FRFI 232 Apr/May 2013 - Smash the Bedroom Tax - Cut the Bloated Bankers

FRFI 232IMPERIALISM AND CRISIS

British conference to cement carve-up of Somalia

Spain: Fightback against austerity

Italy: the day of reckoning

Ruling class prepares to crush the Greek working class

Crisis of British capitalism - Ruling class in denial

UK Budget: Osborne spins as economy sinks

BRITAIN

Campaigning with Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!

FIGHT THE CUTS

Glasgow: Police ratchet up repression

No ifs, no buts – PCS leaders collaborate with cuts

Wythenshawe opposes the bedroom tax

Camden: A London for the rich

Newcastle: Labour attacks protesters

National Health Service: catapulted into chaos

Manchester: Labour cuts and growing resistance

Housing: haves and have-nots

Smash the Bedroom Tax - Cut the Bloated Bankers

LABOUR PARTY & TUS

The dead end politics of Owen Jones

HEALTH MATTERS

Health matters: Cuts kill people

CUBA

Cuban elections: triumph of democracy

The grotesque circus of Yoani Sanchez

LATIN AMERICA

Why the majority of Venezuelans will vote Maduro for President

Chavez’s legacy: the fight for socialism

Comandante Chavez: socialist, internationalist, revolutionary

IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN

Iraq – 100 years of imperialist division

UNITED STATES

US budget crisis drags on and on

CHINA

Imperialism fans the flames in China–Japan islands dispute

China at a crossroads

INTERNATIONAL

Syria: the British ruling class steps up its offensive

Obituary: Zolile Hamilton Keke

PRISONERS FIGHTBACK

Death in Wandsworth

Never-ending institutional abuse of imprisoned children

Torture watch

LETTERS

Letters

ROUND UP

Events