_We have translated the following leaflet from our Canadian affiliate the GIO which has been distributed in the construction workers’ strike now taking place in Montreal.

On the occasion of the shut-down of the State broadcaster ERT ... Let's stop being spectators! Let's take life in our own hands!

Following violent police attacks on protesters in Taksim Square, Istanbul, a 'general strike' has once again been called by the main 'left' Turkish unions, KESK (public sector),

For days now, Turkey has been gripped by a wave of protest against the AKP government’s autocratic style of rule.

We’ll leave it to the journalists with their “stock images” to chart the presumed causes of the recent protests in Turkey.

Today, 5th June 2013, there is a 'general strike' in Turkey.

A proletarian note

On February 8 this year the American Defense Secretary, former CIA chief Leon Panetta, made a strange statement when he appeared on TM News [Italian version of CNN – translator].