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Greece
Support for government in free fall

08/02/2012: General strike on 7 February opposes “mediaeval labour conditions!"

  Greece

Syria
Anti-regime protests facing ferocious response

08/02/2012: No trust in Arab League and imperialist powers

  Syria

Kazakhstan
Nazarbayev in Berlin

08/02/2012: A big protest rally in freezing temperatures greeted the Kazakhstan president as he attended a meeting to strengthen relations with the German government and big business.

  Kazakhstan

 Ireland
Joe Higgins addresses packed anti-household tax meeting

04/02/2012: Joe Higgins argues in Cork, 26 January, to resist the household tax: "Yes, we have a choice!"

  Ireland North, Video

Belgium
January 30 General Strike

03/02/2012: A strike corresponding to the level of anger over austerity programme

  Belgium

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.

  Europe

 Nigeria
Story of the great general strike

02/02/2012: A socialist view on recent showdown between government and people

  Nigeria, Video

Italy
Dozens of No TAV activists arrested

01/02/2012: The repression will not stop the movement!

  Italy

Socialism
Answering Common Questions

31/01/2012: Frequently asked questions

Kazakhstan
Free Vadim Kuramshin!

31/01/2012: Urgent solidarity needed

  Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan
‘Labour Start’ editor makes outrageous claims against oil workers and CWI

31/01/2012: Worldwide solidarity campaign means the Kazakhstan regime can no longer deny 16 December massacre

  Kazakhstan

Tunisia
“The mass of people continue to struggle”

31/01/2012: Interview with two Tunisian socialists, one year after the fall of Ben Ali

  Tunisia

US
For an independent Left challenge in Presidential elections

30/01/2012: Fight Against Corporate Politics

  US

 US
Capitalist crisis and the occupy movement

30/01/2012: Bryan Koulouris explains how the USA is being transformed by the occupy movements which have arisen in anger at the growing inequality between the 1% and the 99% in the United States

  US, Video

Climate change
Dithering in Durban

30/01/2012: Once again, a United Nations-sponsored climate change conference has completely failed to address the issue of global warming.

  Environment

Cyprus
Partial general strike paralyses public sector

29/01/2012: December’s industrial action against austerity just the beginning of the fight-back!

  Cyprus

Asia
Feeling the coming storm

29/01/2012: Whole continent on the verge of major social convulsions and political shocks

  Asia, CWI Comment And Analysis

Latin America
No escape from world crisis

28/01/2012: The illusory appearance of a peculiar isolation from the international picture of stagnation, recession and economic crisis is fragile - a new period of turbulent class conflict lays ahead

  CWI Comment And Analysis, Latin America

China
“I was arrested by China’s Secret Police”.

27/01/2012: CWI’s Zhang Shujie speaks out at hearing in Sweden’s parliament

  China

Egypt
Huge crowds in Tahrir Square mark revolution anniversary

26/01/2012: Masses in Cairo and other cities demand end to military rule

  Egypt

China
‘Long Hair’ to attend Stockholm hearing on state repression

26/01/2012: LSD legislator from Hong Kong to speak in support of young socialist Zhang Shujie, forced to flee China

  China

 CWI International Meeting
Illusion of stability in Latin America

25/01/2012: Contradictions and new struggles define situation in region

  CWI, Latin America

Brazil
In defence of Pinheirinho inhabitants!

25/01/2012: 3 year old child killed in fatal repression

  Brazil

Kazakhstan
New wave of arrests against opposition

25/01/2012: Release Vadim Kuramshin and all those arrested – End harassment of opposition activists!

  Kazakhstan

 Kazakhstan
After the Zhanaozen clampdown

25/01/2012: 16 December underlined the need for the workers’ movement to link economic demands to the struggle to bring down the regime

  Kazakhstan, Video

USA
Mobilize to Support Longshore Workers

24/01/2012: Key Battle for the Labour and Occupy Movements

  US

 CWI International Meeting
World capitalism in crisis

22/01/2012: As world economy worsens, inter-imperialist relations intensify

  CWI, CWI Comment And Analysis

Britain
Stephen Lawrence murder – The untold story

21/01/2012: How socialists and the local community fought back against racism and the BNP

  Britain

Scotland
ConDem government blunders independence referendum

20/01/2012: Scottish National Party’s version of indepdendence a nightmare for workers

  Scotland

Egypt
A year of revolution and counter-revolution

18/01/2012: As economic crisis worsens, new class conflicts loom

  Egypt

Nigeria
Widespread disapointment and anger as labour suspends strike

17/01/2012: Struggle forces Jonathan back a bit, but could have won far more with a more resolute leadership - We Condemn Repression by Police and Army

  Nigeria

Malaysia: Effects of global crisis felt in Asia

24/10/2011, Malaysian economy enters difficult period
Raviechandren, CWI Malaysia

Malaysia: Frightened government continues to hold the ‘EO6’

20/07/2011, PSM draws parallels with crackdown on Reformasi movement
Socialistworld.net

Malaysia: Thousands of people protest in Kuala Lumpur for clean and fair elections

11/07/2011, Massive crackdown on opposition
By CWI supporters, Malaysia

Malaysia: Detained opposition activists brutally treated, six re-arrested

03/07/2011, Government steps up attacks on democratic and human rights to maintain grip on power
By CWI supporters, Malaysia

Malaysia: Political parties gear up for general election

27/12/2010, Real socialist alternative needed
CWI reporters

Malaysia: Three day protest by more than 5,000 migrant workers

20/08/2010, Employers bow down to their demands
CWI reporters in Malaysia

Malaysia: A year after new prime minister takes over

03/05/2010, Political landscape little changed since 2008 ‘tsunami’
Raviechandren, CWI Malaysia

Perspectives for Malaysia: A Marxist approach

01/02/2010, Review of Jeyakumar Devaraj’s "Malaysia at the Crossroads, a Socialist Perspective"
by Peter Taaffe

Malaysia: Joe Higgins MEP condemns divide and rule tactics of capitalist elite

21/01/2010, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) MEP speaks in European parliament
socialistworld.net

Malaysia: Power struggle between ruling National Front (BN) and opposition People’s Alliance (PR)

27/08/2009, The needs of the working class and youth are sidelined
Ravichandren, CWI, Malaysia

Malaysia: Ruling Front under strain

20/04/2009, Power transition to save weakening UMNO/BN
Raviechandren, CWI Malaysia

Malaysia: Multinational Hualon taken into receivership

22/09/2008, Textile workers win big concessions through persistent campaign
Raviechandren, CWI Malaysia

Malaysia: Growing political uncertainty amid global economic slowdown

19/08/2008, Independent working class policies vital
Raviechandren, CWI, Malaysia

Malaysia: General election

19/03/2008, ‘Political tsunami’ creates new political landscape
Raviechandren, CWI, Malaysia

Malaysia: Brutal attack on price rise protest

28/01/2008, Sixty arrested and held in police cells
cwi

Malaysia: Pro-capitalist policies of National Front government worsen racial polarisation

18/01/2008, Hindu Rights Action Force campaign underlines need for socialist solution
Raviechandren, CWI, Malaysia

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