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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
28/04/2013: SSM member, Suiher Daska and other left candidates were elected to the
leadership of the union on the background of the coming struggles
against austerity
www.socialistworld.net, 22/02/2013 website of the committee for a workers' international, CWI
Signs of growing radicalisation and struggle
socialistworld.net
In the first of the videos published below, Miguel Relvas,
Portuguese Minister of parliamentary affairs, was prevented from making
a speech in one of the main universities in Lisbon by students shouting
slogans against austerity. As he abandons the stage, he is hunted down
and chased out of the building.
In the second video, which has had a substantial impact throughout
Portugal and beyond, dozens of people interrupt the Prime Minister’s
address in parliament, singing "Grandola Vila Morena" the emblematic
song of the Portuguese 74 Revolution, which was played as a ‘signal’ for
the beginning of the movement to bring down the dictatorship. Similar
actions– involving the same strategy of interruptions through singing
this song - against members of the government and ruling elite have been
taking place throughout the whole week.
This gives an indication of the growing radicalization of
Portuguese workers and youth, building up for the mass demonstration
called for 2 March, which marks the beginning of an entire month of mass
protest all over the country. More news and analysis to follow…
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.
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.
Sri Lanka: Successful May Day
08/05/2013, USP(CWI, Sri Lanka): The United Socialist Party’s May Day demonstration passed successfully
through a number of populous areas of Colombo, ending at Grand Pass
Junction.
Britain’s ’precariat’: Fighting for real jobs
06/05/2013, Claire Laker-Mansfield, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales), first
published in The
Socialist: ’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.
Nigerian May Day arrests: All DSM members released [updated]
03/05/2013, Press statement by Segun Sango, general secretary DSM (CWI Nigeria): 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.
Pakistan: May Day 2013
03/05/2013, Syed Fazal Abass Shah, secretary general PWF, Pakistan: Progressive Workers Federation (PWF), TURCP and SMP organised and
intervened in the May Day activities across the country
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.
Cyprus: “Working people pay high price for crisis of euro and capitalism”
31/03/2013, 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: Interview with a Cypriot socialist
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]
Hugo Chavez dies: The struggle continues
06/03/2013, Tony Saunois, CWI Secretary: Millions of Venezuelan workers, the poor and youth will mourn the death
of Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez
Germany: A crucial stage for the Left Party
23/02/2013, Sascha Stanicic, Sozialistische Alternative (CWI in Germany): A few years ago Germany’s Left Party, Die Linke, was seen as a model for
the emergence of new, united, left-wing parties in Europe…
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