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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

Bolivia: Morales government clashes with workers and the poor

15/11/2011, Concessions to the right-wing opposition, neo-liberal policies, and attacks on the social movements convince workers of the need to build an alternative to Evo Morales´ MAS party
By Roberto Antezana, Revolutionary Socialist Alternative (ASR, CWI in Bolivia)

Bolivia: General strike amid intense political crisis

30/09/2011, Indigenous movement and general strike force five ministers resignations
CWI Reporters

Bolivia: At the crossroads

06/07/2010, Advance to socialism or the Bolivian struggle will fail
Adam Ziemkowski, Alternativa Socialista Revolucionaria (CWI in Bolivia)

Bolivia: Support Left MAS Candidates with Roots in the Social Movements

06/03/2010, Build the Struggle for Grass Roots Democracy and Independence in the Social Movements! No Support for Right-Wing MAS Candidates!
Revolutionary Socialist Alternative (ASR), CIT-Bolivia

Bolivia: Morales and MAS win Presidency and 2/3 control of Congress in landslide election

04/01/2010, Workers and indigenous peasants must mobilise and take revolutionary socialist action now
Revolutionary Socialist Alternative (CWI in Bolivia)

Bolivia: ‘NO’ to the Dismissal of 152 Water Service Workers!

27/05/2009, To fight the economic crisis, we need socialist, not neoliberal, solutions
Revolutionary Socialista Alternative (ASR, CIT-Bolivia)

Bolivia: Approval of the new constitution opens up a new political chapter

24/02/2009, Masses must move on to struggle for socialism!
Adam Ziemkowski, Alternativa Socialista Revolucionario (CWI in Bolivia)

Bolivia: New Constitution approved

29/01/2009, Organise and struggle for socialism!
Text of leaflet distributed by Revolutionary Socialist Alternative (CWI in Bolivia)

Bolivia: The new Constitution: Vote ‘YES’ and prepare for mass struggle!

15/01/2009, Socialist struggle needed for real change
Revolutionary Socialist alternative (CWI in Bolivia)

Bolivia: Revolution and counter–revolution

19/09/2008, Right-wing offensive radicalizes masses and provokes land occupations
Tony Saunois (CWI) and Roberto Antezana (CWI Bolivia)

Bolivia: Fraudulent autonomy referendum in Santa Cruz

08/05/2008, Right wing opposition and the rich attempt to divide country
Celso Calfullan, Santiago, CWI Chile, Tuesday 6 May 2008.

Bolivia: Rumours of a right-wing coup

30/04/2008, Opposition continues with illegal referendum in Santa Cruz on 4 May
Karl Debbaut, cwi

Bolivia: The struggle between revolution and counter-revolution

21/02/2008, Report from CWI Latin America School
Conny Dahmen

Bolivia: Bolivia at breaking point

21/01/2008, Violent confrontation could erupt
Karl Debbaut, cwi

Bolivia: Worker and peasant poor majority suffers as food prices rise

31/08/2007, Food production and distribution should be controlled democratically by the worker and peasant majority, not by the right-wing opposition
Roberto Antezana, Alternativa Socialista Revolucionaria (CWI-Bolivia)

Bolivia: As class tensions rise in Bolivia, so does the possibility of civil war

20/08/2007, Need for a revolutionary socialist party clearer than ever
Roberto Antezana, Alternativa Socialista Revolucionaria (CWI-Bolivia)

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