
750,000 walk off jobs in Britain
Hundreds of thousands of public-sector workers the length and breadth of Britain defied slurs and threats Thursday to mount one of the biggest walkouts since the country's 1926 General Strike.

Communists assess India election defeat
India's Communists assess electoral defeats, and renew commitment to democracy and mass struggle.
Chilean Communist freed as Colombia drops charges
Accused of rounding up money for the FARC, Manuel Olate was detained for three months as a first step to extradition.
Future still far from rosy as Greek leader gets his vote of confidence
The only thing that is certain is that Greek workers will take a hit and there will be intensified class struggle in the months to come.

Ukraine reds: still resisting despite the odds
Red flags will fly as a challenge to those in the Ukrainian parliament who have sought to impose a legal ban on symbols of the Soviet period.

In Cyprus, Communists gain, but so do rightists
In parliamentary elections May 22 in the island nation of Cyprus, the governing AKEL party - the island's Communist Party - gained seats and increased its voting percentage.

Court says Colombian victims may sue Chiquita
It was, lawyer Paul Wolf observed, "One of the most detailed judicial opinions ever written in any U.S. human rights case."

Opposition to nuclear power plants grows in Japan
The Japanese Communist Party is launching a signature-collection campaign calling for the total withdrawal from nuclear power generation.
Socialists punished in Portuguese parliamentary elections
The ruling Socialist Party was severely punished in Portugal's parliamentary elections on June 5.

Police riot in Barcelona
Friday's bloody police action against demonstration in Barcelona's beautiful Plaza Catalunya has led to calls for the resignation of the center-right government of Catalonia.

