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Month: May 2016

France

France: Fight against Valls/Hollande government intensifies

May 31, 2016 Clare Doyle, CWI

Gauche Revolutionnaire statement underlines vital need for political alternative

Spain

Spain: Left government on the horizon in June elections

May 31, 2016 Danny Byrne, CWI

Establishment parties panic as Podemos and United Left agree joint election challenge

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ARCHIVE | Xekinima was the CWI section in Greece until 2019

Greece: Bus cleaners renew strike after management’s broken promises

May 29, 2016 Interview with Apostolis Kassimeris, member of Xekinima and of Executive of OASA Workers’ Union (Athens bus drivers' union)

"Triple-oppressed workers – immigrants, women and low-paid – show way forward"

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Embassy protests in solidarity with struggle against land privatisation and for democratic rights

May 27, 2016 Campaign Kazakhstan

Soldarity actions take place internationally against Nazarbayev regime

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ARCHIVE | Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução was the CWI section in Brazil until 2019

Brazil: Mass protests against new government begin

May 27, 2016 socialistworld.net

LSR (CWI) forces participation highlighted

Solidarity

Solidarity: Brutal bosses attack striking Lisbon Dockers

May 25, 2016 Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Portugal) reporters

Protest and solidarity messages needed

Austria

Austria: Only 31,026 votes prevent far right’s Hofer becoming president

May 24, 2016 Sonja Grusch, SLP (the Austrian section of the CWI)

‘Breathing space’ offers chance to build a fighting, democratic left alternative

Britain

Britain: EU referendum exposes gaping political fault-lines

May 24, 2016 Peter Taaffe, from <a href="http://www.socialismtoday.org/">Socialism Today</a> (monthly magazine of the Socialist Party England & Wales)

New road can open up for labour movement if working class relies on its own forces

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Massive police operation confronts demonstrators

May 23, 2016 Clare Doyle, CWI

Nazarbayev regime faces mounting opposition

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

Australia: Federal election looming

May 21, 2016 Editorial from May 2016 edition of ‘The Socialist’ (paper of the Socialist Party – CWI Australia)

How should the labour and social movements respond?

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Anger against Nazarbayev expressed on the streets

May 20, 2016 socialistworld.net

‘Illegal’ protests planned for Saturday 21 May

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ARCHIVE | Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução was the CWI section in Brazil until 2019

Brazil: Fall of President Dilma Rousseff unleashes offensive against working class

May 19, 2016 André Ferrari, LSR (‘Freedom, Socialism and Revolution’ - CWI Brazil)

The impeachment process and historic crisis of the PT (Workers’ Party)

Britain

Britain: Brexit, the EU and the economy

May 19, 2016 Judy Beishon, from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist Party England & Wales)

Remain or Leave, workers must fight for socialist change

Nigeria

Nigeria: General strike begins

May 18, 2016 HT Soweto, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI Nigeria)

Determined leadership and clear strategy needed to succeed

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

Ireland: ‘Jobstown trials’ to go ahead

May 18, 2016 Kieran Mahon, Anti-Austerity Alliance / Socialist Party Councillor, Dublin

Government loses battle on water charges but wages war on Left

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ARCHIVE | Xekinima was the CWI section in Greece until 2019

Greece: Striking Athens bus cleaners continue their struggle

May 17, 2016 Articles from Xekinima (CWI Greece) website

Court declares strike ‘lawful’

Canada

Canada: Fire devastates Fort McMurray

May 16, 2016 Bill Hopwood, Socialist Alternative (CWI Canada) Vancouver

Capitalism equals environmental destruction

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ARCHIVE | Middle East & North Africa

Saudi Arabia: Gathering storms over the House of Saud

May 13, 2016 Serge Jordan, CWI

Collapse of oil prices expose fragile foundations of oil Gulf monarchies

France

France: New stage in battle over labour law

May 12, 2016 Clare Doyle, CWI

Hollande’s decision to over-rule parliament provokes another round of struggle

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Protests erupt

May 12, 2016 Sergei Skobelev, CWI Russia

Phoney elections have not brought stability

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

Sweden: Successful Congress for CWI forces

May 12, 2016 Kristofer Lundberg, Rättvisepartiet Socialistern

Political foundations laid for new branches and growth in other Nordic countries

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

Northern Ireland: Main parties win Assembly elections…

May 11, 2016 Daniel Waldron, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), Belfast

But positive moves against sectarian politics

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ARCHIVE | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019

Belgium: Trade unions announce new plan of action

May 11, 2016 LSP/PSL (CWI in Belgium) Reporters

Call for two national demonstrations, building towards general strikes

Quebec

Quebec: The fight for $15 shows true colors of Parti Québecois

May 10, 2016 Bruno, Alternative Socialiste (CWI in Quebec)

No to an all-class pro-independence alliance

Britain

Britain: Elections show anger and fragmentation

May 10, 2016 Hannah Sell, from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist Party, CWI England & Wales)

Mobilise the anti-austerity mood into a mass, democratic movement to defeat the right

Scotland

Scotland: SNP win elections

May 9, 2016 Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI)

New openings for a socialist left alternative emerge

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

Ireland: How long can Kenny’s government last?

May 7, 2016 By Kevin McLoughlin, Socialist Party (CWI in Irelnd)

Minority government supported by two main parties and “Independents” formed

Video

Video: Paul Murphy sets record straight on “legal aid”

May 6, 2016 socialistworld.net

Socialist MP threatened with jail for protesting against water charges responds to attacks in Irish parliament

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South Africa

South Africa: Zuma must go!

May 6, 2016 Editorial from Izwi Labasebenzi (WASP - CWI South Africa)

Build a socialist mass workers’ party for a government of the working class

Solidarity

Solidarity: Portuguese dock workers’ indefinite strike

May 5, 2016 Socialismo Revolucionário (CWI in Portugal) Statement

What we cannot do: leave the dockers alone

Britain

Britain: 90th anniversary of epochal general strike

May 5, 2016 Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) general secretary

When workers tasted power

France

France: Striking workers join students and youth in mass demonstrations

May 4, 2016 Naomi Byron, Paris (first published in The Socialist)

Build a general strike movement!

May Day

May Day 2016: Rallies and marches mark international workers' day

May 4, 2016 socialistworld.net

Photo gallery of CWI's global May Day participation

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

Ireland: Water charges suspended

May 3, 2016 Katia Hancke, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), Dublin

Protest movement and boycott force huge Establishment parties climb down

Britain

Britain: 'Slow coup' against left Labour leader

May 2, 2016 Hannah Sell, Socialist Party deputy general secretary

Anti-Semitism charges a cynical campaign by right-wing to ditch Jeremy Corbyn

May Day

May Day 2016: The idea of May Day on the march

May 1, 2016 CWI socialist greetings/Two articles by Rosa Luxemburg

"The brilliant idea of May Day is the immediate stepping forward of the proletarian masses"

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