TV Times - 19 - 25 April 2008 This weeks highlight is Al Gore's renowned documentary critique of the effects and consequences of global warming.
April 24 – hundreds of thousands to walk out On Thursday April 24 thousands of civil servants, coastguards, council workers, FE lecturers and charity workers will join a national teachers…
South African workers refuse to move arms bound for Zimbabwe South African Transport Union members have announced they will not offload Chinese arms that are being shipped to crisis-torn Zimbabwe.
Civil society, citizenship and the politics of the (im)possible: rethinking militancy in Africa today Michael Neocosmos on the rising tide of politics at a distance from the state in…
Maoists win the election in Nepal The Maoist party - former guerrillas CPN(M) - have won a clear majority in last week's elections. But what changes will this mean for Nepal's…
Taking Poverty Seriously: What the poor are saying and why it matters Article based on interviews with South African shack dwellers about their views of what constitutes 'democracy', stressing the need for those in struggle to set their own agenda rather than have it set by professional activists.
A world food crisis; empty rice bowls and fat rats A short look at the problems in world food production and supply, and its links with rising oil prices, global warming and changes in farming techniques.
Shelter charity workers to strike again Workers at homelessness charity Shelter will be striking on 24 April alongside tens of thousands of other workers against attacks on pay and…
20,000 Birmingham council workers to strike 20,000 GMB, UNISON, AMICUS, TGWU (Unite) and UCATT members will strike alongside teachers and lecturers against council plans to use ‘Single…
Lecturers to join teachers' strike College lecturers in England have voted to strike on Thursday 24 April in support of a demand to bring their pay up to that of schoolteachers.
Mahalla riots, Egypt, April 6-7th 2008 After a government crackdown on workers throughout Egypt, Ghazl el-Mahalla erupts in two days of rioting.
