Cyprus, a small island with less than a million inhabitants is on everyone's lips in Europe and worldwide. The beaches of mild temperatures and clear waters of this country are not the reasons capturing the global attention, but the measures of economic warfare that the Troika threw over the country.

A successful youth camp was held jointly by the Portuguese (MAS) and Spanish (CR) sections of the IWL attended by 120 members and sympathisers including members of the IWL from Belgium (LCT), the International Socialist League in Britain and a young Spanish miner.

In Europe we are experiencing social warfare: brutal attacks of the imperialist bourgeoisie against all the historical conquests and rights of the working class and peoples from the "old" continent. And the background of this reactionary crusade is the biggest economic crisis of the capitalist system since 1929.

The growing crisis of capitalism has become increasingly transparent however at the same time there is a crisis of the labour movement frustrating a mass movement to defend the conditions of the working class.

To get a job, to have full democracy, and worthy public education and health care, workers and the peoples of Europe must break up with the European Union (EU), European Central Bank (ECB), the euro [common European currency] and IMF!

Market trader Alession Rastani shocked the BBC, when he responded to questions about the Greek bailout and the problems facing the Eurozone at a time when tear gas and the police tried to control the general strike on the streets of Athens as movements of opposition to the austerity measures heightened.

The recent economic crisis that erupted in 2008 had a deep impact on the young workers lives. Over 2007-2009 period 7.8 million young people were dismissed. In early 2010, 80.7 million young workers were unemployed. It is showed in the report of the ILO - Global Employment Trends for Youth 2010.