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24/05/2012: For nation-wide union-led mass actions and a 48-hr general strike
24/05/2012: "Growth will not be achieved simply by stamping the word onto an
austerity treaty, because austerity kills growth"
23/05/2012: When authoritarianism faces resistance
23/05/2012: Mass demonstration against EU’s austerity policies
23/05/2012: Third anniversary of slaughter of Tamil people by Sri Lankan army marked
by protests all around the world
21/05/2012: Revolution and counter-revolution
20/05/2012: Anger from below, manoeuvres from the top
19/05/2012: Workers’ organisations must ensure real change
18/05/2012: Police target socialists at protest camp – urgent protests needed!
18/05/2012: Build fighting, democratic trade unions!
18/05/2012: Thousands attempt to occupy squares and blockade the ECB in Frankfurt,
Germany. Protests are banned.
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
15/05/2012: For a Left government! For anti-austerity, pro-worker, socialist
policies!
15/05/2012: Republic’s president, Marzouki, afraid of ‘new revolution’
15/05/2012: "Despite this ferocious oppression, the opposition and discontent of the
working class cannot be silenced"
15/05/2012: Protesters respond by setting up ‘Occupy-Abai’
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."
12/05/2012: Step up the Struggle for Equality
12/05/2012: Urgency of a working class alternative proven again
12/05/2012: Lively and political CWI contingent attracts variety of activists
12/05/2012: Meeting discusses involvement in Afghanistan
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.
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.
10/05/2012: May Day should have offered opportunity for workers to pose their
demands and agitation before the government
09/05/2012: Austerity rejected in Eurozone’s second biggest economy
09/05/2012: Left presented with big opportunities
09/05/2012: Socialist organisations march to joint rally
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.
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.
05/05/2012: Socialist Action (CWI) campaigning against the capitalist 1% and against
racism
05/05/2012: Bobby Seale as guest speaker
04/05/2012: Solidarity needed to free Vadim!
04/05/2012: Fotos of impressive march
03/05/2012: For a workers’ programme that puts forward the socialist alternative
03/05/2012: Days of action planned in Frankfurt/Main against European Central Bank
and big finance
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|  26/08/2011, Attempts to form a new left umbrella party
Nihat Boyraz, SAV (CWI Germany),
and Jan Kowalski, CWI
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|  01/03/2010, It Is nearly seven years after the US-led invasion of Iraq. US
imperialism had hoped for a quick war, the Iraqi oil industry under the
control of US companies and a compliant, stable regime. However, the
situation today is very different to what George Bush and Tony Blair
envisaged.
Chris Newby
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| 21/08/2006, August 6 saw 4,000 people take to the streets of Chamchamal, a Kurdish
city in northern Iraq, in protest against the huge increase in fuel
prices and the lack of water and electric.
Rozh Pavilov, cwi |
| 10/09/2005, Oppressed workers and poor resist regime
Tim Lessells, Socialist Party, England and Wales |
| 25/06/2004, Since the war on Iraq, the Kurds have stood out in stark contrast to the
rest of the Middle East.
Paula Mitchell, Socialist Party |
| 17/11/2002, Kurdish people, known as the Kurds, live in an area that consists of
south-eastern Turkey, northern Iraq, north-western Iran and a part of
Syria.
Stephen Smellie |
| 03/03/1999, International Women’s Day. cwi Kurdistan campaign.
Reports compiled by CWI online |
| 01/03/1999, The abduction of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan
by Turkish secret services has sparked furious mass protests by Kurds
and more than ever internationalised the Kurdish question. The CWI
stands with the oppressed Kurdish people and supports and campaigns for
their right to self-determination.
Issued by the Committee for a Workers’ International, 1 March 1999 |
| 01/03/1999, This statement of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI)
mainly deals with those parts of Kurdistan which are currently located
in Turkey. It does not go into the situation in Turkey or other parts of
Kurdistan in depth.
CWI statement |
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