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Taiwan
Sea shooting sees Filipino migrants become target of racist
backlash
21/05/2013: Anti-racist campaign needed against corrupt ruling elites and capitalism
Taiwan
Nigeria
President Jonathan declares state of emergency
21/05/2013: An expressway to attacks on democratic rights! For democratic mass working peoples’ defence committees!
Nigeria
G8 Summit, Northern Ireland
’Why YOU should oppose the G8’
20/05/2013: This year’s G8 summit will be held in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, on 17th – 18th June. This gathering brings together the heads of government of eight of the world’s largest capitalist economies to discuss how they can further the interests of those they represent – the super-rich, big business and the bankers.
Anti-globalisation, Ireland North
World economy
"Central banks are flying blind"
19/05/2013: Increasing concerns and contradictions
World Economy
South Africa
Mass retrenchment threat in mining industry demands mass
action
18/05/2013: Workers and Socialist Party calls for one-day-general strike
South Africa
Iran
What would a Rafsanjani presidency mean?
18/05/2013: Iran’s June 14 presidential election takes place against the background of deep divisions in society and the regime.
Iran
Australia
Labour approves WA’s first uranium mine
17/05/2013: Australia’s federal environment minister Tony Burke gave the go ahead to Toro’s $270 million uranium mining project in the Wiluna region of Western Australia.
Australia, Environment
New Zealand
Racism and recession in New Zealand
15/05/2013: Working class unity needed to defend rights and living standards
New Zealand
Australian budget
Say ‘NO’ to the cuts agenda of the major parties
14/05/2013: We shouldn’t let either of the major parties tell us that ‘tough decisions’ or ‘hard cuts’ are required.
Australia
Ireland
‘Bus Eireann workers in front line of class war - We should all
support them!’
13/05/2013: Bus workers take strike action over savage wage cuts and attacks on conditions
Ireland Republic
May Day in Nigeria
Jonathan government intensifies attacks on
democratic rights
12/05/2013: 15 DSM members arrested at May Day rallies
May Day, Nigeria
Israel/Palestine
The Palestinians’ struggle
12/05/2013: How can a state be realised?
Israel / Palestine
Italy
The economic crisis becomes a political and institutional crisis
11/05/2013: The latest events that have happened in Italian politics mark a new phase of development in the crisis in the third European industrial power.
Italy
Turkey / Kurdistan
PKK announces ceasefire
11/05/2013: On 8 May the PKK has begun to withdraw from Turkey. Millions are hoping now for an end to oppression and for democratic rights.
Kurdistan, Turkey
Malaysia
Election ’victory’ based on fraud
10/05/2013: Ruling Barisan Nasional’s widespread fraud enrages opposition supporters and young people
Malaysia
Greece
Challenging the Golden Dawn
10/05/2013: On 2 May the neo-fascist Golden Dawn attempted to distribute food in Syntagma square in Athens to people holding proof of Greek nationality.
Greece
British county elections
Capitalist parties rejected
10/05/2013: Time for a new mass workers’ party
Britain
Pakistan
General elections held amid political turmoil
08/05/2013: Big landlords, capitalists and influential families are calling the shots
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Successful May Day
08/05/2013: The United Socialist Party’s May Day demonstration passed successfully through a number of populous areas of Colombo, ending at Grand Pass Junction.
May Day, Sri Lanka
Hong Kong
Dockworkers’ strike ends after 40 days
07/05/2013: Union representatives declare a “half success” with a pay rise of 9.8 percent – but important issues are unresolved
Hong Kong
Britain’s ’precariat’
Fighting for real jobs
06/05/2013: ’Get a job!’ is the constant refrain of privileged Tory ministers and vicious right-wing tabloids. A million unemployed young people are the subject of a relentless campaign of smears and lies.
Britain, Youth
Liverpool
Rally marks 30 year anniversary of election of socialist
council
05/05/2013: Great event remembers the ’47’ struggle
Britain, History
Women and the struggle for socialism
It doesn’t have to be like this
05/05/2013: Christine Thomas’ book outlines how inequalities and discrimination against women have not disappeared and women’s struggles must be bound up with wider class struggle to be successful. Read the complete book online here.
Women
Australian budget
Say ‘NO’ to the cuts agenda of the major parties
04/05/2013: Those who created the crisis should be forced to pay.
Australia
Nigerian May Day arrests
All DSM members released [updated]
03/05/2013: The last set of DSM members still in the detention of the state security service (SSS) in Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria, and Ibadan Oyo state, Southwest Nigeria, as of yesterday, has been released.
May Day, Nigeria, Solidarity
Pakistan
May Day 2013
03/05/2013: Progressive Workers Federation (PWF), TURCP and SMP organised and intervened in the May Day activities across the country
May Day, Video
Bangladesh building collapse
Casualties of a rotten profit system
03/05/2013: It is said that where labour is cheap, life is cheap. This is never more so than in the recent horrific deaths of over 400 garment workers crushed in a collapsed building in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh
Hong Kong
Dockers’ strike shines a spotlight on Li Ka-shing’s business
empire
03/05/2013: Li Ka-shing owns 13 percent of the world’s port capacity and much more besides…
Hong Kong
Pakistan
May Day demonstration in Sindh
02/05/2013: Photos of May Day demonstration in Sindh
May Day, Pakistan
Nigeria
Militarisation of May Day rallies
02/05/2013: DSM comrades arrested and detained
May Day, Nigeria, Solidarity
Portugal
Constitutional court ruling sends government into disarray
01/05/2013: CC rules budget illegal for second time, government declares war against it
Portugal
May Day Greetings
01/05/2013: The CWI sends revolutionary greetings and solidarity to workers, young people and all those exploited by capitalism.
May Day
Europe
EU austerity budget – cuts, cuts, cuts
30/04/2013: Irish Presidency brought unprecedented levels of cuts to the EU budget.
Europe
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G8 Summit, Northern Ireland:’Why YOU should oppose the G8’
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20/05/2013, This year’s G8 summit will be held in County Fermanagh, Northern
Ireland, on 17th – 18th June. This gathering brings together the heads
of government of eight of the world’s largest capitalist economies to
discuss how they can further the interests of those they represent – the
super-rich, big business and the bankers. Ireland: ‘Bus Eireann workers in front line of class war - We should all support them!’
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13/05/2013, Bus workers take strike action over savage wage cuts and attacks on
conditions Italy: The economic crisis becomes a political and institutional crisis
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11/05/2013, The latest events that have happened in Italian politics mark a new
phase of development in the crisis in the third European industrial
power. Turkey / Kurdistan: PKK announces ceasefire
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11/05/2013, On 8 May the PKK has begun to withdraw from Turkey. Millions are hoping
now for an end to oppression and for democratic rights. Greece: Challenging the Golden Dawn
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10/05/2013, On 2 May the neo-fascist Golden Dawn attempted to distribute food in
Syntagma square in Athens to people holding proof of Greek nationality. British county elections: Capitalist parties rejected
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10/05/2013, Time for a new mass workers’ party Britain’s ’precariat’: Fighting for real jobs
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06/05/2013, ’Get a job!’ is the constant refrain of privileged Tory ministers and
vicious right-wing tabloids. A million unemployed young people are the
subject of a relentless campaign of smears and lies. Liverpool: Rally marks 30 year anniversary of election of socialist council
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05/05/2013, Great event remembers the ’47’ struggle Portugal: Constitutional court ruling sends government into disarray
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01/05/2013, CC rules budget illegal for second time, government declares war against
it Europe: EU austerity budget – cuts, cuts, cuts
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30/04/2013, Irish Presidency brought unprecedented levels of cuts to the EU budget. Scotland: Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation launched
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29/04/2013, Writing off of any debt accrued due to the bedroom tax, supporting the
building of new social housing, opposing all cuts and austerity measures Britain: Break with Thatcher’s legacy!
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28/04/2013, Socialist policies needed Britain: MPs refuse to outlaw caste discrimination
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26/04/2013, Hundreds of people protested outside London’s Houses of Parliament on 14
April to demand that caste oppression in Britain be outlawed. Cyprus: On the edge of a catastrophic slump
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25/04/2013, Socialist polices needed to resolve crisis in the interests of majority Ireland: Union rank and file rejects rotten “Croke Park 2” deal
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20/04/2013, ‘No’ vote puts Labour Party on the ropes Review: "The Provisional IRA"
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20/04/2013, "The Provisional IRA: from insurrection to parliament" by Tommy
McKearney looks in detail at the IRA’s developmentFurther articles on 'Europe':
- 19/04/2013: Euro crisis engulfs Cyprus: How was prosperity so suddenly transformed
into penury?
Lynn Walsh, editor of Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 16/04/2013: Ireland: March against austerity and the Property Tax
Matt Waine, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 14/04/2013: Britain: Combating violence against women
Hannah Sell, on behalf of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) Executive Committee - 13/04/2013: Thatcher’s real legacy: Peter Taaffe speaks out on radio
Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) General Secretary radio interviews - 12/04/2013: Thatcher: A class warrior for capitalism
Alistair Tice, Socialist Party regional secretary, Yorkshire - 08/04/2013: Britain: Margaret Thatcher dies
Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) general secretary - 08/04/2013: Britain: A further round of savage austerity
Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) general secretary - 04/04/2013: Scotland: Thousands march to bin the bedroom tax
Click here to read the report of the Socialist Party Scotland (CWI Scotland) - 02/04/2013: Romania: Crushing victory for the USL in the December 2012 parliamentary
elections
Victor Cosmin, Romania - 31/03/2013: Cyprus: “Working people pay high price for crisis of euro and capitalism”
Niall Mulholland spoke with Athina Kariati from New Internationalist Left (CWI in Cyprus) about Cyprus’s deal with the Troika, what it will mean for working people and what is the socialist solution to the crisis - 31/03/2013: Germany’s Pirate Party: Charting a perilous course
Nelli Tügel, SAV (CWI Germany), first published in Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 28/03/2013: EU/Cyprus: "Cypriot peope left to mercy of Robber Barons, aka the Troika"
Speach of Joe Higgins TD, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) in Irish Parliament - 23/03/2013: Italy’s clowns: No joke for establishment parties
Christine Thomas, ControCorrente (CWI in Italy), first published in Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 22/03/2013: Cyprus/EU: Eurozone back in turmoil
Tony Saunois, CWI - 20/03/2013: Ireland: Nothing more to give - No to Croke Park II
Stephen Boyd, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 19/03/2013: Cyprus: "Refuse to pay the ‘debt’!"
Interview with Athina Kariati, New Internationalist Left (CWI in Cyprus) - 19/03/2013: Belgium: Caterpillar Gosselies – dragged in by wave of layoffs
Eric Byl, General Secretary, Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (PSL/LSP) - 19/03/2013: Britain: PCS preparing for 20 March strike
John McInally, Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) vice president, personal capacity, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 19/03/2013: Alexis Tsipras in London: What way out for Greece and the working class
in Europe
Amalia Loizidou, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 18/03/2013: Environment: Energy starvation and climate change
Geoff Jones, first published in the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 17/03/2013: Film review: "The Spirit of ’45"
Katrine Williams, president of Cardiff Trades Council and Wales chair for the PCS civil service union, first published in the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 16/03/2013: Scotland: Anti-bedroom tax federation launched
Matt Dobson, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI Scotland) - 13/03/2013: Israel/Palestine: Protests Against Shimon Peres at European Parliament
Paul Murphy, Socialist Party MEP - 11/03/2013: England & Wales: Socialist Party Congress 2013
From The Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 09/03/2013: Britain: Women on the frontline
Jane James, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales), first published in Socialism Today - 03/03/2013: Portugal: New explosion against austerity and the government
socialistworld.net - 01/03/2013: Cyprus: Neo-liberal candidate, Nikos Anastasiades, wins presidential
elections
Athina Kariati, New Internationalist Left (CWI Cyprus), Nicosia - 29/02/2013: Video: Greece, the fightback against austerity nightmare
socialistworld.net - 28/02/2013: Britain: Austerity... Anger... Action!
Editorial from the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) - 27/02/2013: Italy: Voters reject austerity in ‘tsunami’ election
Chris Thomas, Controcorrente (CWI in Italy) - 26/02/2013: Northern Ireland: Landslide victory for Left in largest union
Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) Reporters, Belfast - 25/02/2013: Ireland: Protests and pay talks show growing anger
socialistworld.net - 24/02/2013: Spain: Corruption scandal leaves government on the brink
Danny Byrne, CWI - 23/02/2013: Austria: Asylum seekers fight for their rights
Laura Rafetseder, Socialist Left Party (SLP, CWI Austria) - 23/02/2013: Germany: A crucial stage for the Left Party
Sascha Stanicic, Sozialistische Alternative (CWI in Germany) - 22/02/2013: Video: Portuguese government leaders humiliated
socialistworld.net - 20/02/2013: Scotland: Successful and inspiring Socialist Party Scotland conference
Matt Dobson and Wayne Scott, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI) - 19/02/2013: Sweden: “A new period of unrest and struggle”
Kristofer Lundberg, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden) Gothenburg - 16/02/2013: 10th anniversary 15 February 2003: A million on the streets to stop the
war
Ken Smith, from the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) - 14/02/2013: Ireland: Tens of thousands protest against austerity
Eddie McCabe, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland), Dublin - 10/02/2013: Greece: Martial law used to end ferry workers’ strike
Editorial from Xekinima (relaunched fortnightly newspaper of the CWI in Greece) - 08/02/2013: Ireland: Joe Higgins condemns new Irish bank bill
socialistworld.net - 07/02/2013: Britain: Cracks in government coalition
Editorial from the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) - 06/02/2013: Cyprus: Construction workers on indefinite strike
Athina Kariati, New Internationalist Left (CWI in Cyprus), Nicosia - 04/02/2013: Spain: Down with the government of thieves!
Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain) - 02/02/2013: Britain: The lull before the storm
Extracts from a statement on Britain agreed at the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)National Committee on 19 January. - 31/01/2013: Greece: Bus workers’ strike called off after victory for pro-government
union factions
Eleni Mitsou, Xekinima (CWI Greece) - 29/01/2013: Belgium: "Expropriation and nationalisation!"
Eric Byl, LSP/PSL (CWI in Belgium) - 28/01/2013: Ireland: The ULA, the fight against austerity & building a new party of
the working class
Statement by the Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) - 26/01/2013: Italy: February election likely to end in stalemate
Clare Doyle, in conjunction with Marco Veruggio, Controcorrente (CWI, Italy) - 25/01/2013: Greece: Riot police sent in against striking metro workers
Xekinima (Greek CWI) Reporters - 22/01/2013: Scotland: 20th anniversary of Timex struggle
Jim McFarlane, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI) - 21/01/2013: Denmark: 40,000 lose unemployment benefits
Stefan Godau, Copenhagen, and Per-Åke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden). From this week’s issue of Offensiv, the paper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna. - 18/01/2013: Video: Solidarity with Irish HMV workers’ occupation
socialistworld.net - 15/01/2013: Northern Ireland: Turmoil over flag dispute continues
Ciaran Mulholland, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) Belfast - 05/01/2013: Britain - debate: The way towards working class representation
Debate at "Socialism 2012" with Clive Heemskerk, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) and Owen Jones, author of Chavs - 04/01/2013: Irish EU Presidency
Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) reporters - 04/01/2013: Belgium/Sri Lanka: Victory in campaign to stop deportation of a Tamil
activist
Socialistworld.net - 02/01/2013: Britain 2013: Prepare for a mighty battle against deeper cuts
Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) general secretary - 02/01/2013: Russia: New attacks on the LGBT community
Igor Yashin, CWI Moscow
2012:
- 31/12/2012: Greece: ‘Initiative 1000’ – An ambitious move on the Greek Left
Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece) - 30/12/2012: Ireland: Property Tax will be vehemently resisted by mass movement
Joe Higgins, TD, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) during debate on regressive and unfair Property Tax Bill - 29/12/2012: Britain: Prepare to resist austerity in 2013
Editorial of the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 22/12/2012: Greece: The high human and social cost of extreme austerity
Eleni Mitsou, Xekinima (CWI in Greece), Athens - 21/12/2012: Spain: Evictions, tragedy and resistance
J. Hird, Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain) - 21/12/2012: Netherlands: New coalition government heralds deep cuts
Pieter Brans, Socialist Alternative (CWI in Netherlands) Amsterdam - 20/12/2012: Russia: Police arrest protesters fighting draconian anti-LGBT laws
CWI Reporters, Moscow - 19/12/2012: Northern Ireland: Widespread protests continue over union flag on
Belfast City Hall
Statement by the Socialist Party (CWI in Northern Ireland) - 15/12/2012: Britain: Trade unionists lobby for 24-hour general strike
Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) reporters - 13/12/2012: Catalan elections: Instability for the right, opportunities for the left
Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spanish state), Barcelona - 05/12/2012: Campaign in Britain: "Rape is No Joke"
Sarah Wrack, first published in "Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales) - 03/12/2012: Greece: The menace of Golden Dawn
Amalia Loizidou, first published in "Socialism Today", magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales) - 01/12/2012: Poland: Huge nationalist demo marks growth of far-right as crisis looms
Paul Newberry, Alternatywa Socjalistyczna (CWI Poland) - 30/11/2012: Britain: Media, Murdoch and Leveson
Judy Beishon, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 29/11/2012: Ireland: Economic and social issues preparing an explosion
Kevin Mcloughlin, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) - 27/11/2012: Britain: Historic victory for witch-hunted trade unionists
Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) reporters - 22/11/2012: Ireland: International day of action for legal abortion in Ireland
CWI - 22/11/2012: Ireland: Protest at European Parliament to demand abortion legislation
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 21/11/2012: Spain: Workers’ movement shows its strength on 14 November
Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain) statement - 19/11/2012: Italy: November 14 day of action
Giuliano Brunetti, ControCorrente (CWI Italy) - 17/11/2012: Portugal: After the country’s biggest general strike...
Anne Engelhardt, Gonçalo Romeiro and Francisco d’Oliveira Raposo, Lisbon - 16/11/2012: Ireland: Inaction on X case decision responsible for medieval treatment
of Savita Halappanavar
Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) and Paul Murphy MEP - 15/11/2012: 14 November: Mass strikes and protests in over 20 countries
CWI - 12/11/2012: Belgium: Over 15,000 on ’March for the Future’, Genk
PSL-LSP (CWI in Belgium) - 11/11/2012: Northern Ireland: Opposing austerity and sectarianism
Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) Reporters, Belfast - 10/11/2012: Britain: ‘Socialism 2012’ an inspirational weekend
Sarah Sachs-Eldridge, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 09/11/2012: Europe: Momentum gathers for 14 November
CWI Statement - 08/11/2012: Greece: Another 48 hour general strike paralyses society
- 07/11/2012: Britain: Solidarity with Ford workers
Nick Chaffey, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales) - 07/11/2012: Belgium: Genk Ford workers blockade plant
Eric Byl, LSP/PSL (CWI Belgium), Brussels - 02/11/2012: Russia: CWI wins seat in opposition-organised elections…
Rob Jones, CWI-Russia, Moscow - 31/10/2012: Spain/Catalonia: Capitalist crisis, the struggle for self-determination
and workers’ unity
Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain) declaration - 30/10/2012: Europe: 14 November international action - a potential turning point
CWI Statement - 24/10/2012: Britain: After the 20th October TUC mass demonstrations
Peter Taaffe, from the November 2012 issue of Socialism Today, monthly magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales) - 23/10/2012: Scotland: March for Jobs inspires thousands
Matt Dobson and David Mundt, Youth Fight for Jobs Scotland - 22/10/2012: Britain: Over 150,000 on London TUC demo
Hannah Sell, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales) - 19/10/2012: Europe: Fight for a socialist and internationalist alternative to the
crisis-ridden EU
Editorial of the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 18/10/2012: Kazakstan: Protest at Austria and Kazakhstan football match
Socialistworld.net - 17/10/2012: Spain: Hot autumn underway
Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain) reporters - 16/10/2012: Georgia: Western-backed Saakashvilli regime loses election
Rob Jones, Moscow - 14/10/2012: Ireland: Abortion rights now! For real choice
Laura Fitzgerald, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 12/10/2012: Northern Ireland: Hundreds on Youth Fight for Jobs march across peace
line
Socialist Party reporters, Belfast - 11/10/2012: Greece: ’The Greek people feel that they’re under some kind of
occupation’
Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece), spoke to the Socialist (paper of the Socialist Party, CWI England & Wales) immediately after the protests against Merkel’s visit - 11/10/2012: Portugal: The struggle continues, get the Troika out now!
Goncalo Romeiro, Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Portugal) - 10/10/2012: Britain: Miliband placates big business
Tom Baldwin, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) and TUSC candidate for Bristol mayor - 07/10/2012: Greece: Trade unions pushed to escalate the struggle
Xekinima (CWI in Greece) - 06/10/2012: Basque country: General strike on 26 September a success
Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain) reporters - 05/10/2012: Ireland / EU: EU establishment serves the dictatorship of the markets
Joe Higgins video - 03/10/2012: Northern Ireland: March for a Future!
Socialistworld.net - 01/10/2012: Italy: New round of social and political battles in store
Giuliano Brunetti, ControCorrente (CWI Italy) Bologna - 30/09/2012: Scotland: Labour thrown into a crisis
Socialist Party Scotland (CWI Scotland) - 30/09/2012: British Labour Party conference: Can Labour give a lead in the fight
against austerity?
Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) general secretary - 28/09/2012: Scotland: Thousands march for an independent Scotland
Matt Dobson and Ryan Stuart, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI Scotland) - 28/09/2012: Slutwalk in London: Thousands protest against victim blaming
Helen Ridett, Lewisham Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 27/09/2012: Greece: Working class struggle returns
Interview with Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece) - 27/09/2012: Europe’s car industry: Another crisis in the making
Stephan Kimmerle, CWI - 26/09/2012: Northern Ireland: Belfast City Council threatens youth unemployment
activists with legal action - Protest Urgently!
Kevin Henry, Youth Fight for Jobs, Belfast - 20/09/2012: Spain: March on Madrid kicks off hot autumn of struggle
Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain) reporters - 18/09/2012: Britain: TUC passes general strike motion
Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) reporters - 18/09/2012: Portugal: 1 million shout: out with the Troika and the government!
Goncalo Romeiro, Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Portugal) - 18/09/2012: Northern Ireland: Paul Murphy MEP on Sectarian Riots in Belfast
socialistworld.net - 15/09/2012: Obituary: Nicos Remoundos, founding member of Xekinima, CWI Greece
Xekinima Reporters (CWI Greece) - 13/09/2012: Dutch Elections: Liberals and Labour win; Socialist Party stuck on 15
seats
Pieter Brans, Socialist Alternative (CWI in Netherlands) Amsterdam - 13/09/2012: Spain/Catalonia: Millions on Barcelona streets on 11 September
Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain) reporters, Barcelona - 13/09/2012: Russia: Repression and jailing of Pussy Riot
socialistworld.net - 12/09/2012: Northern Ireland: Parades disputes triggers serious rioting in north
Belfast
Ciaran Mulholland and Gary Mulcahy, from Socialist Party website (Northern Ireland) - 12/09/2012: Britain: Shopstewards’ network lobby demands a 24-hour general strike
Sarah Sachs-Eldridge, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 11/09/2012: Dutch Elections: Labour Party makes a comeback in polls
Pieter Brans, Socialist Alternative (CWI in Netherlands) Amsterdam - 08/09/2012: Britain: Stopping the far-right
Paula Mitchell, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 07/09/2012: Britain: Osborne’s cuts plans aren’t working
Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) general secretary, first published in "The Socialist" - 05/09/2012: Netherlands elections: Socialist Party polling strongly
Pieter Brans, Socialist Alternative (CWI in Netherlands) Amsterdam - 04/09/2012: Spain: Protest leaders arrested in Malaga after bank occupation
socialistworld.net - 01/09/2012: Ireland: Clare Daly resigns from the Socialist Party
Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) statement - 31/08/2012: Norway: Mass murderer Anders Breivik gets life sentence
Trond Sverre and Elise Kolltveit, Oslo - 26/08/2012: Spain: Towards an Autumn of reckoning
Danny Byrne, CWI - 26/08/2012: Britain: Murdochgate rumbles on ...
Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI Scotland) - 24/08/2012: Britain: Socialist Party’s Hannah Sell on Jeremy Vine show
Socialistworld.net - 22/08/2012: Britain: Towards a 24 hour general strike
Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales), first published in Socialism Today - 18/08/2012: Britain: [updated] Solidarity with South African miners
CWI - 07/08/2012: Russia: “Pussy riot” – made into scapegoats by revengeful Putin
Rob Jones Moscow - 07/08/2012: Britain: Stop super-exploitation of seafarers
CWI - 06/08/2012: Ireland: Income survey shows austerity is failing
Oisín Kelly, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 04/08/2012: Ireland: If they take one non-payer to court they take us all
Cian Prendiville, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 03/08/2012: Poland: Struggle against raising of retirement age
Kacper Pluta, Alternatywa Socjalistyczna (CWI Poland) - 02/08/2012: Spain/Ireland: Markets force similar savage austerity on Spanish workers
Joe Higgins , Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 28/07/2012: Britain: Olympics G4S security debacle
Editorial from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales) - 27/07/2012: Russia: Moscow police round-up 6th May protesters
CWI Reporters, Moscow - 26/07/2012: Italy: Deepening social and political crisis
Giuliano Brunetti, Controcorrente (CWI in Italy) - 22/07/2012: Britain: London Olympics opening week
Manny Thain, from an edited version of an article in Socialism Today (monthly magazine of the Socialist Party, CWI England and Wales) - 20/07/2012: CWI Summer School: “Ungovernable” Europe enters economic depression
Kevin Parslow, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales - 20/07/2012: Solidarity: British civil service trade union members support Spanish
miners
Socialistworld.net - 17/07/2012: Spain: Miners light up Madrid and show workers the way to struggle!
John Hird, CWI Spain - 16/07/2012: Britain: Libor banking scandal exposes rotten system
Editorial from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales) - 11/07/2012: Northern Ireland: NIPSA: Broad Left achieves important gains
Socialist Party (CWI Northern Ireland) - 10/07/2012: Netherlands: Socialist Party leads in polls ahead of September general
election
Pieter Brans, Socialist Alternative (CWI in Netherlands) Amsterdam - 05/07/2012: Britain: Jail the banksters! Nationalise the banks under popular
democratic control
Socialistworld.net - 04/07/2012: Europe: ACTA defeated: victory against attacks on internet freedom
Socialistworld.net - 04/07/2012: Europe: Paul Murphy speaks out against ACTA on eve of crucial vote
Socialistworld.net - 03/07/2012: Europe: Why ACTA needs to be defeated
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 27/06/2012: France set to join Europe’s turmoil
Gauche Révolutionnaire (CWI in France) - 26/06/2012: Belgium: United left election lists launched successfully
LSP/PSL (CWI in Belgium) reporters - 24/06/2012: ACTA: Important victory for campaigners for internet freedom in Europe
Tanja Niemeier, LSP/PSL (CWI Belgium) - 21/06/2012: Greece election: Majority vote against austerity
Nicos Anastasiades, Xekinima (CWI Greece) - 19/06/2012: Greece: New Democracy victory, but struggle looms
Socialistworld.net - 17/06/2012: Greece: Huge battle ahead
Socialistworld.net - 16/06/2012: Greece: Syriza: Preparing for power?
Socialistworld.net - 15/06/2012: Greece: Paul Murphy MEP in Athens campaigning for Syriza
Socialistworld.net - 14/06/2012: Spain: Bank bailout can’t stop Euro death-spiral
Lynn Walsh, Socialism Today editor - 14/06/2012: Tamil Struggle: Tamil protest scores victory as Rajapaksa cancels
speaking engagement
Sarah Sachs-Eldridge, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 13/06/2012: Kazakhstan/Britain:President of Zhanartu trade union federation speaks
in London
Socialistworld.net - 13/06/2012: Spain: New epicentre of crisis in Europe
Danny Byrne, CWI - 11/06/2012: Turkey: Government enforces strike ban against aviation workers
Report from Day-Mer (Turkish & Kurdish Community Centre) - 11/06/2012: Britain: NSSN calls for one-day general strike against austerity
Reporters from Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 08/06/2012: Serbia: Low voter turnout for presidential elections
Paul Kershaw, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales) - 06/06/2012: Norway: Biggest strike since the 1980s
Trond Sverre and Elise Kolltveit (CWI Norway) - 05/06/2012: Ireland: Fiscal Treaty passed
Reporters from Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 04/06/2012: Britain: Monarchy - not just a ’harmless relic’
Becci Heagney, Socialist Party (CWI in England and Wales) - 03/06/2012: France: After the presidential election
Tiphaine Soyez, Gauche Revolutionnaire (CWI, France) - 03/06/2012: Sri Lanka / Britain: Rajapaksa - wanted for war crimes, not wanted in
Britain!
Tamil Solidarity - 01/06/2012: Russia: Moscow CWI supporter targeted by fascists
CWI reporters, Moscow - 01/06/2012: Scotland: Cameron’s former spin doctor, Andy Coulson, charged with lying
Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland - 30/05/2012: Britain: The phone-hacking scandal - profits, power and corruption
Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 30/05/2012: Scotland: Independence referendum campaign launched
Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI Scotland) - 29/05/2012: Northern Ireland: Fighting strategy needed for public sector union NIPSA
Padraig Mulholland, NIPSA Vice-President (personal capacity), and member of the Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 28/05/2012: Irish referedum: Yes Campaign has tried to use every scaremongering
threat possible
Joe Higgins, TD, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 26/05/2012: Irish 31 May referendum: Reject the EU fiscal compact treaty
Michael O’Brien, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), first published in the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 26/05/2012: Euro crisis: Greece heads for the exit
Lynn Walsh, editor of Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 25/05/2012: Greece/Britain: We stand 100% with the Greek workers
Editorial of the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 25/05/2012: Sweden: 1,000 issues of Offensiv celebrated
Offensiv reporters - 25/05/2012: Finland: Exciting meetings at Tampere Social Forum and in Stockholm
Heikki Moisio, CWI Sweden - 24/05/2012: Russia: Police release CWI members
CWI Reporters, Moscow - 24/05/2012: EU: Commissioner questioned on failed austerity policies
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 23/05/2012: Germany: 30,000 defy police provocations
Sascha Stanicic, SAV (CWI in Germany) - 21/05/2012: Greece: Euro crisis deepens
Tony Saunois (CWI) with Andros Payiatos, Xekinima (CWI Greece) - 18/05/2012: Russia: CWI supporters arrested during Moscow protests
CWI Reporters, Moscow - 18/05/2012: Germany: Massive state repression against “Blockupy” movement
Sascha Stanicic, SAV (CWI Germany) - 15/05/2012: Greece: New elections due as pro-austerity coalition talks fail
Nikos Anastasiades, Xekinima (CWI in Greece ) and Niall Mulholland, CWI - 15/05/2012: Russia: Moscow’s streets a ‘battle ground’ as police attack anti-Putin
demonstrations
CWI Reporters, Russia - 12/05/2012: Russia: Moscow left holds May Day Moscow demonstration
Denis D., CWI, Moscow - 12/05/2012: May Day: Demonstration in Uleåborg Finland
Reporters from Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden) - 10/05/2012: Irish referendum: No to the austerity treaty!
Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) Video ’The Austerity Treaty Explained’ - 09/05/2012: France: Weekend that shocked Europe
Robert Bechert, CWI - 09/05/2012: Greece: Political earthquake sees pro-austerity parties’ support collapse
Following the recent elections in Greece, which saw two out of three voters vote against pro-austerity parties and a big swing to left parties, Niall Mulholland spoke to Andros Payiatsos, from Xekinima (CWI in Greece). - 07/05/2012: Britain: Legitimacy of Cameron and Clegg further shattered
Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) general secretary - 06/05/2012: The capitalist “vampire squid” and the class struggle in Europe
CWI - 05/05/2012: Sweden: May Day in Gothenburg
Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden), Gothenburg reporters - 03/05/2012: Germany: Heading towards days of action against Troika austerity
Michael Koschitzki, SAV - Sozialistische Alternative (CWI Germany) - 02/05/2012: Britain: "We’re striking back on 10 May"
John McInally, National vice-president, Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), personal capacity, first published in the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 02/05/2012: Ireland: Water charges are just paving the way for privatisation
Joe Higgins, TD (member of Irish parliament), Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 02/05/2012: France: Down with Sarkozy and austerity policies!
Statement of Gauche Révolutionnaire, CWI France, on the second round of the French presidential elections. - 01/05/2012: Sweden: Chinese premier’s visit met by vociferous democracy protests
CWI reporters in Gothenburg and Stockholm - 28/04/2012: Iceland: The crisis is far from over
Per-Åke Westerlund. From Offensiv, newspaper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden) - 27/04/2012: Referendum in Ireland: Irish Congress of Trade Unions decides not to
take a stance on European fiscal treaty
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 27/04/2012: State repression: European court condones police ‘kettling’
Niall Mulholland, CWI, first published in Socialism Today, monthly magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 23/04/2012: France: Presidential elections shows deep anger at Sarkozy’s rule
Dave Carr - 22/04/2012: Argentina/EU: Paul Murphy MEP speaks out over nationalisation of YPF
(Repsol) oil company
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 22/04/2012: Denmark: Police found guilty of violating European Convention on Human
Rights
Reporters from ‘Offensiv’ (Weekly paper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna, CWI Sweden) - 20/04/2012: EU: Turning Europe into an economic wasteland
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 20/04/2012: Norway: Far right Breivik states his loathing of ’equality’ and socialism
Per-Åke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden) - 19/04/2012: Britain: The pensions’ battle continues
Peter Taaffe, general secretary Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales), first published in Socialism Today - 18/04/2012: Finland: New betrayal by the Left Alliance
CWI reporters, Finland - 16/04/2012: Ireland: Abortion Bill – a first step towards a womans’ right to choose
Clare Daly, TD (member of the Irish parliament), Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 15/04/2012: Ireland’s ULA: We must win people to the struggle for a new party
Kevin McLoughlin, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 10/04/2012: Sweden: Thousands of Gothenburg anti-racists hugely outnumber far right
rally
Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden), reporters, Gothenburg - 07/04/2012: Denmark: Racist English Defence League demonstration fails miserably
Stefan Berg, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden) - 06/04/2012: The capitalist “vampire squid” and the class struggle in Europe
CWI - 05/04/2012: Ireland / EU Fiscal Treaty: Why this really is an Austerity Treaty
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), first published on politico.ie - 04/04/2012: Ireland: Tens of thousands demonstrate and attend meetings against house
hold tax
Cillian Gillespie and Matt Waine, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), Dublin - 03/04/2012: Britain: George Galloway’s stunning victory in Bradford byelection
Editorial of the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 02/04/2012: Britain: The state of the unions
Rob Williams, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales), first published in Socialism Today - 31/03/2012: Spain: Huge general strike as government enters deep crisis
Danny Byrne, CWI - 30/03/2012: Turkey: Government attempts to intensify religious education
Donald O’Neill, CWI, Istanbul - 30/03/2012: Turkey: Brutal reality behind the West’s much-praised AKP government
model
Kai Stein, CWI - 29/03/2012: Northern Ireland: Sectarian parties will exploit Scottish referendum
Daniel Waldron, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), Belfast - 28/03/2012: Britain: Prepare for future struggle - build the trade union left
Editorial of The Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 27/03/2012: Portugal: General strike sees new round of class struggle
Danny Byrne, CWI, and Goncalo Romeiro, Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Portugal) - 27/03/2012: Germany: New President…old contradictions
Wolfram Klein, Sozialistische Alternative (SAV, German CWI section) - 24/03/2012: Britain: Capitalism isn’t working
Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist Party (CWI in England and Wales) - 22/03/2012: France: Candidates spar in election campaign
Leila Messaoudi, Gauche Révolutionnaire (CWI in France) - 14/03/2012: Europe: Fiscal treaty and blackmail clause
Video: Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 13/03/2012: Spain: 1.5 million march as workers gear up for general strike
Danny Byrne, CWI - 13/03/2012: Ireland: "We Can Beat the Household tax!"
Video to mobilise for the "Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes" - 11/03/2012: Italy: New rap-video celebrates Genoa shipyard workers’ struggle
Video by Zero Plastica - L’acqua della mola - 10/03/2012: Austria: Government ministers awarded for ’shameless hypocrisy on
women’s rights’
Laura Rafetseder, Socialist Left Party (CWI in Austria) - 08/03/2012: Britain: Women in struggle
Jane James, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 08/03/2012: Europe: A Treaty to institutionalise austerity
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 05/03/2012: Russia: Widespread fraud alleged as Putin wins presidential election
Rob Jones, CWI, Moscow - 05/03/2012: Belgium: Thugs used against Meister strikers
Geert Cool, LSP/PSL (CWI in Belgium) - 04/03/2012: Hungary: Towards bankruptcy and dictatorship?
Tilman M.Ruster, SLP (CWI Austria) - 03/03/2012: Ireland / China: Irish Prime Minister challenged over Chinese
Vice-President’s visit
Joe Higgins, TD (member of Irish Parliament), Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 02/03/2012: Britain: No to slave labour ‘workfare’ schemes!
socialistworld.net - 02/03/2012: Italy: ’No Tav’ mass protests
Giuliano Brunetti, Controcorrente (CWI in Italy) - 01/03/2012: Ireland: Vote NO to EU austerity treaty!
Declaration by Paul Murphy, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) MEP - 28/02/2012: Britain: Occupy London evicted
socialistworld.net - 28/02/2012: Greece: Paul Murphy solidarity visit – Day 3
Paul Murphy, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) member of the European Parliament - 28/02/2012: Striking back in austerity Britain
Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI in England and Wales) - 27/02/2012: Greece: Paul Murphy solidarity visit – Day 2
Paul Murphy, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) member of the European Parliament - 27/02/2012: Greece Solidarity: Striking journalists continue to publish
socialistworld.net - 27/02/2012: Britain: ’Capitalism fails the poor’ agree Oxford University students!
Linda Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) - 25/02/2012: Spain: Solidarity with the “Valencian Spring”!
socialistworld.net - 24/02/2012: Greece: Paul Murphy solidarity visit – Day 1
Paul Murphy, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) member of the European Parliament - 23/02/2012: Italy: Important victories of Genoa shipyard and transport workers
Fabio Mantero, Fincantieri worker, Genoa Sestri Ponente, and Simone Solari, AMT transport worker, Genoa (ControCorrente, CWI in Italy) - 21/02/2012: France: Is the NPA still a step towards a new fighting party for workers
and youth?
Gauche Révolutionnaire - 17/02/2012: Portugal: General strike announced after biggest workers’ march in 32
years
Danny Byrne, CWI and Fransisco Oliveira Raposo, Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Portugal) - 16/02/2012: Russia: Another 100,000 strong anti-Putin demo
Zhenya Otto, CWI Moscow - 16/02/2012: Romania: Protest movement topples government
Victor Cosmin, Romania - 14/02/2012: Greece: Up to half a million people at Syntagma Square
Niall Mulholland spoke to Andros Payiatsos, from Xekinima (CWI in Greece) a participant in last weekend’s huge protests in Athens. - 13/02/2012: Netherlands: Opposition Socialist Party surges to first place in polls
Pieter Brans, Socialist Alternative (CWI in Netherlands) Amsterdam - 12/02/2012: Olympics 2012: London - a tale of two cities
Paula Mitchell, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales), first published in the Socialist - 10/02/2012: Ireland: Growing momentum for anti household tax boycott
Joe Higgins, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), questioning the Irish Prime Minister, Enda Kenny - 09/02/2012: Europe: No to the debt! No to the austerity! No to the blackmail!
Joint declaration by CWI sections in Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain - 09/02/2012: NEWSFLASH: 48-hour general strike tomorrow in Greece
socialistworld.net - 08/02/2012: Greece: Support for government in free fall
CWI / Xekinima (CWI in Greece) - 04/02/2012: Ireland: Joe Higgins addresses packed anti-household tax meeting
Joe Higgins, TD (member of Irish parliament), Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 03/02/2012: Belgium: January 30 General Strike
Eric Byl, LSP/PSL (CWI in Belgium) - 03/02/2012: EU summit: No capitalist solutions to the spiralling eurozone crisis
Editorial of the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 01/02/2012: Italy: Dozens of No TAV activists arrested
Giuliano Brunetti, ControCorrente (CWI supporters in Italy) - 29/01/2012: Cyprus: Partial general strike paralyses public sector
Athina Kariati, New Internationalist Left (CWI Cyprus), Nicosia - 26/01/2012: CWI International Meeting: Upturn in class struggles across Europe
Finghín Kelly, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) - 21/01/2012: Britain: Stephen Lawrence murder – The untold story
Interview with Lois Austin from The Socialist, weekly newspaper of The Socialist Party - 20/01/2012: Scotland: ConDem government blunders independence referendum
Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI in Scotland) - 15/01/2012: Britain: Pensions battle continues
Editorial of the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 12/01/2012: Ireland: Workers occupy against redundancies and abuses
Socialistworld.net - 11/01/2012: Russia: Mass 24 December Moscow demonstration demands free elections
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