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18/06/2013: Well over 250,000 in approximately 20 cities took to the streets
18/06/2013: Revelations by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden have exposed US
hypocrisy over cyber-spying
17/06/2013: End the rule of big business, poverty and war
16/06/2013: Mass demonstrations against the increase of bus fares in all major cities
15/06/2013: “We will defend our rights and continue fighting”.
15/06/2013: Fed up with continued oppression, workers under the banner of ’Pradeep
Laminators Workers’ Union’ have started a propaganda campaign against
the bosses.
13/06/2013: MEP Paul Murphy criticises EU foreign policy representative, Catherine
Ashton, over calls for ’restraint on all sides’
12/06/2013: Unions must organise general strike action now!
12/06/2013: Socialist MP slams huge security operation and anti-working class record
of world leaders
11/06/2013: Erdogan seeks trial of strength with mass protests
11/06/2013: Oppose the summit of capitalist leaders, argues Paul Murphy in the
European Parliament
11/06/2013: Report from London, with CWI comment on the developments in Turkey
11/06/2013: A genuine working class fighter and a revolutionary socialist
10/06/2013: Socialist Party MEP Paul Murphy travelled to Istanbul to see the
protests first-hand – and in his diary from the visit he tells us that
the response from the country’s Prime Minister has been “brutal”.
08/06/2013: 24th anniversary of Beijing’s crackdown draws 150,000 protestors
08/06/2013: Urgent need for independent working class socialist organisations
08/06/2013: Paul Murphy to visit heart of Turkish Protests
07/06/2013: An 18-year-old student activist Clement Meric was murdered in Paris in
broad daylight, on 5 June, by neo-fascist skinheads. This must be
answered by mass mobilisation to halt attempts by the far right to raise
its head.
07/06/2013: Police repression in the belly of the beast
06/06/2013: A group of 12 MEPs from the left wing group in the European Parliament,
GUE-NGL, have signed a joint message of support to Anti-G8 protestors
ahead of the summit in two weeks’ time.
05/06/2013: Unrest grows over economic and social issues
04/06/2013: Public sector workers take strike action against police violence – For a
one day general strike as a next step to bring down the government!
04/06/2013: Over 2,000 poeple attended the anti - bedroom tax rally in Glasgow’s
George Square on June 1 called by the Scottish Anti Bedroom Tax
Federation.
02/06/2013: Secret Services bolster police ahead of G8 Summit in N Ireland
01/06/2013: Vital lessons for today’s democracy struggle
31/05/2013: ‘Boycott, divestment and sanctions’- questions and answers about the BDS
campaign
30/05/2013: Rising support for UKIP shows both the erosion of established party
loyalties and the existence of a profound vacuum of working-class
political representation.
29/05/2013: EU council meeting: Another attempt to put the burden of the capitalist
crisis on the shoulders of youth and working people
28/05/2013: Sweden once had a reputation as some kind of ‘social-democratic model’
with far-reaching public services and social support. But that has been
dismantled by two decades of attacks – what the Economist magazine calls
a ‘silent revolution’
28/05/2013: Profits from destruction
25/05/2013: The one day protest general strike held on 21 May was a significant step
forward for the working class in Sri Lanka.
24/05/2013: Neo-liberalism and police violence have created social time-bomb
24/05/2013: Interview on Militant, the Labour Party and the struggle of the
socialist led council 1983-87 in Liverpool
24/05/2013: The Tories are thrashing around in ever-deeper water on the issue of
Europe.
23/05/2013: MEP demands immediate release of Housing Campaigners - solidarity still
needed
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 Breaking News
Israeli warships block Gaza solidarity flotillawww.socialistworld.net, 04/11/2011
website of the committee for a workers' international, CWI Ship radio communication cut
CWI Reporters
In next few hours, the Irish ship, ‘Saoirse’ (Freedom), along with a
Canadian vessel, are expected to enter Gaza Strip waters to try to break
the blockade on the territory that has been imposed by Israeli
government since 2007. Paul Murphy, Socialist Party Member of European
Parliament (MEP), representing Dublin, is on board the Irish boat and
has been sending regular live reports on its progress. However, all
communication from the ships, including satellite communication with the
press, was cut off last night. The last information we received from
Paul was at 7.30pm, yesterday evening, when the flotilla was in
international waters, around 200 miles from Gaza. According to the last
report, Israeli warships were seen in the distance and Israeli spotter
planes were also observed flying overhead. Crew and passengers on the
ship feared for their safety. An Israeli government official told
Reuters, on Wednesday, that Israel, "will take whatever measures will be
necessary" to maintain its blockade. Nine people were murdered when
Israeli commandos stormed the flotilla in May last year.
The Committee for Workers International demands an immediate end to the
siege of Gaza. We demand that Israeli authorities allow all
communication with the two boats trying to deliver aid and immediately
halt its military action against them. We support the emergency
demonstration called in support of flotilla that has been called for 6pm
today, in Dublin.
Socialistworld.net
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France: Fatal fascist violence in Paris
07/06/2013, Comments from BlockBuster (Anti-racist youth organisation in Belgium):
An 18-year-old student activist Clement Meric was murdered in Paris in
broad daylight, on 5 June, by neo-fascist skinheads. This must be
answered by mass mobilisation to halt attempts by the far right to raise
its head.
Sweden: The reality of Swedish neo-liberalism
28/05/2013, Per Olsson, Rättisvepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden):
Sweden once had a reputation as some kind of ‘social-democratic model’
with far-reaching public services and social support. But that has been
dismantled by two decades of attacks – what the Economist magazine calls
a ‘silent revolution’
Turkey / Kurdistan: PKK announces ceasefire
11/05/2013, Festus Okay, Sosyalist Alternatif (CWI Turkey):
On 8 May the PKK has begun to withdraw from Turkey. Millions are hoping
now for an end to oppression and for democratic rights.
Thatcher: A class warrior for capitalism
12/04/2013, Alistair Tice, Socialist Party regional secretary, Yorkshire:
Millions have been waiting for this day, 8 April 2013. Margaret Thatcher
will never be forgiven for the devastation that her Tory governments’
policies wrought on working class communities in the 1980s - and is
still being felt today.
Israel: “There is a future” – of cuts, racism and resistance
05/04/2013, Socialist Struggle Movement (CWI Israel/Palestine):
Weak Israeli government will try to implement austerity budget, and
would try to maintain the occupation, possibly under a new cover of
"negotiations" with Palestinians. Resistance likely on all fronts.
Venezuela: After the death of Hugo Chávez
24/03/2013, Tony Saunois, CWI, a shorter version of this article was first published
in Socialism Today,
magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales:
Radical, populist policies and anti-imperialism helped transform the
political situation
Cyprus/EU: Eurozone back in turmoil
22/03/2013, Tony Saunois, CWI:
No trust in capitalist government! No austerity for the Euro! Kick out
the Troika! For a socialist alternative!
[Updated article, 25
March]
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