Month: September 2010

The RMT union, whose general secretary Bob Crow will be speaking, is organising a “Crisis in Working Class Political Representation” conference on Saturday 2nd October in Glasgow.

PASOK government pushes ahead with draconian privatisations

Labour elects Ed Miliband as new leader

Kashmir is aflame again amid a renewed outpouring of popular, non-violent, revolt against India’s military occupation.

Earlier this year, four Unison activists, all Socialist Party members, were banned from office for up to three years. Their crime? Producing a leaflet for the union’s 2007 conference calling for greater democracy within the […]

Struggles mount in build-up to 29 September general strike

Organising to save jobs and services

The U.S. ruling class is trying to make workers and youth in the 50 states and in Puerto Rico pay for a crisis we didn’t create. Puerto Rican youth have stood up, fought back and […]

Towards a 24 hour all-European general strike!

At a CPSU consultative conference in July, delegate after delegate raised their continued opposition to the Croke Park deal.

Stop terrorising the workers movement

The newspaper’s website reports the brutal situation facing prisoners in Kazakhstan and the recent visit by Joe Higgins, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland).

Joe Higgins speaking in the European Parliament on 21st September 2010 on the EU-China summit

Construction unions have taken a step back from the action fearing fines – dispute was initiated by the workers themselves.

CWI leaflet: Workers need to organise independently!

Complete failure for Social Democratic-Green “opposition”

Protesting trainee nurses held an all-night vigil on Saturday 18th September outside the local press club to pressurize the government to act against health and district authorities for victimisation.

Christine Thomas, author of the new book ’It doesn’t have to be like this – Women and the Struggle for Socialism’ spoke to Sarah Wrack about why such a book was necessary.

"Your campaign is terrifying the speculators and the big banks – and that is a very good thing" – Joe Higgins speaking at a demonstration in Stuttgart.

State owned shipyard company plans to close major shipyards, resulting in around 2,500 job losses (7,000 including subcontractors)

Autobiography shows aim to destroy Labour as a vehicle for working class struggle

Over the course of the last month, the breathtaking hypocrisy of the capitalist elites in Ireland and internationally has been glaringly exposed.

Desperate inmates facing brutal beatings self-mutilate and hunger strike

Indian ‘Fact-finding mission’ will not offer solution

UCD economist, Morgan Kelly, was pilloried by the establishment back in May when he said it was no longer a case of whether Ireland would go bankrupt but when.

As we reported last week, the general strike of 7 September in India was called by a wide range of trade unions. It was in protests at the rocketing prices of food and fuel while […]

The Socialist Party (CWI Australia) has preselected Stephen Jolly to stand for the seat of Richmond in the Victorian State elections on November 27.

Support Tommy and Gail Sheridan

Regime announces union ‘reforms’ – is democratisation of the state-run unions on the cards?

The recent disaffiliation from the ALP of the Victorian branch of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) is the most significant example so far of the tensions between the modern Labor Party and the more dynamic […]

Thursday 16 September saw one of the most formidable demonstrations in the capital city for some time. 2,500 uniformed firefighters marched with Fire Brigades Union (FBU) flags and placards, whistles and vuvuzelas, and even a […]

Eradication of feudalism and capitalism would free millions

The decision of the rating agency, Standard and Poor’s, to downgrade the credit rating of Ireland from AA to AA- was met with hypocritical gnashing of teeth by Irish establishment figures.

Youth Fight for Jobs protest

Media reports of Joe Higgins’ recent visit to Kazakhstan, where he called for the scrapping of an OSCE conference in the authoritarian-run country

A new report on the TURCP web-site shows the ongoing and tireless flood relief work by trade unionists in Pakistan

Every day, we’re all bombarded with images soliciting us to buy products. Companies spend millions of dollars during the Super Bowl for a 30-second ad alone.

On 8th September Joe Higgins, MEP Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) and Tanja Niemeier, LSP – PSL (CWI Belgium), spoke at a press conference of the GUE/NGL on breaches of human rights in Kazakh Prisons.

Capitalism isn’t working. This is the conclusion being drawn by increasing numbers of workers and young people as seemingly every week a new crisis dominates the headlines.

National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) lobby of TUC conference in Manchester 2010, photo Suleyman Civi

Flash floods destroy lives, soaring price inflation means poverty

Workers showed courageous determination

Send solidarity messages!

‘Death of Democracy’ in Sri Lanka

Solidarity message from Joe Higgins, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) MEP

In the past few weeks there’s been a noticeable shift in tone in the business pages and journals. Their confidence in the so-called “recovery” has faded, and has been replaced by anxiety.

Break the Tripartite Alliance – For a mass workers’ party on a socialist programme

Protests needed: "The Provisional Minimum Wage Commission does not speak for us!"

As the 2010 elections approach, millions of working people and young people who are looking to fight against the right-wing corporate agenda will be confronted with the question: Should I give my vote to the […]

Free Belarus activists!

Joe Higgins MEP explains why he voted in favour of the resolution condemning French President Nicolas Sarkozy for his racist policies of scapegoating and deporting peoples from the Roma minority in France.

"Support European Day of Action against Austerity – 29 September should be day of active struggle, protests and strikes across Europe"

Ten months after President Obama announced he would add 31,000 more United States troops to the war in Afghanistan, his surge is showing signs of failing.

Fightback! Join the day of action on 20 October

For the Turkish and Kurdish working class and the left, September 12 is above all a day of remembrance of one of the heaviest blows against the workers in recent history.

CHP offers no alternative

Police hold human rights defender, Vadim Kuramshin, for 10 days to prevent him meeting Joe Higgins MEP

Despite being the most unpopular Taoiseach in the history of the state, at the head of the most unpopular government in the history of the state, Brian Cowen has been ranked as the fifth best […]

Brutal Nazerbayev regime presides over ticking social time-bomb

Arrest of human rights lawyer and campaigner backfires on authorities

“Democracy is sometimes a little bit difficult“, said the mayor of Stuttgart, facing a mass movement against the railway project, ‘Stuttgart21’.

Thousands demonstrate across Europe

Strike will start today

The only antidote to painful public-sector cuts

Repression and criminalisation of struggle is not socialism!

A socialist candidate for the Brazilian presidential elections

Can Nigeria experience positive development and improved living conditions?

Say no to job cuts and poverty wages!

Do local councillors have ‘no choice’? – Lessons from 1980s Liverpool Council struggle