David Cameron's speech attacking Gordon Brown for wrecking the economy by making irresponsible decisions was an act of desperation and duplicity.

Ever since America gained Georgia via the Rose Revolution in 2003, and then cemented her influence in parts of Ukraine through the Orange Revolution in 2004, Russia’s antagonism towards American influence in the post-Soviet space has grown immensely.

What will be impact of the Wall Street bankruptcies, bailouts and blunders on working people in this country and worldwide? What's the solution to the crisis?

With the spreading financial crisis likely to take center stage at the upcoming annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF in Washington on 11-13 October, the global trade union movement is urging the international financial institutions (IFIs) not to overlook the millions of low-income workers whose buying power has declined drastically because of food and fuel price hikes.

In what hidey-hole is economic growth going to take refuge, amid this unprecedented financial crisis? France is now in a recession according to the latest figures from the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies.

At a news conference in Luxembourg, the communist parties from Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg this week called for a new financial institution that will serve the interests of the people, not maximum profits.

Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It was natural, being that my thinking was influenced by an atmosphere of active critical resistance.

The hardening of French immigration policy, following Nicolas Sarkozy's appointment as Interior Minister in 2002 and his subsequent election as President in 2007, is not the exception in the European Union but the rule.

BERLIN – Bavaria, Germany’s largest state, borders on Austria: Both have countless Alpine peaks, lots of men in lederhosen, and many right-wing Roman Catholic traditions.

The solution of the Cyprus problem is not a question of time. It is a question of political will and readiness for a solution on an agreed basis. Our goal is to be in line with the frameworks as defined by the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, the High-Level Agreements, International and European Law.

BERLIN – The big weekend blowout in Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) demonstrates how to cut off your nose to spite your face. In a series of small, smaller and smallest secret gatherings the party leaders fired party chief Kurt Beck.

One month has passed since Russia and Georgia opened hostilities over the South Ossetian Autonomous Region, which is part of Georgia. The hostilities began with Georgia taking military action against South Ossetia.

The six trade union federations are organizing a joint day of action against the planned privatization of the postal service.

On August 25, 2008 the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation voted unanimously to urge President Medvedev to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states. The following day Medvedev agreed and signed a decree in which Russia officially recognized the two entities.

When Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at Tblisi, the Georgian president knew that he had no alternative other than to accept the EU peace plan to which Russia had given its support.

British Chancellor Alistair Darling took to the airwaves to "clarify" his comments in a newspaper interview, saying that he was referring to global economic conditions rather than those in Britain.

After having successfully engineered the disintegration of former Yugoslavia fostering internecine conflict and instability in the Balkans – giving a modern meaning to the word "Balkanization" – imperialism aided by local chauvinistic outfits is now targeting the Caucasus.

The conflict in Georgia is a new phase in the test of strength which the Russians and the Americans have been waging in the region for over 15 years. The United States and its successive presidents consider Central Asia and the Caucasus to be highly strategic places.

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev defended the legality of the recognition of sovereignty of the South Ossetia and Abkhazia autonomous Caucasian regions, now rejected by Georgia.

The warrior ethic of the American Imperial elite, embodied in its fullest measure by Zbigniew Brzezinski, has been rejuvenated momentarily by Russia’s attack on Georgia. Reading Brzezinski’s words leaves one choking on their overt hypocrisy or laughing insanely at the obvious absurdity of them.