International
The first month of Labour Relief Campaign Pakistan
The Labour Relief Camp first camp was organized in Lahore on 1st August 2010 at Regal Chouck Lahore. Earlier on 25th July 2010, we decided to launch a Baluchistan appeal.
It stated, “Torrential rains have unleashed flash floods in different parts of Baluchistan over the few days.? Water levies broke leaving the people exposed to […]
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Labour Relief Campaign brings aid to Pakistan
Sindh Labour Relief committee consists of Labour Education Foundation,
Home Bassed Women Workers Federation, Home Based Women Bangle Workers
Union Hyderabad, National Trade Union Federation and Labour Party
Pakistan conducted its four camps in Karachi and supporting three
camps in Moro District, one in Hub and Thatta each where people coming
from suburb of Moro, Jaffarabad, Jaccobabad and get shelter […]
SSP aids donations to Pakistan’s Labour Relief Campaign
The Scottish Socialist Party is encouraging donations to a British account which is channelling urgent donations to the Labour Relief Campaign in Pakistan. This makes is much easier and less costly for donations to help the 20 million Pakistanis who are still struggling to recover from the floods, which killed 1600 people.
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International support grows for Brazil’s socialist alternative
During the presidency of Lula da Silva Brazil’s governing Workers’ Party has turned from a radical alternative into a safe pair of hands for capitalism. Now support is growing for a socialist alternative in the coming presidential elections.
Brazil is not just one of the world’s most unequal and fast-growing economies. It’s also a country […]
Netherlands: Islamophobia is the main form taken by racism
Since the rise of Pim Fortuyn in 2002, Islamophobia has played a central role in Dutch politics. Geert Wilders and his Freedom Party have now emerged as a threat to all progressive forces. There is no point in trying to change the subject and hoping the danger will pass; Islamophobia has to be confronted head-on. […]
30Aug2010 | Admin. | 0 comments | Continued
COP15 Activists Facing Trials
In December 2009 during the climate summit in Copenhagen, tens of thousands of protesters gathered to call for climate justice and challenge the ongoing UN negotiations. Instead of welcoming these popular calls for action, the Danish state responded with brutal police force and intense repression of protestors. Around 2000 people were preemptively arrested at legal […]
25Aug2010 | Admin. | 0 comments | Continued
Australia’s ‘Greenslide’ to left — neither major party wins majority
By denying both the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the the Liberal-National coalition an outright majority in primary votes and in House of Representatives seats, Australian electors voted “neither of the above” for the traditional parties of government.This followed an election campaign in which the major parties conducted an ugly race to the right, most […]
24Aug2010 | Admin. | 0 comments | Continued
Ireland becomes a NAMA Republic
Joe Carter writes
All across Ireland the evidence of an enormous property crash hits one in the face with empty houses and office developments all over the country. Many of these, it is now admitted, will be bulldozed. There are apparently 620 “ghost” estates in which 5,000 families live amid 15,000 empty or unfinished homes. From […]
“Anti-Islamic Racism and Communalism”: Indian socialists oppose veil ban
In country after country in Europe, political forces ranging from liberals (Belgium) to the openly right wing (Sarkozy in France, the Northern League in Italy) have been initiating actions to ban Muslim women from wearing the veil, or seeking punishment for those wearing it. The Netherlands and Italy already have regional or local restrictions, as […]
29Jul2010 | Admin. | 1 comment | Continued
The rise of Islamophobia
Alf Filer writes
As the crises of capitalism continue to deepen internationally, so does the movement spread for scapegoating of others. This is not surprising nor is it new. In the 1930’s it was the great lie of the world Jewish conspiracy that was used to stir up hatred and anti-Semitism and today it is xenophobic […]
16Jul2010 | Administrator | 1 comment | Continued
The resistible rise of Fascism: the lessons for today
[Jane Kelly’s introduction Trotsky on fascism first appeared in Socialist Outlook’s book on the far right, Ending the Nightmare. Is is suggested reading for participants at the Socialist Resistance dayschool on fascism being held in central London on July 10. For an invitation, please contact your local Socialist Resistance branch.]
Trotsky’s writings on fascism start with […]
The Mass Arrests, the Security State and the Toronto G20 Summit
The massive police presence in Toronto over this week has been officially justified on the basis of protecting the leaders of the G8 and G20 countries meeting in Huntsville and Toronto. We were told that the creation of the fenced-in fortress, the massive mobilization of police (estimates ranging from 10-20,000) from across Canada, and even […]
28Jun2010 | Admin. | 0 comments | Continued
ENA chant offensive slogan and ''EEDL'' while marching through peaceful independent shop area of Brighton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK7n-tP_4hM 
