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Nigeria
Build a fightback against the electricity tariff hike!

24/05/2012: For nation-wide union-led mass actions and a 48-hr general strike

  Nigeria

 EU
Commissioner questioned on failed austerity policies

24/05/2012: "Growth will not be achieved simply by stamping the word onto an austerity treaty, because austerity kills growth"

  Europe, Video

Quebec
Mass student strike passes 100th day

23/05/2012: When authoritarianism faces resistance

  Quebec

Germany
30,000 defy police provocations

23/05/2012: Mass demonstration against EU’s austerity policies

  Germany

Tamil struggle
"Seek justice – by all means necessary!"

23/05/2012: Third anniversary of slaughter of Tamil people by Sri Lankan army marked by protests all around the world

  Sri Lanka

Greece
Euro crisis deepens

21/05/2012: Revolution and counter-revolution

  Greece

Algeria
Legislative elections give near-majority to the FLN

20/05/2012: Anger from below, manoeuvres from the top

  Algeria

Burma
Two elections, 90% support but no power

19/05/2012: Workers’ organisations must ensure real change

  Burma

 Russia
CWI supporters arrested during Moscow protests

18/05/2012: Police target socialists at protest camp – urgent protests needed!

  Russia, Solidarity

Lebanon
Union leaders call “a strike without credibility”

18/05/2012: Build fighting, democratic trade unions!

  Lebanon

Germany
Massive state repression against “Blockupy” movement

18/05/2012: Thousands attempt to occupy squares and blockade the ECB in Frankfurt, Germany. Protests are banned.

  Germany

 Kazakhstan
Activists released

18/05/2012: Leader of the “Leave Peoples’ Homes Alone” campaign and member of the SMK, Larissa Boyar, and others have been released from prison

  Kazakhstan, Solidarity

Greece
New elections due as pro-austerity coalition talks fail

15/05/2012: For a Left government! For anti-austerity, pro-worker, socialist policies!

  Greece

Tunisia
General strikes, power struggles and an economic stalemate

15/05/2012: Republic’s president, Marzouki, afraid of ‘new revolution’

  Tunisia

 Kazakhstan
MEP speaks out against repression

15/05/2012: "Despite this ferocious oppression, the opposition and discontent of the working class cannot be silenced"

  Kazakhstan, Video

US
Socialist candidate challenges corporate politics in Washington state

13/05/2012: "During an election dominated by career politicians who are loyal to big business, I am running as a Socialist Alternative candidate to make sure there is at least one independent left-wing, pro-worker candidate in Washington State worth voting for."

  US

US
In calculated move, Obama supports gay marriage

12/05/2012: Step up the Struggle for Equality

  LGBT, US

Nigeria
Experiences of the explosion of class struggle

12/05/2012: Urgency of a working class alternative proven again

  Nigeria

Russia
Moscow left holds May Day Moscow demonstration

12/05/2012: Lively and political CWI contingent attracts variety of activists

  May Day, Russia

May Day
Demonstration in Uleåborg Finland

12/05/2012: Meeting discusses involvement in Afghanistan

  Finland, May Day

Kazakhstan
Miners’ strike ends in victory for workers

11/05/2012: Campaign Kazakhstan reports that newspapers in Kazakhstan said a strike by miners at KazakhMys ended on 7 May with a complete victory for the workers.

  Kazakhstan

 Irish referendum
No to the austerity treaty!

10/05/2012: On 31 May Irish voters are asked to vote on the European fiscal treaty. This video explains what the treaty is about.

  Ireland Republic, Video

May Day in Nigeria
Fanfare fails to mask workers’ anger

10/05/2012: May Day should have offered opportunity for workers to pose their demands and agitation before the government

  May Day, Nigeria

France
Weekend that shocked Europe

09/05/2012: Austerity rejected in Eurozone’s second biggest economy

  France

Sri Lanka
United left May Day in Colombo

09/05/2012: Socialist organisations march to joint rally

  May Day, Sri Lanka

Britain
Legitimacy of Cameron and Clegg further shattered

07/05/2012: The Con-Dem government suffered a crushing defeat in last Thursday’s elections for local authorities and in the mayoral contests apart from London.

  Britain

The capitalist “vampire squid” and the class struggle in Europe

06/05/2012: As economic crisis worsens and class struggles continue in Spain, Greece, Portugal and elsewhere in Europe, the need for working class fight-back and to build the influence of Marxism grows.

  CWI Comment And Analysis, Europe

Hong Kong
Thousands march on May Day

05/05/2012: Socialist Action (CWI) campaigning against the capitalist 1% and against racism

  Hong Kong, May Day

Sweden
May Day in Gothenburg

05/05/2012: Bobby Seale as guest speaker

  May Day, Sweden

 Kazakhstan
Trial of Vadim Kuramshim resumes

04/05/2012: Solidarity needed to free Vadim!

  Kazakhstan, Solidarity

Pakistan
May Day in Sindh

04/05/2012: Fotos of impressive march

  May Day, Pakistan

Lebanon
Build a mass workers’ movement to get rid of the corrupt ruling class

03/05/2012: For a workers’ programme that puts forward the socialist alternative

  Lebanon, May Day

Germany
Heading towards days of action against Troika austerity

03/05/2012: Days of action planned in Frankfurt/Main against European Central Bank and big finance

  Germany

Europe

see also: Website of Paul Murphy, MEP (member of the European Parliament) for the Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

EU: Commissioner questioned on failed austerity policies

24/05/2012, "Growth will not be achieved simply by stamping the word onto an austerity treaty, because austerity kills growth"
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

The capitalist “vampire squid” and the class struggle in Europe

06/05/2012, As economic crisis worsens and class struggles continue in Spain, Greece, Portugal and elsewhere in Europe, the need for working class fight-back and to build the influence of Marxism grows.
CWI

Argentina/EU: Paul Murphy MEP speaks out over nationalisation of YPF (Repsol) oil company

22/04/2012, Socialist MEP condemns use of European Parliament to defend European imperialist interests
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

EU: Turning Europe into an economic wasteland

20/04/2012, Paul Murphy MEP attacks President Barroso on the failure of the austerity policies that he has promoted across Europe.
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

The capitalist “vampire squid” and the class struggle in Europe

06/04/2012, As economic crisis worsens and class struggles continue in Spain, Greece, Portugal and elsewhere in Europe, the need for working class fight-back and to build the influence of Marxism grows.
CWI

Europe: Fiscal treaty and blackmail clause

14/03/2012, Paul Murphy questions Jose Manuel Barroso on how he can keep a straight face when talking about growth while implementing vicious austerity across Europe. He grills Barroso on the Blackmail Clause in the ESM Treaty.
Video: Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

Europe: A Treaty to institutionalise austerity

08/03/2012, Irish referendum offers choice to reject the cuts
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

Europe: No to the debt! No to the austerity! No to the blackmail!

09/02/2012, International struggle can end dictatorship of the markets
Joint declaration by CWI sections in Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain

EU summit: No capitalist solutions to the spiralling eurozone crisis

03/02/2012, The capitalist classes of Europe are all adopting the same policy of attempting to make the working class pay for the capitalist economic crisis.
Editorial of the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

CWI International Meeting: Upturn in class struggles across Europe

26/01/2012, Euro-zone crisis deepens
Finghín Kelly, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland)

Video: Paul Murphy MEP grills Barroso

13/12/2011, "Stability union" is "eurocratic newspeak" for suspending democracy and enshrining austerity
Video of Paul Murphy MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

Eurozone crisis: Another "solution"

07/12/2011, The countdown to “save” the euro and possibly even the European Union.
Robert Bechert, first published in the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

N30 Strike: Paul Murphy MEP supports public sector workers’ strike

05/12/2011, "The message was clear, enough is enough!"
Video of Paul Murphy MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

Eurozone: ECB holds countries to ransom

04/12/2011, Paul Murphy Challenges ECB President Mario Draghi
Video of Paul Murphy MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

Europe: The Markets rule

25/11/2011, "Can there be any doubt but that we are witnessing a full frontal assault on democratic rights by European bondholders, bankers and speculators facilitated by the leadership of the European Union?"
Joe Higgins, TD (member of the Irish Parliament), Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

Eurozone: Into the abyss?

25/11/2011, Fragmentation of the Eurozone could trigger another deep financial crisis and global economic downturn
Lynn Walsh, Editor, Socialism Today, monthly magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

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