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Month: April 2011

Our activity

May Day 2011: Revolution in the Middle East and Mahgreb – workers’ struggle around the globe

30 April 2011 CWI statement

Fighting to end capitalism and its crisis, the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) sends warm May Day greetings to workers, youth and the oppressed around the globe.

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Britain

Britain’s royal wedding: Not much bread but there’s plenty of circuses

29 April 2011 Derek McMillan, Our Royal Correspondent, from the Socialist, paper of the <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>

Witness the media torrent of sickly sentimentality over the royal wedding.

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

Ireland: Build the ULA, build the fight back!

29 April 2011 Kevin McLoughlin, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

New government: "Same circus, just different clowns!"

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Syria

Syria: Assad orders brutal crackdown against opposition

28 April 2011 Robert Bechert

Only a united struggle of the masses can defeat regime

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

Iran: Victory for oil workers on strike

27 April 2011 Hamid Azar. From Offensiv, weekly paper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden)

May Day next day of mass protests

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ARCHIVE | Russia & Ex-Stalinist States

Chernobyl disaster: 25th anniversary

26 April 2011 Rob Jones, Moscow

Scientists estimate nuclear fall-out caused over 200,000 deaths

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History & Anniversaries

Anniversary: Britain’s Black Friday 15 April 1921

25 April 2011 Andrew Price

A warning for the workers’ movement

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Jordan

Jordan: No illusions in regime’s promised ‘reforms’

24 April 2011 CWI reporter, Amman

Need to build united workers’ alternative as social and political tensions grow

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ARCHIVE | ChinaWorker.info was the CWI section in China, Honk Kong and Taiwan until 2019

China: Strike and blockade by Shanghai truck drivers

24 April 2011 Chinaworker.info reporters

Blockade at world’s biggest container port • Mass arrests and police repression

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Libya

War: What is it good for? Arms sales!

23 April 2011 Rob Bishop

Arms manufacturers are excited by the Libyan conflict as it will lead to increased sales and profits.

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Belarus

Belarus: Bomb attack on Minsk metro leaves 13 dead

22 April 2011 Lev R., CWI Belarus

President Lukashenko uses outrage to attack working class

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Finland

Finland: Massive protest vote in elections

21 April 2011 Rattvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden)

Right wing populist ‘True Finns’ third biggest party

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France

France: Sarkozy instigates ban on veil to boost his political ratings

21 April 2011 Judy Beishon

What attitude should socialists adopt in defending women’s rights?

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Libya

Libya: The ‘no-fly zone’ and the Left

20 April 2011 Peter Taaffe

US overstretch and uncertainty

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Another rigged election

20 April 2011 Siritunga Jayasuriya

What is the way forward now?

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Swaziland (Eswatini)

SWAZILAND | King Mswati’s security forces suppress April protests

19 April 2011 Sheri Hamilton, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in South Africa)

Desperate economic situation exacerbated by world capitalist crisis

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Libya

Libya: ‘Humanitarian aid’ covers increased western intervention

19 April 2011 Robert Bechert

Libyan workers and youth must rely on their own strength

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Britain

Britain: NSSN anti-cuts strategy vindicated

19 April 2011 Hannah Sell

Developments in SWP confirm Socialist Party’s arguments for NSSN anti-cuts campaign

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ARCHIVE | Xekinima was the CWI section in Greece until 2019

Greece: Residents’ resist landfill, media workers strike, Athens council workers occupy…

18 April 2011 Edited & translated by Amalia Loizidou, from the website of <a href="http://www.xekinima.org/">Xekinima</a> (CWI in Greece)

Bitter struggles erupt as EU/IMF policies devastate Greek economy

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Finland

Finland: Protest against racist polices of True Finns party

18 April 2011 Sosialistinen Vaitoehto (CWI supporters in Finland) and Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden) reporters

Following last Sunday’s parliamentary election in Finland, talks are taking place on forming a coalition government. The results saw a big increase in support for the anti-immigrant, rightwing populist True Finns party, gaining 19.0% (39 […]

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Britain

Britain: Con-Dems’ economic policy … austerity, austerity, austerity!

16 April 2011 Lynn Walsh

’The worst is yet to come’

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Ireland North

Northern Ireland: Socialist Party political broadcast

16 April 2011 socialistworld.net

Vote against cuts in 5 May elections

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

Fukushima: The impact of the nuclear crisis

16 April 2011 Paul Murphy, MEP, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.net/">Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) </a>

About the need to nationalise the energy sector and move away from fossil fuels and nuclear energy in favour of genuine renewable, sustainable energy production

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Algeria

Algeria: Spring of discontent

15 April 2011 Socialistworld.net

Big student demo in Algiers defies ban on demonstrations

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Qatar

Libya: “Contact group” meeting in Qatar

14 April 2011 Robert Bechert

Unelected ‘friends of democracy’ show NATO’s hypocrisy

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ARCHIVE | Socialismo Revolucionario was the CWI section in Portugal until 2019

Portugal: No to IMF/EU intervention!

14 April 2011 Declaration of Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Portugal)

For a 24 hour general strike as the first step!

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Europe

World & Europe: New period of instability and revolutions

14 April 2011 International Secretariat of the CWI

Thesis of the European bureau of the CWI

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Middle East & North Africa

Middle East and North Africa: Revolutions in danger

13 April 2011 Robert Bechert

Decisive workers’ action necessary

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History & Anniversaries

Britain: 30 years after the 1981 Brixton riots

13 April 2011 Clare Doyle

Racism and poverty – anger explodes

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Iceland

Iceland: “We will not pay for the bankers’ crisis”

12 April 2011 Per-Åke Westerlund (CWI Sweden)

Nearly two thirds of Icelanders say ‘No!’ to Icesave deal

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

Ireland: Economy on the brink

12 April 2011 Michael O’Brien, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.net/">Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)</a>

Governing Fine Gael/Labour party coalition facing bankruptcy

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ARCHIVE | Xekinima was the CWI section in Greece until 2019

Greece: ‘Can’t pay-Won’t pay’

11 April 2011 Edited translations of articles from <a href="http://www.xekinima.org/">Xekinima</a> website (CWI Greece)

Non-Payment movement reflects explosive situation

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ARCHIVE | ChinaWorker.info was the CWI section in China, Honk Kong and Taiwan until 2019

China: Paul Murphy MEP calls for the release of Ai WeiWei

11 April 2011 Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

Paul Murphy MEP condemns the brutal repression of the Chinese state and calls for the release of Chinese artist, Ai WeiWei.

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

Sweden: “Stop nuclear power”

10 April 2011 Sara Lindelöf and Minela Mahmutovic, CWI Sweden

Protests in 20 cities

Britain

Britain: What next after the mass demonstration of March 26?

10 April 2011 Peter Taaffe on Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) meeting in London

Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary, was the final platform speaker at a London aggregate to discuss the prospects of the trade union and anti-cuts movement

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ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in the USA until 2019

US: Right wing commentator Glenn Beck attacks unions and CWI

9 April 2011 Ramy Khalil, Socialist Alternative (<a href="http://www.socialistalternative.org/">CWI supporters in the US</a>)

Rant reflects establishment concerns at rise of class struggles

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ARCHIVE | Socialismo Revolucionario was the CWI section in Portugal until 2019

Portugal: EU/IMF intervention will drain economic lifeblood of working people

8 April 2011 Paul Murphy, MEP, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.net/">Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)</a>

“Caretaker” government of Portugal formally askes for EU / IMF financial “assistance“

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ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in the USA until 2019

US: April 9th Anti-War Rally

8 April 2011 Jesse Lessinger, Socialist Alternative (CWI US)

Regional protests on April 9 in New York and San Francisco are part of the process of rebuilding a anti-war voice.

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ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in the USA until 2019

Wisconsin, US: Interview with student Activist

7 April 2011 Interview with Jacob Fiksel by <a href="http://www.socialistalternative.org">Socialist Alternative (CWI US)</a>

When protests for workers’ rights erupted in Madison, Wisconsin, high school students from across the city took to the streets as well to show their solidarity with their teachers. They organized walkouts and marches that […]

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Egypt

Egypt: Nasser and Arab nationalism

6 April 2011 David Johnson, from April 2011 issue of Socialism Today, monthly magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

Lessons for today’s revolution

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

Ireland: Paul Murphy challenges Barosso’s claim to “support” Ireland

5 April 2011 Paul Murphy, Member of the European Parliament, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

The Commission wants to introduce legislation that would ensure that ordinary people will be forced to bailout the banks and speculators.

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Science & Technology

Fukushima disaster: The ever-present nuclear threat

5 April 2011 Pete Dickinson

IT IS a tragic irony that the nuclear disaster at Fukushima occurred within weeks of the 25th anniversary of the catastrophe at Chernobyl in the former Soviet Union, the world’s worst nuclear accident.

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Canada

Canada: Federal elections called for 2 May

5 April 2011 Clare Hudson, Socialist Alternative, BC

Outgoing Harper government presided over price hikes, sell-offs and foreign wars

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ARCHIVE | ChinaWorker.info was the CWI section in China, Honk Kong and Taiwan until 2019

China: Government steps up crackdown in response to Middle East unrest

5 April 2011 Vincent Kolo, <a href="http://www.chinaworker.info">chinaworker.info</a>

One of China’s most prominent artists Ai Weiwei has been seized and detained by state security agents as he was about board a flight to Hong Kong at Beijing airport on Sunday 3 April.

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Britain

Britain: After 26 March demonstration

4 April 2011 Editorial

For a 24 hour general strike!

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Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Esenbek Ukteshbayev met with flowers and solidarity

3 April 2011 Socialist Resistance (Kazakhstan) reporters

Opposition activist released after international protest campaign

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Comment & Analysis

Review: “How to Change the World”

2 April 2011 Peter Taaffe

Does Eric Hobsbawm provide a revolutionary perspective?

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Scotland

Scotland: Anti-cuts and socialist election challenge launched

1 April 2011 Philip Stott

Whichever combination of party’s form the next Scottish government, it will be a government that will attempt to carry through the deepest cuts in decades.

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