Month: February 2012

Police break up St. Paul’s camp, which lasted for more than 100 days

Visiting workers’ occupation

A number of key unions are poised to strike-back on 28 March – and significant private-sector struggles continue.

Workers in struggle and discussions with the Greek left

Last weekend Paul Murphy MEP (GUE/NGL, Ireland) visited striking workers from the Eleftherotypia newspaper, which was Greece’s largest selling newspaper…

The world famous Oxford Union was the setting for a debate on the proposition: "This House Believes That Capitalism has Failed the Poor".

Further support from Martin Powell-Davies, National Executive, National Union of Teachers (NUT), London, and Christoph Waelz, GEW-Berlin (teachers’ union) shop steward

With almost 3 million people participating in the process of primary elections, the coalition of right-wing parties in opposition to the Chavez government, elected a united candidate for the Presidential elections in October.

International solidarity and action to oppose state brutality and austerity

For a mass one day general strike, against the attacks on the trade unions and for the full implementation of all the objectives of the revolution!

Austerity measures have gone so far that they increasingly represent an attack on society itself

Workers’ strikes and new local rebellions use the slogan “Learn from Wukan”

Reports from February edition of Resistenze, paper of the CWI in Italy

Months of grassroots revolt shows way forward for impoverished masses

Statement from Gauche Révolutionnaire (French section of the CWI) drawing a balance sheet of its experience in the NPA

Mass protests in Germany, Austria and Europe

MEP Paul Murphy raises the need for the Egyptian masses to take political and economic power out of the hands of the ruling elite and military

For a mass movement of workers and the poor to defeat Assad’s regime and imperialism!

Full inquiries moved by Paul Murphy MEP and agreed

Cosawu union won application to represent about 700 workers

But many protesters ask: “We came – what next?”

Kurmanov and Ukteshbayev speak out

Beer with the taste of blood of workers don’t go down smoothly

Massive response by the Greek workers to new cuts and austerity

Immediate support given by Bob Crow, rail-workers’ leader in Britain, Paul Murphy, MEP, from Ireland, Swedish trade union journalist and Australian Councillor, Steve Jolly

Greek workers can defeat austerity, the troika and the vampire bondholders

Part of struggle against bureaucratisation of union

TV news report highlights the case of CWI supporter Zhang Shujie

LA School 2012 takes place against the backgound of sharp changes on the continent

Urgent protests needed!

Workers need a party with anti-cuts, socialist policies not coalitions with capitalist parties!

London is a city of enormous disparities between rich and poor, the most unequal city in the developed world – a report from the city hosting this year’s olympics

International struggle can end dictatorship of the markets

Anger spilling over against troika austerity

General strike on 7 February opposes “mediaeval labour conditions!"

No trust in Arab League and imperialist powers

A big protest rally in freezing temperatures greeted the Kazakhstan president as he attended a meeting to strengthen relations with the German government and big business.

74 killed in horrific scenes

Joe Higgins argues in Cork, 26 January, to resist the household tax: "Yes, we have a choice!"

A strike corresponding to the level of anger over austerity programme

The capitalist classes of Europe are all adopting the same policy of attempting to make the working class pay for the capitalist economic crisis.

A socialist view on recent showdown between government and people

The repression will not stop the movement!

CWI – a socialist analysis