World News- Page 86

News from around the world by authors from the Socialist Party and co-thinkers internationally

Report – Stop the Slaughter of Tamils protest

At 5pm on the 22nd of April, shouting 'Not a rupee, not a bullet, to the Rajapaska government', protesters gathered in front of the Indian Embassy at a picket called by the 'Stop the Slaughter of Tamils' campaign.
Apr 23, 2009

Afghanistan – Obama’s war

By Paul Murphy THE HERALDED “change” from Bush’s foreign policy which Obama supposedly represents, is increasingly looking like a simple shift in geographical focus. The tactics used in Iraq – bribing past opponents and using a surge of military force – are
Apr 18, 2009

G20 leaders have no solution to world crisis

By Kevin McLoughlin THE G20 Summit in London was said to be the start of the “fight back against the global recession”; and the creation of a “New Economic Order”. Some of the leaders even said it was “historic”. Does the G20
Apr 18, 2009

France – General Strike

By Daniel Waldron “THIS PROTEST is for everyone. I have children, so this is for the future”, said a sacked car worker marching on 29 January, as France was rocked by a huge general strike in protest at the Sarkozy government’s attempt
Mar 8, 2009

Sri Lanka: Stop the slaughter!

By Owen McCracken BETWEEN 250,000 and 400,000 civilians remain trapped in the small area of Northern Sri Lanka still controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). This densely populated area is now being bombarded by the state military with indiscriminate
Mar 8, 2009

Eurozone 10th anniversary

Economic crisis - cracks appear in bosses’ EU Danny Byrne, CWI London The international capitalist crisis, which has unfolded over the last months, has served to completely discredit the free market policies and ideology of the boom period, of the last twenty
Jan 29, 2009

Belfast Socialist Youth Gaza Protest

BUSH, OLMERT, CIA, how many kids did you kill today? was one of the chants heard outside Belfast City Hall as over 150 people protested their opposition to Israel’s merciless slaughter of Gaza’s civilians. Many of the protestors came from local schools
Jan 20, 2009
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