Argentina
Argentina: Mass movement stalls pension reform despite ferocious repression
Mass protests confront Macri government
Month: December 2017
Germany
Germany: School students strike for increased investment in education
Around 1000 students took part in a school strike in Kassel, central Germany, on December 11, protesting against the deteriorating conditions in their schools and to fight for a better future. There were plenty of […]
History & Anniversaries
From the archives: Commemorate the Massacre at Santa Maria school
Massacre by Chilean dictatorship, 21st of December 1907
Netherlands
Primary school teachers in Netherlands take mass action
Primary school teachers in the Netherlands recently took mass strike action. In 2017, there were three national strikes by teachers and 90% of the schools or more closed during each strike. On the 5th October, […]
Nigeria
Nigeria: Important step for Socialist Party of Nigeria
Court orders SPN be allowed to stand in elections.
Yemen
Yemen: Future “on the edge of the abyss” for workers and poor
The killing of former Yemeni President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, by Houthi fighters in the capital, Sana’a, earlier this month has led to an intensification of the war in that country, magnifying an already extreme humanitarian […]
América
A pesar de una feroz represión, la movilización social en Argentina frena la contrarreforma de las pensiones
El pasado 15 de diciembre una enorme movilización social puso contra las cuerdas a la coalición gubernamental de Mauricio Macri (Cambiemos). Cuando el Congreso de los diputados tenía que aprobar la contrarreforma de las pensiones, […]
Ireland Republic
Ireland: CWI members play key role in landmark abortion rights decision
Parliamentary committee reccommends unrestricted abortion rights up to 12 weeks’ pregnancy
Comment & Analysis
World crisis preparing ground for new and deeper explosions
Report of discussion on World Perspectives at CWI International Executive Committee meeting in November 2017.
Europa
Finlandia: A 100 años de la revolución proletaria ahogada en sangre
La revolución socialista de Octubre en Rusia fue recibida con entusiasmo por los trabajadores y oprimidos de todo el mundo. Y así fue también en la vecina Finlandia, bajo control de Rusia desde 1809 como […]