Twelve of the prisoners of Tamassint started an indefinite hunger strike on Monday 6 June.
Respect prepares for new challenges
6 June 2005, byAfter its election successes, and the dramatic appearance of George Galloway in front of a US senate committee, Respect is gearing up for new steps forward.
Telecom workers fight privatisation
4 June 2005, byOver 62000 workers have been taking part in one of the most militant actions by a section of the working class in Pakistan. Workers across Pakistan have taken over the telephone offices.
Left ‘No’ forces must continue fight
3 June 2005, byThe LCR Political Bureau calls for the Left forces of the ‘No’ campaign to continue the fight for a social and democratic Europe.
Regional defeat heralds early general election
24 May 2005, byThe big defeat suffered by premier Schroeder and his Social Democratic Party (SPD) in North Rhine-Westphalia on May 22nd 2005 has triggered off an earthquake in the German capital, Berlin.
Heavy Defeat for Social Democrats in North Rhine Westphalia
23 May 2005, byThe result of the regional elections in North Rhine  Westphalia last Sunday (May 22) was a heavy defeat for the Social Democratic Party (and their coalition-partner, the Green Party) in their stronghold, the region with the largest population, in which the SPD has been in government for 39 years.
Toni Negri in favour of free-market constitution
23 May 2005, byAntonio Negri has said in the French newspaper Libération that French people should vote "yes" to the European Constitution in the referendum on 29 May.
French referendum crunch nears
23 May 2005, byPolls are showing that it’s too close to call in the French referendum on the proposed European constitution and the ’yes’ campaign, which unites most of the pro-capitalist mainstream, is panicking.
Roland Lew
20 May 2005, byRoland Lew, China specialist and long-time collaborator of the Fourth International, has died.
The View from the Italian Left Press
14 May 2005The national Assembly, held in Rome on 23rd-24th April, of the militants who came together, during the Sixth Congress of the Party of Communist Refounding (PRC), around Motion 4, entitled “Another Rifondazione is possible” provoked wide interest on the Italian Left and was commented on in the media.