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Cancel the debt!

14th February 2013 Socialist Action 0

By Nicky Dempsey

The campaign to cancel government debt is gathering some momentum in European Union countries.

In Greece, Alexis Tsipras, leader of SYRIZA consistently calls for a cancellation of at least some part of the Greek debt.

Mass Mobilisations In Spain Block Major Advance by the Right

23rd May 2011 Socialist Action 0

By Tom O’Donnell

The results of the Spanish municipal, local and regional elections on May 22nd were a defeat for the ruling socialist government of the PSOE (Party of the Spanish Socialist Workers) – but they were not a major victory for the Right, led by the Partido Popular (PP). PSOE received just 27.8% of the vote, down from 35.3% in the same elections held in 2007.