  latest news
24/05/2013: Interview on Militant, the Labour Party and the struggle of the
socialist led council 1983-87 in Liverpool
24/05/2013: The Tories are thrashing around in ever-deeper water on the issue of
Europe.
23/05/2013: MEP demands immediate release of Housing Campaigners - solidarity still
needed
23/05/2013: Statement on Woolwich killing
23/05/2013: In the «most developped country for women in the Arab world», the
struggle for women rights remains more relevant than ever
23/05/2013: After Lafontaine’s proposal to get rid of the Euro – what should the
left say?
22/05/2013: Protests needed via embassies
22/05/2013: How Ireland is used as a tax haven by multinational corporations while
the government is preparing to steal the property tax from people’s
wages, social welfare and pensions
22/05/2013: Union-agreed rates could bring Amazon workers 9000 euros more a year
21/05/2013: Anti-racist campaign needed against corrupt ruling elites and capitalism
21/05/2013: An expressway to attacks on democratic rights! For democratic mass
working peoples’ defence committees!
20/05/2013: This year’s G8 summit will be held in County Fermanagh, Northern
Ireland, on 17th – 18th June. This gathering brings together the heads
of government of eight of the world’s largest capitalist economies to
discuss how they can further the interests of those they represent – the
super-rich, big business and the bankers.
19/05/2013: Increasing concerns and contradictions
18/05/2013: Workers and Socialist Party calls for one-day-general strike
18/05/2013: Iran’s June 14 presidential election takes place against the background
of deep divisions in society and the regime.
17/05/2013: Australia’s federal environment minister Tony Burke gave the go ahead to
Toro’s $270 million uranium mining project in the Wiluna region of
Western Australia.
15/05/2013: Working class unity needed to defend rights and living standards
14/05/2013: We shouldn’t let either of the major parties tell us that ‘tough
decisions’ or ‘hard cuts’ are required.
13/05/2013: Bus workers take strike action over savage wage cuts and attacks on
conditions
12/05/2013: 15 DSM members arrested at May Day rallies
12/05/2013: How can a state be realised?
11/05/2013: The latest events that have happened in Italian politics mark a new
phase of development in the crisis in the third European industrial
power.
11/05/2013: On 8 May the PKK has begun to withdraw from Turkey. Millions are hoping
now for an end to oppression and for democratic rights.
10/05/2013: Ruling Barisan Nasional’s widespread fraud enrages opposition supporters
and young people
10/05/2013: On 2 May the neo-fascist Golden Dawn attempted to distribute food in
Syntagma square in Athens to people holding proof of Greek nationality.
10/05/2013: Time for a new mass workers’ party
09/05/2013: New clashes on the horizon
08/05/2013: Big landlords, capitalists and influential families are calling the shots
08/05/2013: The United Socialist Party’s May Day demonstration passed successfully
through a number of populous areas of Colombo, ending at Grand Pass
Junction.
07/05/2013: Union representatives declare a “half success” with a pay rise of 9.8
percent – but important issues are unresolved
06/05/2013: ’Get a job!’ is the constant refrain of privileged Tory ministers and
vicious right-wing tabloids. A million unemployed young people are the
subject of a relentless campaign of smears and lies.
05/05/2013: Great event remembers the ’47’ struggle
05/05/2013: Christine Thomas’ book outlines how inequalities and discrimination
against women have not disappeared and women’s struggles must be bound
up with wider class struggle to be successful. Read the complete book
online here.
04/05/2013: Those who created the crisis should be forced to pay.
03/05/2013: The last set of DSM members still in the detention of the state security
service (SSS) in Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria, and Ibadan Oyo state,
Southwest Nigeria, as of yesterday, has been released.
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|  10/05/2013, On 2 May the neo-fascist Golden Dawn attempted to distribute food in
Syntagma square in Athens to people holding proof of Greek nationality.
Katerina Kleitsa , Xekinima (CWI Greece)
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|  19/03/2013, On Friday 15 March, 500 people attended a public meeting by Syriza’s
leader, Alexis Tsipras, organised by Syriza’s London branch.
Amalia Loizidou, Socialist
Party (CWI England & Wales)
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|  29/02/2013, Andros Payiatsos speaks at European counter-summit in Dublin
socialistworld.net
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|  10/02/2013, Fully mobilise the workers’ movement to end the assault on labour rights!
Editorial from Xekinima (relaunched
fortnightly newspaper of the CWI in Greece)
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|  31/01/2013, Sectarian tactics of Communist Party leadership prevents united Left
success
Eleni Mitsou, Xekinima (CWI
Greece)
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|  25/01/2013, Solidarity strikes spread – Unions must widen strike action to defeat
government repression and to stop all cuts!
Xekinima (Greek CWI) Reporters
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|  31/12/2012, Build a united front of Left forces on a programme to end capitalist
crisis!
Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI
Greece)
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|  22/12/2012, After two Memoranda, Greek society is collapsing
Eleni Mitsou, Xekinima (CWI in
Greece), Athens
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|  03/12/2012, Greece has a proud anti-fascist history and yet, in 2012, a neo-fascist
party, Golden Dawn, won 7% of the vote (over 400,000 votes), and 18
members of parliament.
Amalia Loizidou, first published in "Socialism
Today", magazine of the Socialist
Party (CWI England and Wales)
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|  08/11/2012, But how can the struggle against austerity be won?
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|  11/10/2012, Eyewitness report from Athens
Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI
Greece), spoke to the Socialist (paper of the Socialist Party, CWI
England & Wales) immediately after the protests against Merkel’s visit
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|  07/10/2012, Under pressure from below, a number of unions have started to adopt a
program for occupations and escalation of repeated 48 hour general
strikes
Xekinima (CWI in Greece)
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|  27/09/2012, "One of the biggest strikes and demonstrations in the recent period in
Greece took place on Wednesday 26 September."
Interview with Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece)
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|  15/09/2012, Socialist fighter against the military junta and capitalism
Xekinima Reporters (CWI Greece)
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|  21/06/2012, Clear socialist programme for struggle needed
Nicos Anastasiades, Xekinima (CWI Greece)
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|  19/06/2012, Day 4 of Paul Murphy’s blogging from Greece
Socialistworld.net
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Further articles on 'Greece':- 17/06/2012: Greece: Huge battle ahead
Socialistworld.net - 16/06/2012: Greece: Syriza: Preparing for power?
Socialistworld.net - 15/06/2012: Greece: Paul Murphy MEP in Athens campaigning for Syriza
Socialistworld.net - 26/05/2012: Euro crisis: Greece heads for the exit
Lynn Walsh, editor of Socialism
Today, magazine of the Socialist
Party (CWI England & Wales) - 25/05/2012: Greece/Britain: We stand 100% with the Greek workers
Editorial of the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England &
Wales) - 21/05/2012: Greece: Euro crisis deepens
Tony Saunois (CWI) with Andros Payiatos, Xekinima
(CWI Greece) - 15/05/2012: Greece: New elections due as pro-austerity coalition talks fail
Nikos Anastasiades, Xekinima (CWI
in Greece ) and Niall Mulholland, CWI - 09/05/2012: Greece: Political earthquake sees pro-austerity parties’ support collapse
Following the recent elections in Greece, which saw two out of three
voters vote against pro-austerity parties and a big swing to left
parties, Niall Mulholland spoke to Andros Payiatsos, from Xekinima
(CWI in Greece). - 28/02/2012: Greece: Paul Murphy solidarity visit – Day 3
Paul Murphy, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) member of the European
Parliament - 27/02/2012: Greece: Paul Murphy solidarity visit – Day 2
Paul Murphy, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) member of the European
Parliament - 27/02/2012: Greece Solidarity: Striking journalists continue to publish
socialistworld.net - 24/02/2012: Greece: Paul Murphy solidarity visit – Day 1
Paul Murphy, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) member of the European
Parliament - 14/02/2012: Greece: Up to half a million people at Syntagma Square
Niall Mulholland spoke to Andros Payiatsos, from Xekinima
(CWI in Greece) a participant in last weekend’s huge protests in Athens. - 09/02/2012: NEWSFLASH: 48-hour general strike tomorrow in Greece
socialistworld.net - 08/02/2012: Greece: Support for government in free fall
CWI / Xekinima (CWI in Greece) - 10/01/2012: Greece: New round of austerity announced by unelected Greek Prime
Minister
Niall Mulholland, CWI
2011: - 24/11/2011: Greece: New upsurge of anti-‘housing tax’ campaign
Nicos Kanellis, Xekinima (CWI in
Greece) - 12/11/2011: Eurozone Crisis: Un-elected banker set to be new Greek Prime Minister
Al Jazeera English, 10 November 2011 - 08/11/2011: Greece: Prime Minister George Papandreou forced out of office
Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI in Greece) & Niall Mulholland, CWI - 04/11/2011: Greece: Referendum proposal sends markets into turmoil
Interview with Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima
(CWI in Greece) From Socialist View, the political journal of the Socialist
Party (CWI Ireland) - 21/10/2011: Greece: 48-hour general strike sees biggest workers’ protests in decades
Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI
Greece), Athens - 15/10/2011: Greece: Brutal cuts provokes new wave of workers’ struggles
Dimitris Pantazopoulos, Xekinima
(CWI), Athens - 27/09/2011: Greece: Despair and fury
Interview with Greek socialist - 09/09/2011: Greece : Huge student movement kicks off an autumn of struggle
Nikos Anastasiades, Xekinima (CWI in Greece ) and Danny Byrne, CWI - 31/07/2011: CWI Summer School: Greece in turmoil
Snead Daly, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI) - 26/07/2011: Greece’s debt crisis: No way out for workers under capitalism
Interview with Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima - 04/07/2011: Greece: Savage austerity policies passed despite mass protest
Stephan Kimmerle, CWI, Athens - 27/06/2011: Greece: Time to get rid of them!
Xekinima (CWI in Greece) - 23/06/2011: International Youth Camp: Uniting the European struggles against
cutbacks, racism and capitalism!
International Socialist Resistance (ISR) reporters - 22/06/2011: Greece: Debt crisis threatens worldwide banking system
Niall Mulholland, from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist
Party (CWI England & Wales) - 19/06/2011: Greece: A trial of strength
Stephan Kimmerle, CWI, Athens - 17/06/2011: Austerity and anger in Greece
Apostolis Kasimeris - 16/06/2011: Greece: 250,000 protest in Athens during general strike
Eyewitness report from Eleni Vetsika, Athens - 15/06/2011: Greece: General strike
Interview with Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI in Greece) - 14/06/2011: Greece: New general strike set for Wednesday 15 June
CWI reporter, Athens - 02/06/2011: Greece: Unite the struggles and bring down the government
Andros Payiatsos, from Xekinima (CWI in Greece) - 27/05/2011: Eurozone: Greek drama continues...
Lynn Walsh, editor of Socialism
Today, magazine of the Socialist
Party (CWI England & Wales) - 17/05/2011: Greece: Powerful 9th general strike…followed by neo-Nazi murderous
rampage
Xekinima (CWI Greece) reporters,
Athens - 18/04/2011: Greece: Residents’ resist landfill, media workers strike, Athens council
workers occupy…
Edited & translated by Amalia Loizidou, from the website of Xekinima
(CWI in Greece) - 11/04/2011: Greece: ‘Can’t pay-Won’t pay’
Edited translations of articles from Xekinima
website (CWI Greece) - 14/03/2011: Greece: Government breaks agreement with the ‘300’ hunger strikers
From Xekinima (CWI Greece) website - 11/03/2011: Greece: Important success for the 300 hunger strikers
Form Xekinima (CWI Greece)
website [9 March 2011] - 27/02/2011: Greece: 8th general strike against austerity cuts
Edited translations of articles from the website of Xekinima
(CWI Greece) - 21/02/2011: Greece: Mass hunger strike approaches 30 days
Appeal from ‘Hunger Strike 300’ campaign, Athens - 06/02/2011: Greece: 300 immigrants on indefinite hunger strike
Christina Ziaka, Athens, Xekinima,
CWI Greece - 06/02/2011: Greece: Mass road toll non-payment campaign
From Xekinima website (CWI in
Greece) - 21/01/2011: Greece: Bus workers strike against privatisation
Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI
Greece), Athens
2010: - 16/12/2010: Greece: Society paralysed by a week of major strikes and general strike
Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI
Greece), Athens - 12/11/2010: Greece: Ruling PASOK government suffers big fall in support in Greek
elections
Interview with Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima
(CWI Greece), Athens - 29/09/2010: Greece: An autumn revival of the class struggle beckons
Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI
Greece), Athens, and Niall Mulholland, CWI, London - 01/07/2010: Greece: Fifth general strike against savage austerity measures
Interview with Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece), Athens - 16/06/2010: Greece: A test bed for ‘austerity’ and resistance
Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist
Party (CWI England & Wales) - 10/06/2010: Greece: New situation for left after split at Synaspismos conference
Statement by Xekinima (CWI Greece) - 22/05/2010: Greece: Joe Higgins speaks at central SYRIZA rally in Athens
By Harris Sideris, Xekinima (CWI in Greece), Athens - 06/05/2010: Greece: The struggle must continue and intensify!
Press Statement from Xekinima
(CWI in Greece) - 05/05/2010: Greece: General strike paralyses country
Socialistworld.net - 30/04/2010: Greece: Pasok government in bailout talks with EU and IMF
Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece), Athens, and Niall Mulholland,
CWI, London - 16/03/2010: Greece: General strike brings society to a halt
Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece), Athens, and Niall Mulholland,
CWI, London - 11/03/2010: Greece / Ireland: Socialist MEP Joe Higgins brings solidarity to
striking Greek workers
Joe Higgins Socialist Party MEP, from Daily Mail (Irish edition) - 05/03/2010: Greece: ‘Reasons for workers’ rebellion!’
Xekinima (CWI Greece) Press Statement - 26/02/2010: Greece: Millions take part in general strike against proposed austerity
package
Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece), Athens, and Niall Mulholland,
CWI, London - 19/02/2010: Europe: Euro tremors
Lynn Walsh, from March 2010 edition of Socialism Today, magazine of the
Socialism Today - 12/02/2010: Greece: Hundreds of thousands join public sector strike against savage
austerity plans
Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece), Athens - 12/01/2010: Greece: On the edge of a volcano
Robert Bechert, CWI
2009: 2008: - 19/12/2008: Greece: Second shooting provokes new wave of mass anger
Nicos Anastasiades, “Xekinima”, CWI – Greece - 12/12/2008: Greece: Mass mobilisations continue in Greece
Takis Giannopoulos, Xekinima, (CWI Greece) - 09/12/2008: Greece: Revolt in Greece
Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI in Greece) - 23/06/2008: Greece: CWI in Greece votes to join SYRIZA (Coalition of the Radical
Left)
Christina Ziaka, XEKINIMA (CWI in Greece) - 20/03/2008: Greece: Government pension attacks provoke strike wave of historical
proportions!
Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece), Athens - 17/02/2008: Greece: Second general strike in two months
Kyriakos Halaris, Xekinima, Greek Section CWI.
2007: 2006: - 30/10/2006: Greece: Mass education protests rock country
Tony Saunois and Andros Payiatsos, CWI, London and Athens - 27/06/2006: Greece: Students still occupying over 90% of universities and technical
colleges.
Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece), Athens - 09/06/2006: Greece: University occupations are a movement of historical signifigance
Takis Giannopoulos, Xekinima, Athens, Greece - 08/06/2006: Greece: Wave of university occupations sweeps country
Xekinima, cwi, Greece - 11/05/2006: Greece: Massive European Social Forum rally in Athens
Andros, Xekinima (CWI in Greece) - 31/03/2006: Greece: Which way forward after 15 March general strike?
Xekinima (cwi in Greece) leaflet text - 15/03/2006: Greece: General strike on March 15
Xekinima, CWI Greece, Athens
2005: - 22/12/2005: Greece: Successful, youthful Xekinima (CWI) conference
Niall Mulholland, Athens - 12/12/2005: greece: Right wing government launches vicious attack on living standards
Nikos Kannellis, Volos, Greece - 20/09/2005: Greece: Great success of anti-facists
Xekinima, cwi Greece, Tuesday 20 September 2005 - 12/09/2005: Greece: Campaign to stop European nazi camp
Xekinima, cwi in Greece - 28/06/2005: Greece: Wave of strikes to defend public sector
Andros Payiaposos, Xekinima, Athens - 26/05/2005: Pakistan: Appeal for solidarity with all-out Telecom strike
socialistworld.net - 04/05/2005: Sri Lanka: Socialist May Day in Colombo
- 12/04/2005: Greece: Thousands rally against racism
Xekinima, Greece - 01/04/2005: Greece: Fight back against the new racist law
Petros Tzomakas, Xekinima, Greece - 18/03/2005: Greece: General strike against right wing government
Dimitris Pantazopoulos, Xekinima (CWI in Greece) - 18/02/2005: Greece: Society shaken by scandals
Dimitris Pantazopoulos, cwi Greece
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