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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

Brazil

Liberdade Socialismo e Revolução (Liberty, Socialism and Revolution)CWI in Brazil: Liberdade Socialismo e Revolução (Liberty, Socialism and Revolution)
Liberdade Socialismo e Revolução, Caixa Postal 02009, CEP 01031-970, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil, email
http://www.lsr-cit.org

Brazil: In defence of Pinheirinho inhabitants!

25/01/2012, 3 year old child killed in fatal repression
Solidarity statement from the International Executive Committee of the CWI on 20 January 2012

Brazil: Third Congress of PSOL

14/12/2011, Attempt to block electoral alliances with ruling parties fails
André Ferrari, LSR (CWI Brazil)

Brazil: Left union opposition advances in the fight for the leadership of SINTAEMA

04/11/2011, A list of opposition activists led by the LSR (CWI in Brazil) will contest the second round of elections for the leadership of the largest union of sanitation workers in Latin America.
Liberty, Socialism and Revolution (CWI in Brazil) Reporters

Solidarity needed: Brazil welcomes Obama with the arrest of 13 political prisoners

23/03/2011, Obama visit marked by arrests of protesters against US role
CWI

Brazil: Presidential elections

12/10/2010, The illusions in “Lulismo” and the challenge facing the socialist left
By André Ferrari, LSR (CWI in Brazil)

Brazil: Support the Plinio de Arruda Sampaio campaign!

02/09/2010, A socialist candidate for the Brazilian presidential elections
PSOL (Party of Socialism and Freedom) appeal for support in presidential elections

Brazil: “Congress of the working class” ends in division

25/06/2010, Division at congress and non-formation of unified trade union and popular centre represents a setback for workers – learn the lessons and work for unity!
LSR (CWI in Brazil) statement on Congress of the Working Class

Brazil: Protests in Sao Paulo against floods

11/02/2010, State Government responsible for human catastrophe
LSR (CWI in Brazil) reporters

Brazil: PSOL: A congress of crisis and uncertain future

07/09/2009, Fighting to make PSOL ready to face the challenges of the historical moment
André Ferrari, Socialism, revolution and Liberty (CWI in Brazil) and member of PSOL National Board

Brazil: LSR - Liberty, Socialism and Revolution is born

28/05/2009, An example of principled unity against a background of splits and fragmentation on the left
André Ferrari, National Committee of LSR - Liberty, Socialism and Revolution

Brazil: Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução launched

26/05/2009, Succesful unification congress between SR (former CWI section) and the CLS
socialistworld.net

Scotland: Prisme occupation continues

02/03/2009, Interview with Ronaldo Delfino, leader of the movement of the Pantanal community occupation
Nikos Anastasiadis, Xekinima (CWI in Greece) from Sao Paolo

Brazil: Ruling party maintains base in municipal elections

07/10/2008, Economic storm-clouds threaten tumultuous change
Marcus Kollbrunner, Socialismo Revolucionário (CWI in Brazil)

Brazil: Appeal for solidarity! Conlutas, new trade union organisation, under attack

14/08/2008, 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

Brazil: National Coordination of Struggle (Conlutas) holds first national congress

14/07/2008, Important step towards re-building workers’ movement in Brazil
Marcus Kollbrunner (Socialismo Revolucionario – CWI Brazil)

Brazil: An explosive brew in land of contrasts

04/12/2007, Brazil is vast, a continent within a continent, with a land mass equal to the USA. It is a country of stunning contrasts. The sheer beauty of the Amazon exists alongside the grim poverty which is palpable everywhere, and which sharply contrasts with the urban behemoth of São Paulo.
Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party, England and Wales

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