The legendary Portuguese Communist leader who spent 17 years in fascist prisons

The Feile an Phobail/West Belfast Festival programme has just been launched in Belfast. The event will run from July 30 to August 8.

The Portuguese government's controlling stake in Portugal Telecom (PT) is illegal, the European Union Court of Justice ruled on Thursday.

The European Social Forum met last weekend in the rapidly growing city of Istanbul, a city at the crossroads between east and west.

Imagine that after our general election three people who had no right to be MPs were nevertheless given seats in the House of Commons, while 18 others who had been properly elected were arbitrarily excluded.

RMT Conference: Delegates were boosted on Wednesday by European trade unionists who pledged to stand beside them in the fight against the disastrous EU-inspired privatisation agenda.

RMT conference: RMT president Alex Gordon opened the transport union's national conference with a call for the trade union movement to mobilise the "largest demonstration of our entire history" this autumn to oppose the Con-Dem cuts.

Football: David James is confident that England can overcome Germany on Sunday without needing a penalty shoot-out.

Football: David James is confident that England can overcome Germany on Sunday without needing a penalty shoot-out.

Jimmy Donaghey (M Star May 25) may be correct in saying that under British law there has never been a “right to strike,” just “limited immunities.”