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 Turkey
Stop the repression

19/06/2013: Socialist MEP condemns police violence during Turkey/ EU trade relations session

  Turkey, Video

Brazil
Protest spreading

18/06/2013: Well over 250,000 in approximately 20 cities took to the streets

  Brazil

Hong Kong
1,000 demonstrators defend whistleblower Snowden

18/06/2013: Revelations by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden have exposed US hypocrisy over cyber-spying

  Hong Kong

G8 summit
No to G8 austerity

17/06/2013: End the rule of big business, poverty and war

  Anti-globalisation

Brazil
Mass struggles resurface as weight of crisis is felt

16/06/2013: Mass demonstrations against the increase of bus fares in all major cities

  Brazil

Pakistan / Sindh province
Stop victimization and union busting of women health workers

15/06/2013: “We will defend our rights and continue fighting”.

  Pakistan

 India
Agitation of Workers at Pune

15/06/2013: Fed up with continued oppression, workers under the banner of ’Pradeep Laminators Workers’ Union’ have started a propaganda campaign against the bosses.

  India, Solidarity

 Turkey
End police brutality - defend anti-government protesters

13/06/2013: MEP Paul Murphy criticises EU foreign policy representative, Catherine Ashton, over calls for ’restraint on all sides’

  Turkey, Video

Greece
Government shuts down state broadcaster ERT

12/06/2013: Unions must organise general strike action now!

  Greece

 Video
Joe Higgins questions Irish Prime Minister about G8 summit

12/06/2013: Socialist MP slams huge security operation and anti-working class record of world leaders

  Video

Turkey
“Vandals” continue to fight back

11/06/2013: Erdogan seeks trial of strength with mass protests

  Turkey

 G8
Join the protest!

11/06/2013: Oppose the summit of capitalist leaders, argues Paul Murphy in the European Parliament

  Anti-globalisation, Video

 Turkey
International solidarity protests

11/06/2013: Report from London, with CWI comment on the developments in Turkey

  Turkey, Video

Obituary
Comrade Kemelo Ernest Mokgalagadi

11/06/2013: A genuine working class fighter and a revolutionary socialist

  Obituary, South Africa

Turkey
Solidarity is vital to show protesters the world is watching

10/06/2013: Socialist Party MEP Paul Murphy travelled to Istanbul to see the protests first-hand – and in his diary from the visit he tells us that the response from the country’s Prime Minister has been “brutal”.

  Turkey

Hong Kong
Tiananmen vigil sends a warning to China’s new leaders

08/06/2013: 24th anniversary of Beijing’s crackdown draws 150,000 protestors

  China, Hong Kong

Syria
Conflict threatens to spread across the Middle East

08/06/2013: Urgent need for independent working class socialist organisations

  Syria

Turkey
Solidarity with the mass protests

08/06/2013: Paul Murphy to visit heart of Turkish Protests

  Turkey

France
Fatal fascist violence in Paris

07/06/2013: An 18-year-old student activist Clement Meric was murdered in Paris in broad daylight, on 5 June, by neo-fascist skinheads. This must be answered by mass mobilisation to halt attempts by the far right to raise its head.

  France

Germany
Blockupy protests

07/06/2013: Police repression in the belly of the beast

  Germany

G8
MEPs send message of solidarity to anti-G8 protestors

06/06/2013: A group of 12 MEPs from the left wing group in the European Parliament, GUE-NGL, have signed a joint message of support to Anti-G8 protestors ahead of the summit in two weeks’ time.

  Anti-globalisation, Ireland North, Ireland Republic

Russia
CWI conference discusses perspectives for Putin’s regime

05/06/2013: Unrest grows over economic and social issues

  Russia

Turkey
Mass movement challenges Erdogan government

04/06/2013: Public sector workers take strike action against police violence – For a one day general strike as a next step to bring down the government!

  Turkey

Scotland
Thousands attend anti-bedroom tax protest in Glasgow

04/06/2013: Over 2,000 poeple attended the anti - bedroom tax rally in Glasgow’s George Square on June 1 called by the Scottish Anti Bedroom Tax Federation.

  Scotland

G8
Armed police and soldiers descend on County Fermanagh

02/06/2013: Secret Services bolster police ahead of G8 Summit in N Ireland

  Anti-globalisation, Ireland North

China / Hong Kong
Remembering 4 June 1989

01/06/2013: Vital lessons for today’s democracy struggle

  China, Hong Kong

Boycotting Israel
The socialist view

31/05/2013: ‘Boycott, divestment and sanctions’- questions and answers about the BDS campaign

  Israel / Palestine

Britain
TUSC and the road to a new workers’ party

30/05/2013: Rising support for UKIP shows both the erosion of established party loyalties and the existence of a profound vacuum of working-class political representation.

  Britain, New workers' parties

 Europe
Austerity and unemployment across the continent

29/05/2013: EU council meeting: Another attempt to put the burden of the capitalist crisis on the shoulders of youth and working people

  Europe, Video

Sweden
The reality of Swedish neo-liberalism

28/05/2013: Sweden once had a reputation as some kind of ‘social-democratic model’ with far-reaching public services and social support. But that has been dismantled by two decades of attacks – what the Economist magazine calls a ‘silent revolution’

  Sweden

Environment
Brazil’s forests

28/05/2013: Profits from destruction

  Brazil, Environment

Sri Lanka
Working class beginning to move forward

25/05/2013: The one day protest general strike held on 21 May was a significant step forward for the working class in Sri Lanka.

  Sri Lanka

Sweden
Riots in Stockholm working-class suburbs

24/05/2013: Neo-liberalism and police violence have created social time-bomb

  Sweden

30 years ago
Liverpool - a city that dared to fight

24/05/2013: Interview on Militant, the Labour Party and the struggle of the socialist led council 1983-87 in Liverpool

  Britain, History

Britain
Tories in turmoil over Europe

24/05/2013: The Tories are thrashing around in ever-deeper water on the issue of Europe.

  Britain, Europe

Kashmir

Kashmir: Power of mass protests shock Indian regime

04/11/2010, Struggle against brutal army oppression intensifies
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI), Lahore

Kashmir in flames again: Complete shutdown for more than a month

29/09/2010, Kashmir is aflame again amid a renewed outpouring of popular, non-violent, revolt against India’s military occupation.
Khalid Bhatti, general secretary Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI Pakistan)

Kashmir: “Paradise turned into hell”

22/09/2010, Indian ‘Fact-finding mission’ will not offer solution
Emma Shaw, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

Kashmir: Demand justice now

08/08/2010, Leaflet of New Socialist Alternative (CWI India)
CWI

Kashmir: Health workers’ struggle wins demands

20/05/2009, First ever victor for health department service workers
Jamal Khan, Trade Unions Rights Campaign Kashmir (TURCK)

Kashmir: Health workers force government to accept demands!

24/02/2009, But further struggle will be needed
Jamal Khan, CWI in Kashmir

Kashmir: Health Workers’ Strike Action

19/02/2009, Government of Pakistani occupation threatens to crush strike
Jamal Khan, CWI, Kashmir

Kashmir: May Day celebrated on both sides of Line of Control

06/05/2008, Food prices and workers’ rights are key issues
Jamal Khan, International Co-ordinating Secretary, TURC-Kashmir

Kashmir: Protests and rallies mark May Day in Srinagar and Jammu (Indian Occupied Kashmir)

06/05/2008, Rich tributes paid to the Chicago Martyrs
Jamal Khan, International Co-ordination Secretary, TURC-Kashmir

Kashmir: Indefinite strike by public sector workers hit by 2005 earthquake

19/03/2008, Urgent solidarity needed!
Jamal Khan, Kashmir

Kashmir: National Convention of Trade Union Rights Campaign, Kashmir (TURC-K)

13/12/2007, Nearly 300 trade unionists and workers participated in the first TURC-K national convention held in Kotli (Pakistani Occupied Kashmir, POK) on December 8.
Jamal Khan, CWI Kashmir

Kashmir: May day 2007 - Employees Alliance Action committee organises Mayday rally in Rawalakot

04/05/2007, Public sector workers threaten to strike from 7 May if agreement with government not honoured
Shakoor Azeem, CWI Kashmir, Kotli

Kashmir: Public sector workers’ strike forces major concessions

16/03/2007, Mass class struggle in impoverished, repressive society
Trade Union Rights Campaign Kashmir reporters

Kashmir: Public sector workers continue strike despite leader’s betrayal

16/02/2007, Medecin Sans Frontier threaten striking health workers with dismissal
Trade Union Rights Campaign -Kashmir reporters, Kotli, Kashmir

Kashmir: Government declares strike over earthquake compensation illegal

09/02/2007, Solidarity and protest letters urgently needed
J Khan, Trade Union Rights Campaign – Kashmir, Kotli, Kashmir

Kashmir: Thousands protest in earthquake affected areas

04/02/2007, Protest letters and solidarity messages still needed
J Khan, Trade Union Rights Campaign – Kashmir (TURC-K), Kotli, Kashmir

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