The struggle has reached fever pitch in Turkey, with a million workers across 82 provinces joining a one-day general strike in defence of 12,000 former Tekel workers. An indefinite general strike has now been called for 26 May. Read more...

Thousands of workers in the alcohol and tobacco industry are in a major struggle. Marcus Hallaby reports Read more...

Following the aborted suicide bombing of a US flight in December 2009, the USA, claiming that the plot originated in Yemen, has been escalating its intervention into that country. US military 'aid' to Yemen has gone from $0 to $70M dollars, and that is set to double this year. Read more...

With the world's eyes focused on Haiti, where a natural disaster has been grossly magnified by years of imperialist-inflicted poverty, it is fitting to look at another state where US interference threatens to unleash social catastrophe - Yemen. Read more...

امیدهای زیادی در داخل ایران وجود دارد که روزهای پایانی رژیم فرا رسیده است. اعتراضات خیابانی با خشونت پلیس و سربازان اسلامی روبرو می شود. اما در بین حاکمان داخل حکومت بر سر شیوه و مسیر ادامه اختلاف وجود دارد. Read more...

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There is hope in Iran that the days of the regime are numbered. On the streets the protests are met with violence from the police and the Islamist militias. But in the government the ruling powers are split - what is the way forward? Read more...

A year after Israel bombarded Gaza, Kam Kumar looks at the continuing siege of Palestinians. Read more...

اعتراضات دانشجویان ایران با واکنش بسیار خشن پلیس و سپاه پاسداران مواجه گشت. Read more...