Europe polarising around austerity and racism
By Nicky Dempsey
Europe is increasingly polarised. The decisive issues in the latest European elections were austerity and racism, with parties implementing austerity continuing to lose votes.
Europe
Sinn Féin’s stunning advance
By Frances Davis
In last week’s elections Sinn Féin stood on a strong anti-austerity programme, both north and south, with a clear, left alternative economic policy coupled with a strong advocacy of the peace process and for Irish reunification. Its vote is the strongest for the party since 1918.
Gerry Adams arrest – an attack on the peace process
By Frances Davis
The recent arrest and imprisonment of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, who was subsequently released without charge, was a clear political intervention, designed to undermine the peace process and to reverse the rise in support across Ireland for Sinn Fein.
Solidarity with Gerry Adams
The arrest and detention of Gerry Adams three weeks before the Local Government and EU elections is a deliberate political intervention into those elections by those in the PSNI hostile to the peace process and hoping to damage Sinn Féin’s rising support across the whole the Ireland.
Sinn Féin’s statements since Gerry Adams’ arrest (which can be found here) are reproduced below:
Disastrous results for Hollande’s Socialist Party in March’s Municipal elections
By Najete Michell
Although the March elections in France were only at a local level, they took on a national character. They were the first elections since the Socialist Party (PS) formed the government in 2012 and were therefore the first opportunity to test the level of discontent at its record so far.
Ukraine – oppose imperialism’s military build-up and the crackdown against the east
By Paul Roberts
The crisis in Ukraine is escalating. Unable to quell a growing protest movement against the February coup, the Kiev regime has mobilised army units to attack the people occupying government buildings in the cities across Ukraine’s east. Meanwhile, to deter the Russian Federation intervening to protect the pro-Russian population, imperialism is rapidly increasing its military deployments across the region.