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Taiwan
Sea shooting sees Filipino migrants become target of racist backlash

21/05/2013: Anti-racist campaign needed against corrupt ruling elites and capitalism

  Taiwan

Nigeria
President Jonathan declares state of emergency

21/05/2013: An expressway to attacks on democratic rights! For democratic mass working peoples’ defence committees!

  Nigeria

G8 Summit, Northern Ireland
’Why YOU should oppose the G8’

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.

  Anti-globalisation, Ireland North

World economy
"Central banks are flying blind"

19/05/2013: Increasing concerns and contradictions

  World Economy

South Africa
Mass retrenchment threat in mining industry demands mass action

18/05/2013: Workers and Socialist Party calls for one-day-general strike

  South Africa

Iran
What would a Rafsanjani presidency mean?

18/05/2013: Iran’s June 14 presidential election takes place against the background of deep divisions in society and the regime.

  Iran

Australia
Labour approves WA’s first uranium mine

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.

  Australia, Environment

New Zealand
Racism and recession in New Zealand

15/05/2013: Working class unity needed to defend rights and living standards

  New Zealand

Australian budget
Say ‘NO’ to the cuts agenda of the major parties

14/05/2013: We shouldn’t let either of the major parties tell us that ‘tough decisions’ or ‘hard cuts’ are required.

  Australia

Ireland
‘Bus Eireann workers in front line of class war - We should all support them!’

13/05/2013: Bus workers take strike action over savage wage cuts and attacks on conditions

  Ireland Republic

Italy
The economic crisis becomes a political and institutional crisis

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.

  Italy

Turkey / Kurdistan
PKK announces ceasefire

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.

  Kurdistan, Turkey

Malaysia
Election ’victory’ based on fraud

10/05/2013: Ruling Barisan Nasional’s widespread fraud enrages opposition supporters and young people

  Malaysia

Greece
Challenging the Golden Dawn

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.

  Greece

British county elections
Capitalist parties rejected

10/05/2013: Time for a new mass workers’ party

  Britain

Tunisia
The calm before the storm

09/05/2013: New clashes on the horizon

  Tunisia

Pakistan
General elections held amid political turmoil

08/05/2013: Big landlords, capitalists and influential families are calling the shots

  Pakistan

Sri Lanka
Successful May Day

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.

  May Day, Sri Lanka

Hong Kong
Dockworkers’ strike ends after 40 days

07/05/2013: Union representatives declare a “half success” with a pay rise of 9.8 percent – but important issues are unresolved

  Hong Kong

Britain’s ’precariat’
Fighting for real jobs

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.

  Britain, Youth

Liverpool
Rally marks 30 year anniversary of election of socialist council

05/05/2013: Great event remembers the ’47’ struggle

  Britain, History

 Women and the struggle for socialism
It doesn’t have to be like this

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.

  Women

Australian budget
Say ‘NO’ to the cuts agenda of the major parties

04/05/2013: Those who created the crisis should be forced to pay.

  Australia

 Nigerian May Day arrests
All DSM members released [updated]

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.

  May Day, Nigeria, Solidarity

 Pakistan
May Day 2013

03/05/2013: Progressive Workers Federation (PWF), TURCP and SMP organised and intervened in the May Day activities across the country

  May Day, Video

Bangladesh building collapse
Casualties of a rotten profit system

03/05/2013: It is said that where labour is cheap, life is cheap. This is never more so than in the recent horrific deaths of over 400 garment workers crushed in a collapsed building in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

  Bangladesh

Hong Kong
Dockers’ strike shines a spotlight on Li Ka-shing’s business empire

03/05/2013: Li Ka-shing owns 13 percent of the world’s port capacity and much more besides…

  Hong Kong

Taiwan
Over 20,000 march on May Day

02/05/2013: ‘Defend pensions! Stop corruption!’

  May Day, Taiwan

Pakistan
May Day demonstration in Sindh

02/05/2013: Photos of May Day demonstration in Sindh

  May Day, Pakistan

 Nigeria
Militarisation of May Day rallies

02/05/2013: DSM comrades arrested and detained

  May Day, Nigeria, Solidarity

Portugal
Constitutional court ruling sends government into disarray

01/05/2013: CC rules budget illegal for second time, government declares war against it

  Portugal

May Day Greetings

01/05/2013: The CWI sends revolutionary greetings and solidarity to workers, young people and all those exploited by capitalism.

  May Day

Europe
EU austerity budget – cuts, cuts, cuts

30/04/2013: Irish Presidency brought unprecedented levels of cuts to the EU budget.

  Europe

US

Socialist AlternativeCWI in US: Socialist Alternative
Socialist Alternative, P.O. Box 45343, Seattle, WA  98145, ++ 1 206 842 9487, email
http://www.socialistalternative.org

US: Seattle teachers’ testing boycott

27/04/2013, Teachers at Garfield High school in Seattle, Washington, faced down possible suspension for boycotting the winter Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test, which purports to evaluate student progress in reading and maths.
Dylan Murphy, first published in Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

US: After the Boston Tragedy

23/04/2013, NO to Racism and Repression
Bryan Koulouris, Boston, Socialist Alternative (CWI supporters in the US)

US: Initial statement on Boston marathon tragedy from Socialist Alternative

16/04/2013, The bombings today [15 April 2013] at the Boston Marathon are an absolute tragedy and a horror that shouldn’t happen in Boston or anywhere else in the world.
Socialist Alternative (CWI supporters in the US)

Obituary: Victor Paananen

03/04/2013, Vic Paananen, who died on 24 March, aged 75, was a veteran socialist activist.
Lynn Walsh, editor of Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

Romania: Crushing victory for the USL in the December 2012 parliamentary elections

02/04/2013, Austerity rejected, but a new pro-capitalist government formed
Victor Cosmin, Romania

US: Fight the Washington State Coal Terminal!

21/03/2013, Fight Global Warming!
Jess Spear, Socialist Alternative (CWI supporters in the US)

US: Sawant to run for Seattle City Council

17/03/2013, Socialist Challenges Democratic Party Establishment
Philip Locker, Socialist Alternative (CWI supporters in the US)

US: Biggest environmental protest in US history

04/03/2013, What Now? — Reflections from a DC Protester
Sebastian Kugler, CWI, first published on socialistalternative.org

US: Illinois Democrats take aim at union rights

03/03/2013, Secret measure to end collective bargaining over health care for Illinois public employees
Steve Edwards, AFSCME Local 2858 President (in personal capacity), Socialist Alternative (CWI supporters in the US)

US: Socialist Alternative city council candidate arrested

01/03/2013, Ty Moore accused of civil disobedience at Housing Justice rally
Christopher Gray, Socialist Alternative (US supporters in the CWI)

US: No New Start for Obama

30/01/2013, Obama failed to delver improvements for working people
Lynn Walsh, editor of Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

US: Mass struggles and capitalist crisis on the agenda in 2013

29/01/2013, What is more unpopular than cockroaches, traffic jams, and used car salesmen? According to a new poll, the U.S. Congress.
Philip Locker, Socialist Alternative (CWI supporters in the US)

US: Workers start to demand change

24/01/2013, Huge opening for the left
Interview with Kshama Sawant, Socialist Alternative (CWI supporters in the US)

US: New York City school bus drivers strike to defend workers’ rights and children’s safety

22/01/2013, 8,000 school bus drivers and matrons have struck for the first time in over three decades
Margaret Collins, Socialist Alternative (CWI supporters in the US)

US: Historic Victory for LGBTQ Rights

26/12/2012, Voters Affirm Marriage Equality in Four States
Kate Devlin, Socialist Alternative (CWI supporters in the US)

Hurricane Sandy devastation: An unnatural disaster

04/12/2012, Sandy was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record. It left a trail of destruction from the Caribbean and across the Eastern seaboard of the United States all the way to Canada.
Tom Crean, Socialist Alternative (CWI supporters in the US), New York City, first published in "Socialism Today", magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)

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