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George Galloway on behalf of Respect, and European Left Party leader Fausto Bertinotti made these statements on the day of the bombings.

The first Mediterranean Social Forum (FSMed) was held in Barcelona on June 16-18 2005, attracting between 4,500 and 5,000 participants (delegates, volunteers, interpreters, journalists and so on), with a very significant presence of representatives from organizations from the southern, eastern and northern shores of the Mediterranean.

Suncommandante Marcos has written a long open letter to follow up the recent communiques, giving broad hints of major changes in the Zapatista movement.

The commanding Clandestine Indigenous Revolutionary Committee has called a Chiapas-wide "Red Alert". In three communiques Subcommandante Marcos seems to indicate a major political-organisational turn by the EZLN is in the offing.

This year’s International Revolutionary Youth Camp is being held in Barbaste, near Agen in France. Visit the camp web site to register.

On June 11 the meeting of the G8 Finance ministers resulted in bombastic statements about a "historic" cancellation of the debt burdening poorer countries. CADTM is suspicious of such dramatic gestures which so far have led only to cosmetic cancellations.

Twelve of the prisoners of Tamassint started an indefinite hunger strike on Monday 6 June.

After its election successes, and the dramatic appearance of George Galloway in front of a US senate committee, Respect is gearing up for new steps forward.

Over 62000 workers have been taking part in one of the most militant actions by a section of the working class in Pakistan. Workers across Pakistan have taken over the telephone offices.

The LCR Political Bureau calls for the Left forces of the ‘No’ campaign to continue the fight for a social and democratic Europe.