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Turkey
“Warlike violence” to crush the movement

20/06/2013: New layer of workers, youth and poor has entered the scene with the promise: “This is just the beginning – the struggle continues”

  Turkey

 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

Canada

Socialist Alternative (Canada)CWI in Canada: Socialist Alternative (Canada)
1472 William Street, Vancouver, BC V5L 2P9, email
http://www.socialistalternative.ca

see also: Quebec

Canada: ‘Idle No More’

19/01/2013, First Nations challenge Harper government’s resource exploitation
Socialist Alternative (CWI in Canada), reporters

Canada: Tory government attacks on all fronts

29/07/2012, Anger against growing inequality and cuts to public services
Socialist Alternative (CWI Canada) Reporters, British Columbia

Canada: Discontent grows over Conservative government’s anti-worker policies

09/03/2012, Link-up the fight-back of workers, youth, environmentalists and oppressed minorities!
Socialist Alternative (CWI Canada) Reporters, British Columbia

Canada: Death of NDP leader, Jack Layton

02/09/2011, Funeral reveals deep-rooted mood of working people and youth for real change
Clare and Craig Hudson, Socialist Alternative (CWI Canada)

Canada: Postal and Air Canada workers take strike action

17/06/2011, Disputes over pensions, pay and deregulation show underlying discontent
Clare Hudson, Socialist Alternative (CWI Canada), B.C

Canada: Electoral rollercoaster

28/05/2011, Big gains for New Democratic Party (NDP) – But is it an alternative for working people?
Andrew Messing, Socialist Alternative (CWI Canada) and Niall Mulholland (CWI), from June 2011 issue of Socialism Today

Canada: Politics changed following Federal elections

10/05/2011, Liberal vote collapses - social democratic NDP jumps to become official opposition
Socialist Alternative reporter, B.C

Canada: Federal elections called for 2 May

05/04/2011, Outgoing Harper government presided over price hikes, sell-offs and foreign wars
Clare Hudson, Socialist Alternative, BC

G20: Make the rich pay for their crisis!

25/06/2010, Nationalise the banks under the democratic control of the working population
Mouvement pour le Parti Socialiste du Québec (CWI in Quebec) and Socialist Alternative (CWI in Canada)

Canada: Vancouver Winter Olympics opens

12/02/2010, Athletic achievements…and unknown debts and environmental damage
Socialist Alternative (CWI in Canada) reporter, Vancouver

Canada: Conservatives use anti-democratic powers to suspend parliament

04/02/2010, Autocratic powers, Afghan war and job losses/wage cuts provoke protests
Clare Hudson, Socialist Alternative, BC. Canada.

Canada: Toronto city workers show the way forward

24/07/2009, Defend the right to strike against attacks on pay and conditions
Clare Hudson, Socialist Alternative (CWI in Canada)

Canada: “Fighting back makes a difference!”

20/03/2009, Workers occupy Windsor auto-parts plant
Clare Hudson, BC, (CWI Canada)

Canada: Unelected Governor General suspends parliament

06/12/2008, Right wing Tory government sees off opposition parties’ no confidence vote
Niall Mulholland, CWI, and Andrew Messing, CWI Canada

Canada: Conservatives hold on to power amidst capitalist crisis

11/11/2008, Build a real alternative
Clare Hudson and Andrew Messing, CWI Canada

Canada: Federal elections this week, as economic crisis deepens

13/10/2008, Opposition social democratic-NDP ‘fighting talk’ but no alternative
Clare Hudson, British Columbia, Canada CWI

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