Western Europe
Germany: Union agrees to wage cuts and store closures at Karstadt
By Dietmar Henning, November 20, 2009
The German public service union representing workers at the Karstadt store chain has agreed to the closure of a number of branches as well as savings of some €150 million at the expense of the staf...
Karzai inaugurated amid state of siege in Kabul
By Bill Van Auken, November 20, 2009
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated Thursday amid a state of siege in Kabul. Western officials who were present issued hypocritical demands that Karzai fight corruption.
Students and school pupils protest across Germany
By our correspondents, November 19, 2009
The European and international protest movement against deteriorating conditions in the education system reached a new high point on Tuesday, November 17, when almost 100,000 students, pupils, teacher...
The NPA and France’s political-financial scandals
By Pierre Mabut and Alex Lantier, November 19, 2009
The Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste’s (NPA) response to France’s political-financial scandals exemplifies its contempt for working class politics.
Student protests continue in Austria
By Marius Heuser, November 18, 2009
Austrian students have occupied lecture halls at universities throughout the country to protest against deteriorating conditions and increasing commercialism in the country’s education system.
For an independent working class movement to defend education
By ISSE (Germany), November 17, 2009
This statement has been issued by the ISSE in Germany in response to protests that have erupted in Europe against the profit-oriented restructuring of the education system.
Courtroom murderer sentenced to lifelong imprisonment in Germany
By Justus Leicht, November 17, 2009
Alex W, a German-Russian citizen was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a 31 year-old Egyptian woman in a courtroom.
Credit ratings agency gives verdict on British economy
By Jean Shaoul, November 17, 2009
Credit ratings agency Fitch warns that Britain could lose its prized AAA status as a sovereign borrower.
German Social Democrats invoke failed and abandoned reformist program
By Ulrich Rippert, November 16, 2009
The German Social Democratic Party, having suffered its worst ever result in September's national elections, pledged at its just completed congress to “return to the program of social democracy.”
Britain: The Cambridge review
A damning refutation of Labour’s education lies
By Tania Kent, November 16, 2009
A recently published study, the “Cambridge Primary Review: Children, their World, their Education”, is a damning critique of the destructive impact of Labour’s policies on an entire generation o...
Britain: Socialist Workers Party colludes in postal strike sellout
By Tony Robson, November 14, 2009
Among the 17 members of the executive of the Communication Workers Union of Britain (CWU) who voted unanimously to call off the postal strikes scheduled for November 6 and 9 is union president and Soc...
Germany: Chancellor Merkel follows the lead of employers and the FDP
By Dietmar Henning, November 14, 2009
In her first government statement following re-election as German chancellor, Angela Merkel has made a sharp turn to the right. She has given way to pressure from the pro-market FDP, the big business ...
