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The Alter Summit organising committee invites all European movements and organizations to build this important European summit in Athens in June.The Alter Summit aims to unite the peoples of the continent for a social, feminist, green and democratic Europe. The Alter Summit process was launched during the gathering of social movements in Florence last November, […] Read more »

Several public postings about the activities of Golden Dawn cry out for a serious answer, says Radoslav Pavlovic. In fact what we are dealing with, really and truly, is typical fascism which shares common features with all such undertakings. Deliberate provocations in front of television cameras and direct actions against certain sectors of the populations […] Read more »

Nick Wrack of the Independent Socialist Network at a meeting on Socialist Organisation held in Manchester at the start of February Read more »

Historian and member of QUAC, Joseph Healy, writes about LGBT history month This month is LGBT History Month and one of those being commemorated this year is the gay scientist and national hero, Alan Turing, whose cracking of the enigma code paved the way for the defeat of Fascism in World War II. The holocaust […] Read more »

Rafael Correa swept to power in 2007 on a ticket of helping the poor, reports Salman Shaheen. His election in Ecuador spelled a pink tide in Latin America as the once powerful parties of the conservatives and the liberals fell to new working class movements across the continent from Venezuela to Bolivia. This was not […] Read more »

  Keith Flett has a look at the history of beer drinking and the left The left and beer- indeed drink in general- have a long history. There are many stories, none of which I plan to recount here. The attractions of drink for many ordinary workers as a release from long hours of hard […] Read more »

The government’s flagship scheme for promoting investment in infrastructure has been branded a failure, says economist Michael Burke. A report in The Times[i]quotes speakers for both the Engineering Employers Federation and the Confederation of British Industry as saying that the scheme is ‘disappointing’ and ‘more needs to be done’. In July 2012 the government announced […] Read more »

Well over 1000 people marched in Newcastle yesterday in a united show of opposition to devastating cuts inflicted on public services. The city’s Labour council is implementing coalition cuts in draconian fashion, with libraries, youth services, play services and the arts all set to be devastated. 1300 council jobs are set to go. This is […] Read more »

On Saturday May 11th 2013, the Alliance for Radical Booksellers (ARB) will be hosting a bookfair, to take place in London’s Conway Hall. The idea behind the fair is to create an event which showcases the depth and breadth of radical publishing and bookselling in the UK. The ARB is composed of booksellers with a […] Read more »

Hugo Daillan-Drissi from the Front de Gauche reports for Left Unity on Mélenchon’s visit to Tunisia This week, Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the Front de Gauche visited Tunisia. The visit had been planned as a meeting with Chokri Belaïd, the leader of the Front Populaire, to discuss the political situation in Tunisia and to plan cooperation […] Read more »