Britain
2011: A year of sharpening struggle
2010 – The most tumultuous year for two decades
Month: December 2010
Kazakhstan
CWI 10th World Congress: Eastern Europe and the CIS (former Soviet States)
"For nearly a decade, economic collapse, worse in many countries than the depression of the thirties, with its associated crime waves, corruption and social degeneration devastated the region."
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Water supply crisis a result of privatisation plans
Socialist Party calls public protest over loss of service for homes and health risks
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Union and social movement leader, Esenbek Ukteshbaev, sees in New Year behind prison walls
‘Appeal’ hearing a travesty of justice
Ireland Republic
James Conolly: Labour in Irish History revisited
Ireland convulsed by economic crisis and savage austerity cuts – Time to reconnect with Connolly’s socialist ideas
Tunisia
Tunisia: Street vendor’s attempted suicide sparks riots and police shootings
Lack of freedom and mass unemployment stoke up revolt
Latin America
CWI 10th World Congress: Latin America
"With the second centenary of national political independence being “celebrated” in various Latin American countries, the impasse for the political alternatives that have developed in the last period, like “Chavismo” and “Castroismo”, the region is […]
Middle East
CWI 10th World Congress: Middle East
The crisis of capitalism and the naked role of imperialism are graphically manifested in the Middle East.
Malaysia
Malaysia: Political parties gear up for general election
Real socialist alternative needed
Asia
CWI 10th World Congress: Asia
"Social, economic and political crises are developing throughout Asia. They underline the vital importance of the CWI’s ideas and programme and the urgent task of developing the cadres for building future mass revolutionary parties."