The mobilisation for the one-day strike and day of action on Tuesday October 4 called by a united front of French trade unions was expected to be massive, and it lived up to expectations. Across the country there were an estimated 1.3 million demonstrators in 150 towns and cities.
After the ’No’ vote in France and in Holland
3 October 2005The text of the declaration of the July meeting of the European Anti-Capitalist Left, hosted by the Scottish Socialist Party and held in the Scottish parliament.
Hundreds leave Workers Party to join P-SOL
29 September 2005There has beena significant walkout of Left activists from the Brazilian Workers Party (PT), to join the Party of Socialism and Freedom (P-SOL).
Electoral breakthrough on the left
24 September 2005, byUntil 18 September there were only the opinion polls, now it’s a fact: the Left Party has become a political force in Parliament. It is no exaggeration to call it a small political earthquake.
The Winner is the Left Party-PDS
21 September 2005, byThe elections to parliament in Germany had a remarkable outcome - almost all parties lost votes massively. The Liberal FDP (hardcore neoliberals) increased their vote by 2.4% and the Left Party-PDS doubled its vote to 8.7% and re-entered the federal parliament, after failing in the last elections in 2002.
Thousands protest Greek government in Thessaloniki march
20 September 2005About 20,000 people demonstrated on September the 10th in Thessalonika against the neoliberal politics of the Greek right-wing government. It was the biggest national demonstration in Thessaloniki since June 2003 (EU summit).
Gate Gourmet - a political and industrial challenge
17 September 2005, byHundreds of mainly Asian women workers are fighting dismissal by the company which provides in-flight meals for British Airways. Alan Thornett explains the significance of their extraordinarily brave fight.
Oil Workers’ Union Confronts Occupation and Privatization
17 September 2005IV reproduces here a factsheet being circulated by the General Union of Oil Employees in Iraq about their important struggles and the need for solidarity.
LCR back with a bang
8 September 2005September is the time of the “rentrée” in France - the “coming back” when political life starts up again after the summer break. Though, this year more than most, the shock waves of the May 29th referendum have meant that the summer was not so quiet.
Pierre Broué 1926-2005
8 September 2005, byThe Marxist historian Pierre Broué died on July 26th after a long battle with cancer. What marked him out was that he wrote history, the history of the workers’ movement and of revolutions, as a Marxist educated in the Trotskyist tradition.
