Asia
10th CWI World Congress: Rising contradictions in Asia
China’s growth shields region but economic, social and political crises loom
Month: December 2010
Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Striking garment workers victimised
Strikes and protests by Bangladesh garment workers continue in the face of harsh repression by the state. Following the deaths of three strikers, shot down when police opened fire on demonstrators in Chittagong on 14 […]
USA
WikiLeaks: Edifice of Lies
WikiLeaks Pulls Back the Curtain on U.S. Empire
Britain
Britain: Prepare to build the fight against all cuts in 2011
The ruling class in Britain is determined to make sure that it is not them, but the working class and young people, who pay for the crisis in their system.
History & Anniversaries
History: 50 years since “strike of the century” in Belgium
New book on 1960/61 general strike published by CWI in Belgium
América
Brasil: ¿Guerra contra quién?
Río de Janeiro fue una vez más noticia de primera página alrededor del mundo y no por los grandes eventos deportivos.
Europa
Grecia: La sociedad paralizada por una semana de grandes huelgas y la huelga general
La tercera ola de ataques de austeridad del gobierno del PASOK provoca indignación
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: ‘Kazakhstan 2012′ opposition leader jailed
“Physical annihilation” threats against activists – Urgent protest action needed!
Climate Change & Environment
Denmark: Copenhagen police lose court case
Mass detentions at climate summit last year were illegal
Ireland Republic
Ireland / EU: Opposition to eurozone crisis mechanism!
Joe Higgins explains that the establishment of a Permanent Crisis Mechanism for the eurozone will be used to bail out the financial speculators that caused this crisis and will institutionalise the idea that ordinary people […]