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8 April 2009 ONE OF the most important recent developments in the struggle of Egyptian workers for decent living standards and democratic rights was the formation of the first independent trade union (syndicate) for over 50 years, last December... Mass demonstration in Tehran 24 February 2009 IRANIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, recently addressed thousands of supporters at Tehran's Azadi (Freedom) Monument, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution - a revolution carried out by the working class that toppled a brutal western puppet, the Shah... 18 February 2009 Kings College London: A group of roughly 40 Kings College London (KCL) students occupied a lecture hall early in January, in protest against the awarding of an honorary doctorate to Shimon Peres, Israeli President, writes John Redford, Socialist Students. 18 February 2009 Two weeks ago an occupation at Nottingham University in solidarity with the people of Gaza was forcefully ended by the university authorities, writes A Nottingham university student.. 18 February 2009 Students at Queen Mary university in London marched into occupation on 27 January in response to Israel's attacks on Gaza, writes Madeleine Levy, QM Socialist Students. 18 February 2009 The company store: AS BARACK Obama spends $2 trillion in a bid to to revive capitalism, the Japanese Panasonic corporation has hit on a more modest 'stimulus package'... 17 February 2009 LESS THAN a month after the end of the last bloody onslaught on the residents of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank was put under a military closure, as the election for Israel's 120 seat Knesset (parliament) began, writes Shahar Ben-Khorin, Maavak Sozialisti, (CWI, Israel). 17 February 2009 YAHYA AL Faifi, a self-sacrificing trade unionist and committed socialist, faces deportation back to Saudi Arabia where a tyrannical regime jails, tortures and 'disappears' dissidents, writes Mariam Kamish, campaign secretary. 13 February 2009 Saudi Trade Union dissident facing deportation 5 February 2009 THOUGH THE Israeli army has stopped its bombardment of Gaza, protests have continued because of the blockade, writes Paula Mitchell. 11 - 20 of 411 records Search entire database: |