Raulk Connolly

Britain: First Left Unity conference builds anti-austerity alternative

β€œIn a few short months,” principle speaker for Left Unity Salman Shaheen said in a March 31 , the new party β€œhas attracted more than 1,800 members. With a new member joining every 10 minutes over the weekend, the party is going from strength to strength.”

Zimbabwe: regime cracks down on unionists

A May 13 statement from the Zimbabwe International Socialist Organisation (ISO) condemned Β“the arrest and detention of Zimbabwe congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) President Lovemore Matombo and Secretary General Wellington Chibhebhe on the 8th of MayΒ”.