The Baader Meinhof Complex, directed by Uli Edel This new German blockbuster adopts a relatively neutral view of 1970s urban guerilla group the RAF Propaganda of the Oedipal Deed. Film review –…
Tanzania miners: digging their own graves A new report into the mining industry in Tanzania has exposed endemic corruption, displacement of the poor, environmental destruction and…
Greece riots: Interview with a libertarian syndicalist An interview by the CNT-F with the International Secretary of the ESE (union of libertarian…
Week-long strike in Vietnam factory ends Wildcat strikers at a South Korean owned firm returned to work yesterday 11 December gaining promises of improved working conditions.
General strike in Italy against government handling of the crisis Hundreds of thousands of workers downed tools and took to the streets in a four hour stoppage…
Athens workers' statements on the killing of Alexandros Grigoropoulos Radical and interesting statements from an employees association and a worker's initiative in Athens…
Greek riots eyewitness reports - 12 December 2008 Rundown of the days events of the sixth full day of rioting in Greece, including statements from workers and students in Athens.
Work release scheme proposed for French prisons The creaking prison system in France unveils a new post-release labour scheme.
Regeneration, but not for miners Funding for the coalfields has been lauded by the government as a stunning transformation of old mining communities through free-market activity allied with government nous. But buried in amongst the back-slapping are figures which show the ex-miners themselves have been left in the cold while the wealthy profit around them
Greek riots eyewitness reports - 11 December 2008 More eyewitness accounts of the riots in Greece, and testimony about the murder of Alexandros Grigoropoulos by police.
France: demonstrations by school students continue to grow Demonstrations against the Darcos reforms of the education system are intensifying with more…