Sri Lanka: Working class beginning to move forward
25/05/2013, Srinath Perera, United Socialist Party (USP – CWI, Sri Lanka):
The one day protest general strike held on 21 May was a significant step forward for the working class in Sri Lanka.

Sweden: Riots in Stockholm working-class suburbs
24/05/2013, Reporters of Offensiv, paper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden):
Neo-liberalism and police violence have created social time-bomb

30 years ago: Liverpool - a city that dared to fight
24/05/2013, Peter Taaffe speaking to "Tony Snell in the Morning", BBC Radio Merseyside:
Interview on Militant, the Labour Party and the struggle of the socialist led council 1983-87 in Liverpool

Britain: Tories in turmoil over Europe
24/05/2013, Editorial of the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales):
The Tories are thrashing around in ever-deeper water on the issue of Europe.

Kazakhstan: Campaign leader sentenced to ten days in prison
23/05/2013, Campaign Kazakhstan:
MEP demands immediate release of Housing Campaigners - solidarity still needed

Britain: No to terrorism! No to racism! No to war!
23/05/2013, Greenwich Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales), London:
Statement on Woolwich killing

Tunisia: the Ministry of Women excuses violations against women rights
23/05/2013, Aïda, CWI sympathiser in Tunisia:
In the «most developped country for women in the Arab world», the struggle for women rights remains more relevant than ever

Germany: DIE LINKE and the Euro
23/05/2013, Sascha Stanicic and Lucy Redler, SAV (CWI Germany):
After Lafontaine’s proposal to get rid of the Euro – what should the left say?

Kazakhstan - solidarity needed: Housing justice activists arrested in Astana
22/05/2013, Campaign Kazakhstan:
Protests needed via embassies

Ireland: Tax haven for multinational corporations
22/05/2013, Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland):
How Ireland is used as a tax haven by multinational corporations while the government is preparing to steal the property tax from people’s wages, social welfare and pensions

Germany: Strike at Amazon
22/05/2013, An Amazon activist reporting to SAV (CWI Germany):
Union-agreed rates could bring Amazon workers 9000 euros more a year

Taiwan: Sea shooting sees Filipino migrants become target of racist backlash
21/05/2013, Chris Dite and CWI Taiwan reporters, article from Chinaworker.info:
Anti-racist campaign needed against corrupt ruling elites and capitalism

G8 Summit, Northern Ireland:’Why YOU should oppose the G8’
20/05/2013, Socialist Party, Northern Ireland (CWI Ireland):
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.

South Africa: Mass retrenchment threat in mining industry demands mass action
18/05/2013, DSM (CWI South Africa) reporters:
Workers and Socialist Party calls for one-day-general strike

Iran: What would a Rafsanjani presidency mean?
18/05/2013, Kave Heydari, Iranian CWI supporter in Britain:
Iran’s June 14 presidential election takes place against the background of deep divisions in society and the regime.

Australia: Labour approves WA’s first uranium mine
17/05/2013, Socialist Party (CWI Australia) reporters Perth:
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.

New Zealand: Racism and recession in New Zealand
15/05/2013, Jared Phillips, CWI New Zealand:
Working class unity needed to defend rights and living standards

Australian budget: Say ‘NO’ to the cuts agenda of the major parties
14/05/2013, Editorial comment from ‘The Socialist’, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI Australia):
We shouldn’t let either of the major parties tell us that ‘tough decisions’ or ‘hard cuts’ are required.

Ireland: ‘Bus Eireann workers in front line of class war - We should all support them!’
13/05/2013, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) Reporters:
Bus workers take strike action over savage wage cuts and attacks on conditions

May Day in Nigeria: Jonathan government intensifies attacks on democratic rights
12/05/2013, Ebike Iseru, DSM (CWI Nigeria):
15 DSM members arrested at May Day rallies

Italy: The economic crisis becomes a political and institutional crisis
11/05/2013, Marco Veruggio, ControCorrente (CWI Italy):
The latest events that have happened in Italian politics mark a new phase of development in the crisis in the third European industrial power.

Malaysia: Election ’victory’ based on fraud
10/05/2013, Ravichandren, CWI Malaysia:
Ruling Barisan Nasional’s widespread fraud enrages opposition supporters and young people

Greece: Challenging the Golden Dawn
10/05/2013, Katerina Kleitsa , Xekinima (CWI Greece):
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
10/05/2013, Editorial of the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales):
Time for a new mass workers’ party

Tunisia: The calm before the storm
09/05/2013, CWI reporter in Tunis:
New clashes on the horizon

Pakistan: General elections held amid political turmoil
08/05/2013, Khalid Bhatti, SMP (CWI Pakistan), Lahore:
Big landlords, capitalists and influential families are calling the shots