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Month: April 2009

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Austria

Austria: 60,000 school students strike on 24 April

04/30/2009 Laura Rafetseder, Socialist Left Party (CWI in Austria)

Growing unrest among workers and youth

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Lebanon

Lebanon: May Day – Workers need to build their own alternative!

04/30/2009 Text of CWI Lebanon May Day 2009 leaflet

Living conditions deteriorate due to neo-liberal politics and private sector mafia

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Britain

Britain: UPDATE – Linamar management forced to withdraw sacking of leading trade unionist

04/29/2009 Socialist Party reporters (CWI in England & Wales)

Bosses forced to the negotiation table

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May Day

2009 CWI May Day Statement: World Capitalism In Crisis

04/29/2009 socialistworld.net

We will not pay for the failure of the profit system!

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Britain

Britain: Leading union activist Rob Williams sacked

04/28/2009 Socialist Party (cwi England and Wales) Press Release

Reinstate Linamar car plant union convenor now – Messages of support urgently needed!

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History & Anniversaries

History: Spanish civil war

04/27/2009 Hannah Sell

Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Bloody end to war, no end to national conflict

04/26/2009 Clare Doyle

Socialists continue fight against Rajapakse dictatorship

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Egypt

Egypt: 6 April “Day of Anger” – Call from activists for jobs and democratic rights

04/24/2009 CWI reporter in Egypt

Strikes and occupations grow – workers’ party with socialist policies needed!

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Britain

Britain: British budget and the economic crisis

04/24/2009 Video interview with Peter Taaffe

“Green shoots” of economic revival?

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Sri Lanka: Stop the slaughter of Tamils

04/23/2009 Joe Higgins, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) article from Irish Daily Mail, 22 April 2009,

Joe Higgins attacks Sri Lankan government in Irish Daily Mail

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ARCHIVE | Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna was the CWI section in Sweden until 2019

Finland: Battle over pensions as economic crisis deepens

04/22/2009 Per Olsson, Rattvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden)

For a new workers’ party!

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India

India: Countrywide elections have begun

04/21/2009 statement

Workers and young people have no party fighting capitalism and landlordism

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Malaysia

Malaysia: Ruling Front under strain

04/20/2009 Raviechandren

Power transition to save weakening UMNO/BN

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Britain

Britain: Thatcher’s legacy

04/17/2009 Peter Taaffe

Brutal class warfare against the rights and the conditions of the working class

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Austria

Austria: Teachers and school students take strike action against attacks on education

04/16/2009 Laura Rafetseder, Sozialistische LinksPartei (CWI in Austria)

Education sector gives an example by fighting back

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Singapore

Singapore: Crisis of global capitalism hits Singapore hard

04/16/2009 Raviechandren

Export-driven economy shrinks

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Ireland: Draconian government budget savages workers’ living standards

04/15/2009 By Stephen Boyd, Michael Murphy and Kevin McLoughlin, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland)

Workers’ action needed to defeat cuts and attacks

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka:: Stop the war – fight for democratic rights

04/15/2009 Elizabeth Clarke, socialistworld.net

Mass protests continue

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ARCHIVE | Xekinima was the CWI section in Greece until 2019

Greece: SYRIZA conference at critical time

04/14/2009 Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI in Greece)

Need to defend and deepen left direction is vital

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Thailand

Thailand: Battles on streets of Bangkok

04/14/2009 Clare Doyle

Neither major party has solution for working and poor people

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Italy

Italy: The left and the earthquake in Abruzzo

04/14/2009 By Marco Veruggio, Direzione Nazionale, Rifondazione Comunista and Controcorrente. Translated by Christine Thomas, Lotta, CWI Italy

Corruption kills

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Scotland

Scotland: Parents occupy school buildings in Glasgow to stop closures

04/10/2009 Eric Stevenson, CWI, Glasgow

Invest in schools and local communities!

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ARCHIVE | Russia & Ex-Stalinist States

Moldova: Thousands storm Parliament buildings as economic crisis worsens

04/09/2009 Rob Jones, CWI, Moscow

Youth and workers need alternative to pro-market, ethnic-based parties

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Stop Slaughter of Tamils international day of protests

04/09/2009 From Jagadish Chandra in Delhi

Indian government told to stop support of murderous Rajapakse regime

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Netherlands

Netherlands: Dutch Socialist Party leadership’s expulsion attempt against CWI supporters fails to get echo from membership

04/08/2009 Emil Jacobs, Offensief (CWI Netherlands)

Rank and file looking for fighting, socialist response to economic crisis and right wing government

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Our activity

CWI European Bureau 2009: Capitalist crisis ushers in new political era

04/08/2009 Danny Byrne

Building the forces of socialism in a new period

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Egypt

Egypt: Doctors’ and fishermen’s protests

04/07/2009 CWI reporter

Workers’ struggles continue…

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Nightmare for Tamils

04/07/2009 socialistworld.net

International protest grows

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World Economy

World Economy: London G20 summit provides no solution to world economic crisis

04/07/2009 Peter Taaffe

Workers’ struggles point way forward – Fight for a socialist future

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Ireland North

Northern Ireland: Belfast Visteon occupation

04/06/2009 Peter Hadden

One week on and still rock solid

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Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 1,800 workers strike at Burgylai oil wells

04/05/2009 Socialist Resistance (CWI Kazakhstan) reporters

Solidarity action at 10 oil fields – Messages of support needed!

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Britain

Britain: Youth march for jobs in London

04/03/2009 Socialist Party reporters (CWI in England and Wales)

Video of march on the G20

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Europe

CWI Comment and Analysis: The world economic crisis and political perspectives for Europe

04/03/2009 CWI

Statement by European Bureau meeting of the Committee for a Workers’ International

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India

India: Massive meeting in Chennai of campaign to stop Tamil slaughter in Sri Lanka

04/03/2009 Venkat Narasimham

Author Arundathi Roy’s statement gets national and international coverage

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Egypt

Egypt: First anniversary of ‘6 April’ mass protests

04/03/2009 CWI leaflet text

Solidarity with Egyptian workers and youth – Support fight for democratic and union rights!

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Germany

Germany: 55,000 say “We won’t pay for your crisis”

04/02/2009 Wolfram Klein – SAV (CWI in Germany)

On Saturday March 28, 30,000 people marched through Berlin, the capital of Germany, and another 25,000 people protested in Frankfurt, Germany’s financial centre.

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Scotland

Scotland: 20th anniversary of introduction of Poll Tax

04/02/2009 Articles by Ronnie Stevenson and Tommy Sheridan

Mass rebellion that killed tax and toppled Tory Prime Minister

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ARCHIVE | the Socialist Party was the CWI section in Northern Ireland until 2019

Northern Ireland: Workers occupy Visteon Belfast car plant

04/01/2009 Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) reporters, Belfast

Workers in Enfield and Basildon plants follow suit

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Britain

N Ireland/Britain: Support Visteon workers!

04/01/2009 Socialist Party leaflet text

Basildon, Belfast and Enfield plants occupied after put into administration

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