstream media claims that what is at stake is reform of an island economy that relies on “money laundering.......Read more.