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Month: September 2011

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Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: MEPs condemn repression of opposition activists

30 September 2011 CWI Reporters

“I, Clare Daly, member of the Irish Parliament strongly condemn threats by the Kazakhstan authorities…” Socialist Party TDs add voices to international outcry

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Bolivia

Bolivia: General strike amid intense political crisis

30 September 2011 CWI Reporters

Indigenous movement and general strike force five ministers resignations

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

US: Brutal police crackdown on protestors

30 September 2011 Jesse Lessinger, Socialist Alternative (CWI US)

Wall street occupation continues and spreads

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Britain

Britain: Solidarity protest at Kazakh embassy

29 September 2011 Socialistworld.net

London protest against state repression and in solidarity with oil workers

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ARCHIVE | the Socialist Party was the CWI section in Australia until 2019

Australia: Failed ‘welfare quarantine’ measures to be extended

29 September 2011 By Socialist Party Reporters (CWI in Australia)

Attacks first tested on Aboriginal population now implemented on all

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Venezuela

Kazakhstan: Venezuelan oil workers’ support striking Kazakh oil workers and condemn repression

28 September 2011 CWI Reporters

Protesters lobby Kazakh embassy in Germany

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Video

Capitalism: Parasites’ attitude exposed

28 September 2011 Interview with the BBC on the 26/09/2011

Stock market trader exposes real views of speculators & parasites

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

Yemen: Revolutionary movement under threat

28 September 2011 Per-Åke Westerlund, from ‘Offensiv’, weekly newspaper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden)

Regime unleashes counter-revolutionary violence

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

US: America’s Strange Fruit

28 September 2011 Eljeer Hawkins, Harlem, New York, Socialist Alternative (CWI in the US)

The Execution of Troy Davis

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ARCHIVE | Xekinima was the CWI section in Greece until 2019

Greece: Despair and fury

27 September 2011 Interview with Greek socialist

New wave of strikes and student protests – But how can the cuts tsunami be halted?

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

Hong Kong: Socialist Action launches election campaign for district council

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

Socialist Action’s (CWI Hong Kong) first election campaign

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Venezuela

Kazakhstan: Venezuelan union leader supports Kazakh opposition activists

26 September 2011 CWI Reporters

Ainur Kurmanov and Esenbek Ukteshbayev to address OSCE Human Rights Conference

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Pakistan

Pakistan: Eyewitness account of Sindh floods

24 September 2011 By Hameed Channa, Progressive Workers Federation Pakistan and Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI), Sindh

Hundreds of thousands displaced as flood worsens

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

Portugal: A hot autumn looming

24 September 2011 Anne Engelhardt, reporting from Lisbon, Portugal

Mass and unified resistance needs to be organised

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Egypt

Egypt: New wave of strikes

23 September 2011 David Johnson

Eight months after the overthrow of Mubarak, workers and youth still face poverty, unemployment, corruption and repression

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong: Oppose political frame-up of ‘Long Hair’ and six other activists

23 September 2011 Chinaworker.info

Left-wing legislator and six others arrested and charged with ‘disorderly conduct’ after by-election protest

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Britain

Britain: Can labour be reclaimed?

23 September 2011 Exchange between Tim Hayward and Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI in England and Wales) general secretary originally published in The Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party

Why socialists must campaign for a new mass workers party

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Libya

Libya: After the fall of Tripoli

22 September 2011 Robert Bechert

Revolution in grave danger of being seriously derailed

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Israel / Palestine

Palestine: Mass action needed to end occupation

22 September 2011 Video of Paul Murphy, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) MEP speaking in European Parliament

CWI MEP argues for mass action to liberate the Palestinian masses

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Britain

Britain: Video of successful lobby of Trades Union Congress

21 September 2011 socialistworld.net

Public sector-wide action announced for 30 November!

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Italy

Italy: Deeper into crisis

20 September 2011 Christine Thomas

New initiative to build a fighting alternative

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Nigeria

Nigeria: The struggle for N18,000 minimum wage

20 September 2011 By H.T. Soweto, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in Nigeria)

For a two-day general strike now! No to retrenchment of workers!

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Norway

Norway: Racist ‘Progress Party’ biggest loser in elections

19 September 2011 Trond Sverre and Elise Kolltveit, CWI, Norway

Labour Party gains less then predicted

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

Denmark: Right-wing government loses power after ten years

19 September 2011 Mattias Bernhardsson, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden)

Red-Green Alliance trebles its vote

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Video

Video: The other 9/11

17 September 2011 Socialistworld.net

Short movie by Ken Loach on Chile’s 9/11 1973 coup

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Pakistan

Pakistan:Report from flood-hit Sindh

16 September 2011 Hameed Channa Progressive Workers Federation Pakistan and Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI), Sindh

Crisis worsens, hundreds killed, millions affected

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Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: “Kurmanov to be jailed?”

16 September 2011 CWI reporters

Police threats to arrest and jail Socialist Movement Kazakhstan leaders – urgent protest action needed!

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Britain

Britain: When all they offer is cuts, joblessness and misery…

16 September 2011 Peter Taaffe

…we need a programme of action to fight back!

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ARCHIVE | Pakistan

Pakistan: Sindh flooded again

15 September 2011 Syed Fazal Abbas, Secretary General, Progressive Workers Federation of Pakistan

Millions badly affected.

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History & Anniversaries

Britain 1931: Coalition, cutbacks and crisis

15 September 2011 Hannah Sell, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales), first published in Socialism Today

While no historical period is identical with Britain now, the tumultuous events that shook the country 80 years ago – combining the great depression, a ‘grand coalition’ government wielding the axe, and a damaging currency […]

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Israel / Palestine

Palestine: UN vote on ‘statehood’

14 September 2011 Judy Beishon

How can the national rights of Palestinians be achieved?

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Britain

Britain: Union leaders must open the floodgates of mass action!

13 September 2011 Kevin Parslow, Assistant Secretary, NSSN, taken from website of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)

National Shop Stewards’ Network lobbies Trades Union Congress (TUC)

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

US: Wall Street Has Two Parties, We Need One of Our Own!

12 September 2011 By Ty Moore and Teddy Shibabaw, Socialist Alternative (CWI in US)

Divisions Deepen in the Democratic Party

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Germany

Germany: Solidarity appeal

12 September 2011 Anna Shadrova, SAV, Sozialistische Alternative (CWI in Germany), Berlin

Support the striking workers of the Charité Facility Management company (CFM) in Berlin!

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Comment & Analysis

Review: Why Marx was right

11 September 2011 Niall Mullholland

Eagleton’s book can act as a ’refresher course’ and a useful introduction. It is not without its faults and limits, however.

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History & Anniversaries

Chile: The other ‘9/11′

10 September 2011 Tony Saunois

1973 bloody coup against Popular Unity government – Lessons for today

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Comment & Analysis

The consequences of 9/11: A world turned upside down

10 September 2011 Peter Taaffe

The bloody terrorist outrages of 11 September 2001 in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington were one of the defining moments in recent history.

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Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Another oil worker jailed for 15 days without trial

9 September 2011 CWI reporters

Police interrogate Ainur Kurmanov and Esenbek Ukteshbayev for a total of 16 hours

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ARCHIVE | Xekinima was the CWI section in Greece until 2019

Greece : Huge student movement kicks off an autumn of struggle

9 September 2011 Nikos Anastasiades, Xekinima (CWI in Greece ) and Danny Byrne, CWI

Rebellion against neo-liberal onslaught on education

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

US: Longshore workers dump grain, shut down ports

9 September 2011 By Patrick Ayers, Socialist Alternative, CWI supporters in the USA)

Seattle, Tacoma, and Everett ports all reportedly shut down

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Italy

Italy: No to profit-guzzling and destructive projects at public’s expense!

9 September 2011 Finghin Kelly, parliamentary assistant, office of Paul Murphy MEP, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.net/">Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)</a>

Paul Murphy MEP and others visit militarised zone at Maddalena

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Spain

Spain: Elections 2011 – how can workers and youth have a voice?

8 September 2011 R.mac, Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain), Barcelona

For an alternative to the rotten capitalist consensus!

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Environment & Climate Change

Energy: Nuclear fallout

8 September 2011 Manny Thain

Japan’s earthquake and tsunami not only ignited catastrophic explosions at the Fukushima nuclear plant, it also sent shockwaves through global energy policy

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Kazakhstan

Germany: Esso protest in solidarity with striking Kazakh oil workers

7 September 2011 René Kiesel, <a href="http://www.sozialismus.info">SAV (CWI Germany)</a>, Berlin

Bring the campaign to trade unions and the Left!

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

Ireland: Don’t pay the household charge!

7 September 2011 Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) reporters

Mass non-payment campaign can defeat new tax

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Libya

Libya: After Gaddafi

6 September 2011 Robert Bechert

Stop the revolution’s derailment – independent workers’ action needed!

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India

India: Comstar Workers’ Strike in Chennai

6 September 2011 Anand Kumar, Bangalore (New Socialist Alternative, CWI in India)

Auto workers engaged in 21-day strike

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Italy

Italy: General strike against Berlusconi crisis measures

5 September 2011 Antongiulio Mannoni, Controcorrente (CWI Italy) and CGIL in personal capacity

The CGIL, the main trade union federation, has called an 8 hour general strike for 6 September

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Britain

Britain: The ongoing public-sector pensions struggle

5 September 2011 Rob Williams, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>, first published in <a href="http://www.socialismtoday.org/">Socialism Today</a>

The 30 June strikes were a turning point in the struggle against this government, giving a huge boost of confidence.

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ARCHIVE | Russia & Ex-Stalinist States

Kazakhstan: Terror continues against oil workers

3 September 2011 CWI reporters, Moscow

Striker’s daughter murdered…Arrest of Socialist activists threatened – solidarity campaign needs stepping up!

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Canada

Canada: Death of NDP leader, Jack Layton

2 September 2011 Clare and Craig Hudson, Socialist Alternative (CWI Canada)

Funeral reveals deep-rooted mood of working people and youth for real change

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Nigeria

Nigeria: Bombing of United Nations’ office

2 September 2011 H. T. Soweto, DSM (CWI Nigeria)

Terrorism Takes Root in Nigeria amidst Deep Social and Economic Crisis

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Sri Lanka

Tamil Solidarity: End death penalty in India

1 September 2011 Video of protest in London, 30 August

International protest demands end of death penalty against Tamil activists

Britain

Britain: “Bring the biggest companies into public ownership”

1 September 2011 Interview with Hannah Sell

"What one change would have the biggest positive impact on society?"

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