Marcha Patriotica takes shape in Colombia
Marchers, 100,000 of them, filled the Plaza Bolivar in the Colombian capital, Bogotá.
Venezuela’s new labor law “first in transition to socialism”
The legislation reduces the work week to 40 hours and seeks to abolish private sub-contracted labor in the country.
Baghdad’s May Day march draws thousands
Thousands marched, waving red flags and raising banners with workers' and trade unionist demands.
In Germany, the Pirates making waves
Germany's energetic young party, the Pirates, held its party congress last weekend in the northern town of Neumünster. The media overflowed with reports, almost uniformly friendly.
United States adds bases in South America
Until recently, the United States has operated 22 U.S. military bases in Latin America, 800 worldwide. Now there are two more, one in Chile and another in Argentina.
Damascus rocked by more attacks
Syrian rebels launched a series of attacks in Damascus on Tuesday, further undermining the shaky two-week-old UN-backed ceasefire.
Billy Bragg and Maxine Peake: Jarama Valley/Brigadista
Jarama Valley, the song inspired by one of the key battles of the Spanish civil war, gets another lease of life on a new CD marking the 75th anniversary of the conflict.
Germany aggrieved about Günter Grass
Günter Grass, a Nobel Literature Prize winner, causes anger and excitement with his poem "What Must Be Said". And the subject matter is war and peace.
Britain's crimes of empire revealed
The government belatedly released secret files dating back to British colonial rule in Kenya, Malaya and elsewhere that were once claimed to have been lost.
UK fracking firms face surge of protests
News that a gas extraction process which triggered two earthquakes is likely to resume brought a surge of protest bubbling to the surface on Tuesday.
