Rioting explodes across Greece A powder keg of public anger over government economic policy has been ignited by a spark of outrage over the killing of a 15-year-old boy by…
Video of the shooting of a teenager by police in Athens, 2008 Film footage of the incident in which 15 year old Alexandros Grigoropoulos was shot dead by police…
Protest march against police violence in Volos, central Greece, attacks police HQ. Protest march against police violence two serious harassment incidents in the city of Volos attacks police HQ
Hunger strike ends as Greek government caves After 18 days 7,000 prisoners in greece stop their hunger strike after the ministry of justice concedes to a series of their demands, promising to release half the country's prison population by April 2009.
Great Game II: America Lashes Out on the Borders of China and Russia - by Loren Goldner The 19th century 'Great Game' rivalry between Britain and Russia for supremacy in Central Asia is seeing a resurgence, with America taking Britain's place. The stakes are higher than ever, argues Loren Goldner.
Titan prisons: "consultation" ends, construction set to begin With the required political processes out of the way, the building of the 2,500 capacity jails is set to begin.
War on the streets in Armenia February and March in Armenia saw a disputed presidential election (19/2/2008) followed by eleven days of demonstrations in the capital Yerevan,…
France: Carrefour strikers issued with summonses Seven of the striking workers at the Grand Littoral hypermarket have been issued with summonses for "restriction of the right to work"
Prisoner riot reverses smoking ban A smoking ban at 18 prisons in Quebec was reversed this week after a riot by prisoners.
France: first suicide in new youth prison A sixteen year old boy hung himself in his cell on Saturday.
Bangladeshi garment workers out again and escalating There have been more clashes in the Mirpur industrial area of Dhaka (see previous report); on Saturday 12th thousands of garment workers again…
Matiushenko, Afanasy Nikolaevich 1879-1907 A biography of Afanasy Matiushenko, who was one of the key mutineers on the Battleship Potemkin, immortalised by Eisenstein's film, which helped…