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World Economy: The great implosion
Capitalist finance system nears meltdown
Editorial, Socialism Today, October 2008
Tuesday 26 September 2008
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Britain: New Labour - Losing its hold on power
Economy in crisis & politics in flux
Peter Taaffe, from Socialism Today, monthly magazine of the Socialist Party (England and Wales CWI)
Tuesday 26 September 2008
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Brazil: Ruling party maintains base in municipal elections
Economic storm-clouds threaten tumultuous change
Marcus Kollbrunner, Socialismo Revolucionário (CWI in Brazil), Tuesday 7 October 2008
Austria: Far Right makes big gains - Left vote squeezed
As economic crisis hits, workers’ movement needs socialist alternative
Laura Rafetseder, Sozialistische Linkspartei (SLP - CWI Austria), Tuesday 7 October 2008
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France: "Your strike is our strike..."
A message of support and solidarity from French Airbus workers to striking Boeing workers. Video.
socialistworld.net, Monday 6 October 2008
Germany: Year-old Left Party third in polls
Capitalist crisis shows need for bold socialist policies and campaigning
Holger Dröge, Sozialistische Alternative (SAV – CWI Germany), Monday 6 October 2008
World Economy: Credit crunch
Video interview with Peter Taaffe, General Secretary of the Socialist Party, cwi in England and Wales
socialistworld.net, Friday 3 October 2008
Ireland: Government's 500 billion euros banks guarantee
Banks should be taken into public ownership – Not have their greed underwritten
socialistworld.net
South Africa: Mbeki dismissed by ANC as president of SA...
Africa’s oldest liberation movement headed for split
Weizmann Hamilton, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in South Africa), Wednesday 1 October 2008
Global Economy: ‘Meltdown Monday’ confirms capitalist anarchy
End workers’ misery through genuine nationalisation and democratic socialist planning
Judy Beishon, Editor of the Socialist, newspaper of Socialist Party, CWI, England and Wales, Tuesday 30 September 2008
Russia: Beware falling BRICs
Russian stock exchange shut on three occasions – economic crisis pending
Rob Jones, Moscow (CWI in CIS), Monday 29 September 2008
World Economy: The great implosion
Capitalist finance system nears meltdown
Editorial, Socialism Today, October 2008, Friday 26 September 2008
Britain: New Labour - Losing its hold on power
Economy in crisis & politics in flux
Peter Taaffe, from Socialism Today, monthly magazine of the Socialist Party (England and Wales CWI), Friday 26 September 2008
Britain: New Labour flounders in face of economic crisis
Unions must break with pro-market Labour to build a workers’ party
Editorial from the Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales), Friday 26 September 2008
Northern Ireland: Back to the Future?
Ruling Sinn Fein/Democratic Unionist Executive in stalemate
Ciaran Mulholland, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), Tuesday 23 September 2008
European Social Forum: Union rights at forefront
CWI gets good response
Offensiv reporters (CWI Sweden), Malmö, Monday 22 September 2008
Malaysia: Multinational Hualon taken into receivership
Textile workers win big concessions through persistent campaign
Raviechandren, CWI Malaysia, Monday 22 September 2008
Nigeria: Socialists and civil rights activists protest against Channels TV closure
National Broadcasting Commision’s Lagos office stormed.
Peluola Adewale, Democratic Socialist Movement, Lagos, Monday 22 September 2008
Bolivia: Revolution and counter–revolution
Right-wing offensive radicalizes masses and provokes land occupations
Tony Saunois (CWI) and Roberto Antezana (CWI Bolivia), Friday 19 September 2008
European Social Forum: March against racism and capitalism
20,000 expected in Malmö
Mattias Bernhardsson and Per-Åke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden), Thursday 18 September 2008
World economy: Capitalist crisis
Karl Marx was right
Editorial from The Socialist, paper of the the Socialist Party, cwi in England and Wales, Wednesday 17 September 2008
Hong Kong: A sharp shift to the left
Anti-establishment mood leave government and business leaders in state of shock
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info, Tuesday 16 September 2008
USA: Support the machinists' strike against Boeing!
We all have a stake in this fight
Ramy Khalil and Evan Rohar, Seattle, Socialist Alternative (CWI USA), Monday 15 September 2008
Pakistan: Massacres of the Pashtoon peoples
America’s bloody imperialist war in Afghanistan spills into Pakistan
Dr Zayar, Pakistan, Friday 12 September 2008
US: A tale of two Conventions
Where is the presidential election going?
Bryan Koulouris, Socialist Alternative (CWI US), Friday 12 September 2008
Thailand: Courts rule Prime Minister, Samak Sundaravej, must resign…ruling party re-nominates Samak
Weeks of bloody protests and political deadlock within ruling elite
Raviechandren, CWI, Malaysia, Friday 12 September 2008
US: ‘Fannie Mae’ and ‘Freddie Mac’ mortgage banks nationalisation
Sign of deepening economic crisis
Editorial from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales), Wednesday 10 September 2008
US: “Some kind of populist uprising needs to happen”
Anti-war activist challenges Nancy Pelosi, Democratic House Speaker, for Congress
Interview with Cindy Sheehan, Tuesday 9 September 2008
US: Defying police threats, students walk out against the Republican National Convention
Week of police repression against peaceful protests
Ty Moore, Socialist Alternative (CWI USA), Monday 8 September 2008
Egypt: Fire at parliament’s upper house exposes Mubarak’s regime
Scandal and corruption of elite while masses on breadline
Jon Dale, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales), Friday 5 September 2008
Pakistan: Water and sanitation workers’ protest
Struggle over pay and conditions in Balochistan province
Maroof Azad, central organiser of the Pakistan workers’ movement (PWM) and General Secretary united labour federation (MLF) Balochistan, Wednesday 3 September 2008
Russia/Georgia: War exposes limits of West
Major capitalist powers jockey for influence at expense of peoples of the region
Editorial from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales), Wednesday 3 September 2008
Poland: 50,000 on largest workers’ demonstration since 1990s
‘Defend the Labour Code - for a one day General Strike!’
Paul Newbery, Group for a Workers’ Party, (GPR, CWI Poland), Monday 1 September 2008
Sri Lanka: Government uses war to steam-roller victory in provincial elections
Opposition trounced but United Socialist Party still biggest left force
Siritunga Jayasuriya, Secretary of United Socialist Party (CWI, Sri Lanka), Friday 29 August 2008
Poland: Strikes continue against rocketing food and fuel costs
Government and bosses try to crush the workers’ movement
Wojtek Orowiecki, Group for a Workers’ Party (GPR), CWI in Poland, Wednesday 27 August 2008
South Africa: General Strike paralyses the country
Workers feel their power
Sabelo Xotyeni, Democratic Socialist Movement, CWI South Africa, Wednesday 27 August 2008
Implications of a five day war
What does the war mean for the Caucusus and beyond?
Rob Jones, CWI, Moscow, Saturday 23 August 2008
Russia and Georgia: Background to the present crisis
A political analysis of developments in the Caucusus, 1990 - 2004
Rob Jones, CWI, Moscow, Saturday 23 August 2008
Pakistan: General Musharraf resigns as president
Will this end the country’s political crisis?
Khalid Bhatti, Lahore, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI), Wednesday 20 August 2008
Malaysia: Growing political uncertainty amid global economic slowdown
Independent working class policies vital
Raviechandren, CWI, Malaysia, Tuesday 19 August 2008
Chile: Press Conference with Joe Higgins
"Release Elena Varela!"
socialistworld.net, Friday 15 August 2008
Brazil: Appeal for solidarity! Conlutas, new trade union organisation, under attack
Condemn the brutal attack on the office of Conlutas and the subcontracted workers of Revap
Joint Declaration by Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI) and Collectivo Socialismo y Liberdade, Thursday 14 August 2008
US: “Quality housing for all…For a massive program of public works”
Union adopts socialist demands on housing crisis
Steve Edwards, Socialist Alternative (CWI) Chicago, Thursday 14 August 2008
CWI Summer School: Building the socialist alternative worldwide
Tremendous potential for the CWI to grow
Report from The Socialist, weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales), Wednesday 13 August 2008
CWI Summer School: Rally on the founding of the 4th International
Need for a workers’ International more crucial than ever
Cian Prendiville, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), Tuesday 12 August 2008
South Ossetia: Georgia/Russia conflict brings disaster for working people of region
Statement on South Ossetia
CWI in CIS (former Soviet Union), Monday 11 August 2008
China: The ‘Green Olympics?’
Beijing one of the most polluted cities in the world
Vincent Kolo and Chen Lizhi, from chinaworker.info, Sunday 10 August 2008
CWI Summer School: Class struggle in Europe and new left parties
Upsurge in workers’ struggles and new opportunities for the Left
Sinead Daly, International Socialists (CWI Scotland), Saturday 9 August 2008
CWI Summer School 2008: Middle East Commission
War, poverty and renewed class struggle
Jon Dale, Socialist Party England and Wales (CWI), Thursday 7 August 2008
CWI Summer School 2008: Latin America Commission
First hand accounts from Brazil and Venezuela
Michael O’Brien, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), Thursday 7 August 2008
CWI Summer School 2008: Asia Commission Report
Crucial region for world capitalism
Pete Dickenson, England and Wales Socialist Party, Wednesday 6 August 2008
CWI Summer School 2008: World credit crunch and recession
Consequences for class struggle
Robin Clapp, from England and Wales CWI – section, attending CWI Summer School, Belgium, Wednesday 6 August 2008
Ireland: 220,000 unemployed...Recession looms…end of ‘Celtic Tiger’ economy
Unions must defend jobs & fight cuts
Stephen Boyd, from July/August 2008 issue of The Socialist (newspaper of the Socialist Party - CWI Ireland), Tuesday 5 August 2008
Ireland: Lisbon Treaty rejected - A harbinger of change!
Sharp collapse of economic growth and oncoming recession
Kevin McLoughlin, from July/August 2008 issue of The Socialist (newspaper of the Socialist Party, Ireland), Friday 1 August 2008
Pakistan: Telecom workers win strike with 35% increase in the wages
8,000 contract workers’ ‘regularisation’ confirmed
Fazal Abbas Shah, Trade Union Rights Campaign Pakistan (TURCP), Lahore, Thursday 31 July 2008
Zimbabwe: Will negotiations solve economic and political crisis?
Courage of masses in face of social catastrophe and brutal repression
Weizmann Hamilton and Linda Ngcaba, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI South Africa), Thursday 31 July 2008
Italy: Crucial congress of Rifondazione Comunista rejects former leadership
Chance to re-launch Rc as fighting workers’ party
cwi, Thursday 31 July 2008
Lebanon: “National Unity” government masquerade to “renew” the system
Workers’ alternative to sectarianism and neo-liberalism needed
Aysha Zaki, CWI, Beirut, Wednesday 30 July 2008
Pakistan: Telecom strike continues as negotiations fail
Thousands still sitting inside Telecom headquarters
Azam Janjuah, TURCP, Islamabad, Tuesday 29 July 2008
Scotland: New Labour suffer electoral disaster in Glasgow East
Left party, Solidarity, receives very warm response to class policies
Philip Stott, CWI Scotland, Monday 28 July 2008
Netherlands: Rise in industrial struggles
Workers demand living wages
Bas De Ruiter, Offensief (CWI Netherlands), Friday 25 July 2008
Ireland: Building and Allied Trade Union (BATU) strikers appeal for support
Union officials pass pickets, sacks employees, slash wages and refuse proper union recognition!
Susan Fitzgerald, BATU striker, Wednesday 23 July 2008
Austria: Political establishment in turmoil
New ‘Left Project’ alliance plans to contest early general elections
Laura Rafetseder, Sozialistische LinksPartei (SLP, CWI Austria), Vienna, Wednesday 23 July 2008
Pakistan: 50,000 Telecom workers join countrywide strike
16 workers injured in clashes with paramilitary forces
Azad Qadri and Aazam Janjua, TURCP Islamabad, Monday 21 July 2008
France: Sarkozy’s ‘strength’ is the lack of a fighting socialist alternative
What prospects are there for the development of a New Anti-capitalist Party?
Leila Messaoudi, Gauche révolutionnaire, CWI in France, Monday 21 July 2008
US: The Fall of Fannie and Freddie: Symptom of growing crisis in world capitalism
Bush regime lurches from neo-liberalism to state intervention
Lynn Walsh, Editor Socialism Today (monthly magazine of the Socialist Party England and Wales – CWI), Friday 18 July 2008
Pakistan: 50,000 workers strike - power looms shut down in Faisalabad
Four day strike forced the government and owners to accept workers demands
Khalid Bhatti, TURCP Faisalabad, Thursday 17 July 2008
Iran: Military threat to Iran stepped up
Potentially catastrophic consequences of bombing attack
Judy Beishon, from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist Party – CWI England and Wales), Wednesday 16 July 2008
Nigeria: Osun State Election Petition Scandal
Activists Clamped into Prison
Peluola Adewale, Democratic Socialist Movement, CWI Nigeria, Tuesday 15 July 2008
Sri Lanka: Elections being held in central Sri Lankan provinces
United Socialist Party challenges government over war and prices
Srinath Perera, United Socialist Party, CWI in Sri Lanka, Tuesday 15 July 2008
Nigeria: 10 July solidarity action with teachers’ strike
Photos
socialistworld.net, Monday 14 July 2008
Sri Lanka: July 10 warning general strike marks new beginning
For a wage increase of just 5,000 rupees a month (£25)
Siritunga Jayasuriya, Secretary United Socialist Party, CWI Sri Lanka, Monday 14 July 2008
Brazil: National Coordination of Struggle (Conlutas) holds first national congress
Important step towards re-building workers’ movement in Brazil
Marcus Kollbrunner (Socialismo Revolucionario – CWI Brazil), Monday 14 July 2008
Nigeria: Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) calls ‘Solidarity Day’ with teachers’ strike
Pro-capitalist governments cannot meet basic needs of working masses
Segun Sango, General Secretary Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), Thursday 10 July 2008
Britain: Campaign for a New Workers’ Party conference
Wanted: A new mass workers’ party
Reports from The Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales), Wednesday 9 July 2008
Britain: The working class needs its own party
Being asked to choose between New Labour and Tory governments is no choice at all.
Editorial from The Socialist, weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales), Wednesday 9 July 2008
Germany: Red flags raised on school roof
Secondary education crisis politicises a new generation
Anne Engelhardt, CWI, Tuesday 8 July 2008
Obituary: Terry Fields, former Militant MP
‘A workers’ MP on a worker’s wage’ – A fighter for the working class
Tony Mulhearn, Socialist Party (cwi England and Wales), Liverpool), Tuesday 1 July 2008
EU: Irish ‘No’ vote hits EU rulers
Growing crisis & revolt across Europe
Peter Taaffe, General Secretary, Socialist Party, (cwi in England and Wales), Tuesday 1 July 2008
Nigeria: Education Rights Campaign
Pay Teachers Adequate Wages Now!
Press Statement by the Education Rights Campaign, Nigeria, Monday 30 June 2008
Britain: A ‘Summer of discontent?’
For a united struggle in the public sector & a political alternative to New Labour
Editorial from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales), Thursday 26 June 2008
Northern Ireland: Sacked airport shop stewards win historic victory in Court of Appeal
“Judgement strengthens all trade union members”
Press release issued by Gordon McNeill, sacked airport worker, Wednesday 25 June 2008
World Economy: False ‘gods’ of a failing system
Reviews of ‘The Gods That Failed: How Blind Faith in Markets Has Cost Us Our Future’ by Dan Atkinson & Larry Elliot
Review by Peter Taaffe (from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI) England and Wales), Tuesday 24 June 2008
Israel: Tel-Aviv rail redundancies protest
A countrywide surge in class struggle
Maavak Sotzyalisti (CWI Israel) reporters, Tuesday 24 June 2008
Poland: Thousands join ‘Hands off the Labour Code!’ demonstration
Donald Tusk government and bosses fear united workers’ struggle
Paul Newbery and Florian Nowicki, GPR (CWI Poland), Monday 23 June 2008
Greece: CWI in Greece votes to join SYRIZA (Coalition of the Radical Left)
Socialist programme crucial for party’s future successes
Christina Ziaka, XEKINIMA (CWI in Greece), Monday 23 June 2008
EU: When No means No...
Joe Higgins bring Irish message to Brussels EU Council meeting
Belgium CWI reporters, Friday 20 June 2008
Northern Ireland: Bush not welcome in Belfast
Sinn Fein and DUP welcome war monger with open arms
By Paddy Meehan, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), Thursday 19 June 2008
Sri Lanka: Twenty-fifth aniversary of bloody pogroms nears
President Rajapakse greeted with angry protests in London
Senan, Socialist Party, cwi in England and Wales, Wednesday 18 June 2008
Italy: The rise and fall of Rifondazione Comunista
Great potential squandered
Christine Thomas, Lotta, CWI Italy, Tuesday 17 June 2008
Ireland: Working class votes against EU bosses’ neo-liberal agenda
Leading No campaigner, Joe Higgins, debates with Greens on youtube
socialistworld.net, Tuesday 17 June 2008
Sweden: Widespread public support for healthworkers' struggle
Trade union leaders who agreed on sell-out must be replaced
Elin Gauffin, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI, Sweden), Monday 16 June 2008
Belgium: Successful union ‘Week of action’ to protest rising cost of living
100,000s protest for a living wage and affordable prices
By Belgian CWI correspondents, Monday 16 June 2008
Ireland : Lisbon Treaty ‘No’ vote delivers major shock for political and big business Establishment
Privatisation and workers’ rights key issues of debate in referendum campaign
Kevin McLoughlin, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), Dublin , Saturday 14 June 2008
Ireland: Voters say No to Lisbon Treaty
Mass media quote Joe Higgins, leading Socialist Party No campaigner
socialistworld.net, Saturday 14 June 2008
Germany: The tuition fees disaster
Hessen federal state forced to promise to abolish student financial burden
Interview with Sebastian Förster, student activist, Friday 13 June 2008
Nigeria: Teachers’ strike for wages
Unions should call a day of solidarity action – A living wage for all workers now!
Segun Sango, General Secretary, Democratic Socialist Movement, Thursday 12 June 2008
Portugal: Social turmoil as country hit by economic crisis
Workers respond with action
José David Gregório, Socialismo Revolucionário, (CWI Portugal), Wednesday 11 June 2008
US: Will Obama win?
Campaigning on the ‘left’ but preparing to rule on the right
Editorial from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)., Wednesday 11 June 2008
World Economy: Oil price shock - The chaos of capitalism
Price of petroleum is set in casinos of finance capitalism
Lynn Walsh, from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (England and Wales), Wednesday 11 June 2008
Scotland: Rally boosts campaign to defend Tommy Sheridan
Murdoch and 'friends' attacked by array of well known labour movement figures
Jim McFarlane, International Socialists, CWI Scotland, Monday 9 June 2008
Iraq: Preparing the country for business
United Nations conference in Sweden a US public relations stunt
Per-Åke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (RS), CWI Sweden, Monday 9 June 2008
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Hong Kong: 48,000 gather to commemorate June 4, 1989, Beijing massacre
19th anniversary demonstration in the shadow of Sichuan earthquake
Hong Kong reporters, chinaworker.info, Monday 9 June 2008
World Economy: A crisis foretold
The Trillion Dollar Meltdown, By Charles R Morris
Book review by Lynn Walsh, Editor Socialism Today, monthly magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales), Thursday 5 June 2008
Review: Engels - A Revolutionary Life
By John Green, Artery Publications, London 2008
Reviewed by Peter Taaffe, General Secretary, Socialist Party, cwi in England and Wales, Wednesday 4 June 2008
Israel: Olmert will go, but the political crisis will stick
Militant social and workers' struggles
Shahar Ben-Khorin, (CWI, Israel), Wednesday 4 June 2008
Northern Ireland: Belfast Airport workers
The long battle for justice
Peter Hadden, Socialist Party, Belfast, Wednesday 4 June 2008
cwi: International workers' struggles
Strikes in Iran, Denmark and Norway
From 'Offensiv', weekly newspaper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden), Monday 2 June 2008
Germany: The Left party holds its first national congress
"Measure DIE LINKE by its actions"
Lucy Redler, Sozialistische Alternative (CWI Germany), Friday 30 May 2008
Northern Ireland: Sacked airport shop steward, Gordon McNeill, calls off hunger strike after doctors threaten court action to have him force fed
Shop stewards say they will now defy and resist the Unite injunction barring them from protesting at Transport House
Press Release issued by sacked airport workers on Thursday 29 May, Thursday 29 May 2008
Belgium: Spontaneous strike wave pushes union leaders into calling action over wages
Government and bosses fear all-out battle with working class
Eric Byl, LSP/MAS (CWI Belgium), Thursday 29 May 2008
Northern Ireland: Sacked airport workers accuse Unite leadership of issuing "black propaganda and disinformation" to try to discredit them.
Gordon McNeill remains on hunger strike at Transport House - His protest enters the 14th day.
Sacked airport workers' press release (Wednesday 28 May 2008), Wednesday 28 May 2008
Lebanon: Civil war or rule by sectarian warlords
Politicians Qatar power-sharing deal no solution
Tamir Mahdi, Beirut, Wednesday 28 May 2008
Northern Ireland: Unite union serves injunction and threatens protesting shop stewards with fines and imprisonment
"Unite are trying to deny us our democratic right to peacefully protest." Gordon McNeill
Sacked airport workers' press release (Tuesday 27 May 2008), Wednesday 28 May 2008
Australia: Labor government's first budget a boon for big business
$33 billion cuts announced
Anthony Main, Socialist Party (CWI Australia), Melbourne, Tuesday 27 May 2008
Northern Ireland: The Good Friday Agreement - 10 years on
Sectarian politicians' power-sharing Assembly not a solution
Ciaran Mulholland, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), Belfast, Tuesday 27 May 2008
Germany: Break down the blockades to education!
8,000 school students strike and march in Berlin
Anne Engelhardt, CWI, Sunday 25 May 2008
France: Workers and youth resist Sarkozy's attacks
Public-sector employees, teachers and fishing industry workers take industrial action
Manny Thain, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales), Friday 23 May 2008
Northern Ireland: Airport workers suspend hunger strike to await offer
Legal bills understood to be paid - Unite union promise to make compensation offer
Press Release by sacked Belfast airport workers, Friday 23 May 2008
South Africa: Xenophobic pogroms reveals capitalism’s barbaric underbelly
Anti-immigrant attacks - a warning to working class
Weizmann Hamilton, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI South Africa), Thursday 22 May 2008
Ireland: Socialist Party representative questions German Chancellor about Lisbon Treaty
“The Lisbon Treaty demands more expenditure on the armaments industry and intensifies the militarisation of the European Union”.
socialistworld.net, Thursday 22 May 2008
Cyprus: First months of ‘communist’ presidential rule
Christofias promises ‘worker-friendly’ policies and resolution of national question – Will he succeed?
Athina Kariati, CWI Cyprus, Wednesday 21 May 2008
Northern Ireland: Film director Ken Loach supports sacked Belfast Airport workers
“Resolve the situation in favour of Gordon and his comrades”
socialistworld.net, Tuesday 20 May 2008
Sri Lanka: Elections in the teeth of violence.
The Provincial Council election in the East will enter history as one of the most rigged elections in Sri Lanka.
Siritunga Jayasuriya, secretary United Socialist Party, cwi Sri Lanka, Tuesday 20 May 2008
Northern Ireland : Hunger striking airport worker in critical condition
Press release issued by the sacked Belfast airport workers on 19 May 2008
socialistworld.net, Monday 19 May 2008
India: Elections in Karnataka
Campaigning for a new mass workers’ party
New Socialist Alternative, cwi India, Monday 19 May 2008
Northern Ireland: Sacked airport workers recommence protest at Unite union Belfast offices
Urgent protests needed!
socialistworld.net, Friday 16 May 2008
Ireland: Joe Higgins in TV debate on Lisbon Treaty
Former Socialist Party TD (MP) condemns attacks on workers' rights
socialistworld.net, Friday 16 May 2008
Burma: Cyclone disaster
Wealth and privilege put before aid
Keith Dickinson, Socialist Party, England and Wales, Thursday 15 May 2008
Egypt: Protests mark President Mubarak’s birthday
Mass working class action shows way to end authoritarian rule and poverty
Jon Dale, Socialist Party (England and Wales), Wednesday 14 May 2008
Lebanon: Pro-Western government militias routed by Hezbollah-led opposition
New balance of forces in Lebanon – US imperialism threatens intervention
By a CWI reporter, Beirut, Wednesday 13 May 2008
China: Earthquake’s toll of death and destruction rising
Over 12,000 dead and 19,000 buried
Chen Lizhi and Vincent Kolo, Tuesday 13 May 2008
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