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Month: March 2018

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

US: Student revolt puts NRA on the run

March 29, 2018 Patrick Ayers, Socialist Alternative

The March for Our Lives was one of the single biggest days of protest in U.S. history. With hundreds of thousands in D.C., and tens of thousands in major cities across the country, there were […]

Europa

Elecciones en Italia • Victoria del M5S y giro a la derecha

March 29, 2018 Miriam Municio • Comisión Ejecutiva Izquierda Revolucionaria

El pasado 4 de marzo se celebraron las elecciones en Italia. A diferencia de los procesos políticos en países como Grecia, Portugal, Francia, Gran Bretaña o el Estado español, donde el profundo malestar social por […]

Europa

Golpe franquista contra el pueblo de Catalunya • ¡Huelga general ya!

March 29, 2018 Esquerra Revolucionària • Catalunya

¡Libertad presos políticos! ¡Por la república catalana de los trabajadores y la juventud! El régimen autoritario del 78, su aparato del Estado y los partidos que lo sostienen (PP, Ciudadanos, junto a los dirigentes del […]

América

EEUU • La juventud se rebela

March 29, 2018 Juana Cobo • Comisión Ejecutiva Izquierda Revolucionaria

Más de un millón en las calles contra la violencia de las armas El 24 de marzo más de un millón de personas, especialmente jóvenes y estudiantes, participaron en las 800 manifestaciones convocadas por todo […]

Europa

Catalunya • Para detener la ofensiva represiva del Estado y del PP ¡Hay que impulsar la movilización de masas!

March 29, 2018 Esquerra Revolucionària • Catalunya

La decisión de los tribunales de Justicia, siguiendo las instrucciones del PP y el aparato del Estado español de negar a Jordi Sánchez su derecho a asistir a la sesión que debía discutir su investidura […]

América

El Gobierno de Macri trata de acabar con las madres y abuelas de Plaza de Mayo

March 29, 2018 Beatriz de Diego · Izquierda Revolucionaria Madrid

Cientos de miles en las calles en defensa de su legado y de la memoria histórica Este sábado 24 de marzo, con motivo de los 42 años desde el sangriento golpe de Estado en Argentina […]

Mujer

¿Feminismo transversal o feminismo revolucionario? Mujeres que gobiernan contra mujeres

March 29, 2018 Bárbara Areal, Libres y Combativas • Izquierda Revolucionaria

La extraordinaria movilización del pasado 8 de Marzo ha puesto de relieve un debate que recorre el movimiento feminista. Las declaraciones de Albert Rivera arrogándose el papel de portavoz del “feminismo transversal” provocaron una lógica […]

Oriente Medio

Siria • No existe alto el fuego para “el infierno en la tierra” de Guta Oriental

March 29, 2018 Per-Åke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CIT Suecia)

Guta Oriental, a las afueras de Damasco, es “el infierno en la tierra” según el secretario general de la ONU, Antonio Guterres. El día después de la decisión de la ONU de organizar el alto […]

Morocco

Morocco: Support the “Hirak of Jerada”!

March 28, 2018 Tayaar al'Amal al-Qaa'idii, CWI in Tunisia

The population of the mining town of Jerada, in northeastern Morocco, has been mobilised for more than three months against misery, economic marginalization and state repression. Last December 22nd, the death of two brothers, Houcine […]

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ARCHIVE | Socialist Alternative was the CWI section in Russia and the CIS until 2019

Russia: Election boosts Putin’s position but serious opposition can develop

March 28, 2018 Rob Jones, Socialist Alternative (CWI Russia)

There were no shock headlines as the votes for Russia’s new President were counted. The Kremlin had called for a 70% vote for Vladimir Putin, with a 70% turnout. As it turned out, the Central […]

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Catalonia

Catalonia: New Francoist coup – general strike now!

March 28, 2018 Esquerra Revolucionària (CWI in Catalonia)

Free the political prisoners! For a Catalan Republic of the workers and youth!

France

France : Pressure mounts against the Macron government

March 27, 2018 Leila Messaoudi et Cécile Rimboud, Gauche Revolutionnaire, CWI in France

Since the election of Emmanuel Macron, the president of the rich, and after the onslaught of the government against all sectors in society especially the public services – the railways (the SNCF), pensioners, young people, […]

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: State harassment of health-workers joining independent union

March 22, 2018 Andrei Prigor, Amanat, Kazakhstan

The new trade union, Amanat, has started active work in defence of workers’ rights in Kazakhstan. Up to today, a number of trade union organisations have taken the decision to leave the ranks of the […]

ARCHIVE | Middle East & North Africa

Turkey: AKP regime heading for stormy times

March 21, 2018 Serge Jordan, CWI

“If democracy is to be successfully fostered across the Muslim world, especially in Arab countries, it is vital to encourage this Turkish exemplar.” Fourteen years ago, these were the words of ‘The Economist’, referring to […]

Argentina

Argentina mobilises against neoliberalism

March 20, 2018 Beatriz de Diego, Izquierda Revolucionaria

On the 21st of February the whole of Argentina took to the streets. In Buenos Aires there were half a million demonstrators; among them were many workers, including sugar production workers from   the Jujuy and […]

Iraq

15 years since the invasion of Iraq: what we said

March 19, 2018 From the last issue of 'The Socialist' (paper of the Socialist Party in England & Wales)

Here we reproduce word-for-word the editorial from the issue of the Socialist printed on 28 March 2003, the issue of our weekly paper that came out directly after US and UK troops were sent into […]

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Europa

Suecia/Noruega • Hay que parar la inminente deportación y expulsión de Zahib Baloch

March 18, 2018 Kristofer Lundberg, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CIT · Suecia)

Activista socialista y en defensa de los derechos de las mujeres. Su vida corre peligro si es devuelto a Pakistán El compañero del CIT/CWI, Zahid Baloch, se encuentra en un centro de internamiento para refugiados […]

Economia

Diez años después del crack, los factores para una nueva recesión se agudizan

March 18, 2018 Judy Beishon • Socialist Party (CIT en Inglaterra y Gales)

No todo pinta bien para el capitalismo. El nerviosismo económico se desarrolla en paralelo a la volatilidad política, tal como demuestra que los picos alcanzados en el mercado bursátil de diciembre de 2017 se transformaran […]

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América

¡Transformar el duelo en lucha! Marielle Franco concejal del PSOL ejecutada en Río de Janeiro

March 18, 2018 André Ferrari • LSR (CIT Brasil)

En la noche del 14 de marzo, Marielle Franco, concejal del PSOL en Río de Janeiro, fue brutalmente ejecutada a tiros cerca del centro de la ciudad. Junto con ella, también fue asesinado Anderson Pedro […]

Europa

8M · Millones en las calles contra la opresión patriarcal del capitalismo y la violencia machista

March 18, 2018 Izquierda Revolucionaria • Libres y Combativas

¡La huelga feminista ha hecho historia, ahora continuamos la lucha! Pincha aquí para ver la galería de fotos La huelga feminista del 8M ha sido un acontecimiento sin precedentes. Jamás en la historia de la […]

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América

EEUU • La juventud se alza contra la violencia y la desigualdad

March 18, 2018 Socialist Alternative (CIT · EEUU)

Mientras publicamos este artículo, se llevan a cabo huelgas en escuelas de todo el país en solidaridad con los estudiantes de Parkland, Florida. Cientos de estudiantes de instituto van a la huelga y se manifiestan […]

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América

Venezuela • Crisis social, presidenciales del 20 de mayo y la construcción de una izquierda revolucionaria alternativa a la burguesía y la burocracia

March 18, 2018 Izquierda Revolucionaria · CIT Venezuela

Venezuela, en el escenario de crisis política, social y económica que vive, se acerca a un punto de quiebre. La Revolución Bolivariana, si bien había dado pasos importantes  para mejorar la vida de los trabajadores […]

Mujer

La huelga feminista es un éxito rotundo en los institutos y en las universidades. ¡Las estudiantes a la vanguardia de la lucha!

March 18, 2018 Libres y Combativas Estado Español

Pincha aquí para ver galería de fotos y videos La huelga feminista ha sido un éxito rotundo en los institutos y universidades de todos los territorios. La convocatoria de 24 horas de paro realizada por […]

Mujer

¿Qué suma y qué resta en la lucha contra el patriarcado?

March 18, 2018 Libres y Combativas Estado Español

Por qué defendemos el carácter mixto de la Huelga Feminista del 8-M Dentro del movimiento feminista existen polémicas que en absoluto son secundarias. Sin ir más lejos hay posturas diametralmente opuestas sobre la prostitución. Unas […]

Europa

4 de marzo de 2018 • Triunfan la derecha y el Movimiento Cinco Estrellas

March 18, 2018 Resistenze Internazionali · CIT Italia

Las elecciones generales del 4 de marzo han generado un terremoto en el panorama político italiano. El PD (Partido Democrático), Renzi y todo el gobierno han sufrido una derrota humillante mientras Forza Italia ha visto […]

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Mujer

¡Más de 220 compañeras en el Encuentro de Libres y Combativas! ¡El feminismo revolucionario y anticapitalista se abre paso con fuerza!

March 18, 2018 Libres y Combativas Estado Español

Pincha aquí para ver la galería de fotos El I Encuentro Estatal de Libres y Combativas, la plataforma feminista creada por el Sindicato de Estudiantes e Izquierda Revoluionaria, ha sido un rotundo éxito. Desde que […]

Mujer

Día Internacional de la Mujer 2018 • El capitalismo oprime a las mujeres, ¡luchemos por el socialismo!

March 18, 2018 Hannah Sell • Secretariado Internacional del CIT/CWI

En los albores del siglo XXI, a las jóvenes de los EEUU y gran parte de Europa se les dijo que la igualdad estaba al alcance de su mano. No necesitaban del feminismo porque el […]

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América

Solidaridad con los profesores y profesoras del estado de Virginia Occidental (EEUU)

March 18, 2018 Socialist Alternative (CIT · EEUU)

Los trabajadores ocupan el edificio del Capitolio, mientras el gobierno amenaza con ilegalizar la huelga Los profesores del estado de Virginia Occidental en EEUU, han rechazado la propuesta de acuerdo planteada por los dirigentes sindicales. […]

Africa

Zuma destituido como presidente de Sudáfrica

March 18, 2018 Weizmann Hamilton / Workers and Socialist Party (CIT • Sudáfrica)

Dos meses después de su elección como presidente del Congreso Nacional Africano en la conferencia nacional del Partido en diciembre de 2017, Cyril Ramaphosa dio buena cuenta de lo que, según un amigo cercano de […]

América

Argentina se moviliza contra el neoliberalismo

March 18, 2018 Beatriz de Diego • Izquierda Revolucionaria Madrid

El 21 de febrero salió a la calle la Argentina entera. En Buenos Aires se concentraron cerca de medio millón de personas; entre ellas muchos trabajadores como los de los ingenios azucareros de Jujuy y […]

Africa

Ciudad del Cabo (Sudáfrica) se queda sin agua • Otro ejemplo de la bancarrota del capitalismo

March 18, 2018 Víctor Taibo • Izquierda Revolucionaria Madrid

En junio, Ciudad del Cabo, con 4 millones de habitantes, podría ser la primera gran ciudad del mundo en quedarse sin suministro de agua corriente. Sus habitantes ya sufren restricciones, no pudiendo consumir más de […]

Europa

Ofensiva neofranquista contra el pueblo de Catalunya y los derechos democráticos

March 18, 2018 Izquierda Revolucionaria Estado Español

¡Hay que pararlos con la lucha en las calles! Vivimos una ofensiva contra los derechos democráticos sin precedentes desde el final de la dictadura. Esta escalada, que comenzó con la brutal represión del referéndum del […]

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América

Brasil: Confirmada la condena contra Lula que podría anular su candidatura a las presidenciales

March 18, 2018 Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (CIT en Brasil)

Defender los derechos democráticos y construir una alternativa de Izquierdas frente al lulismo y el PT El 24 de enero, la condena del ex presidente Lula da Silva, vinculada al caso de corrupción “Lava Jato”, […]

Germany

Six months on from elections, new CDU/SPD coalition government formed

March 17, 2018 Wolfram Klein (SAV, CWI in Germany)

After the federal elections held on 24 September 2017, it took almost exactly half a year for the new government to be sworn in. This is completely unprecedented in German post-war history. On top of […]

Britain

Britain: Russia, spies and nerve agents

March 16, 2018 Peter Taaffe, general secretary, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

Jeremy Corbyn is broadly right and his pro-capitalist critics both within the Tory government and their Labour fifth column in the Parliamentary Labour Party are wrong and lying in their responses to the recent use […]

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

Brazil: PSOL councillor Marielle Franco murdered in Rio de Janeiro

March 16, 2018 CWI

From mourning to struggle

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Solidarity

Sweden/Norway: Protest imminent deportation of Zahid Baloch, socialist, defender of women’s rights

March 15, 2018 Kristofer Lundberg, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden)

CWI member, Zahid Baloch, is now in a refugee prison in Trandum, Norway. We visited him on 14 March. It was only yesterday that we received information about Zahid’s whereabouts, after a week without any […]

Women's Struggle

International Women’s Day celebrated across the globe

March 13, 2018 CWI Reporters

Below, CWI reporters provide a selection of 2018 International Women’s Day protests and events from across the globe. Socialistworld.net Germany International Women’s Day marked the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote and galvanized activists […]

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

USA: Lessons of teachers’ strike, West Virginia

March 13, 2018 Charles Cannon, Socialist Alternative (US)

“Until they sign it, shut it down!” chanted West Virginia teachers from all 55 counties across the state at a demonstration in the capitol building on the eighth day of an illegal strike. The teachers, […]

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: End all attacks on the Muslim community immediately!

March 13, 2018 Tamil Solidarity campaign

The Sri Lankan government declared an emergency on 6 March and closed down access to social media following the mob attack on Muslim business and houses in Kandy. The government is claiming that they have […]

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

Ethiopia: Three-day strike against regime’s state of emergency

March 9, 2018 Text of leaflet issue by Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden)

A three day strike took place over large parts of Ethiopia, earlier this week, against the attempted imposition of a state of emergency by the EPRDF regime. At a protest demonstration in Stockholm, organised by […]

Catalonia

Catalonia: Volatile mix of oppression and anti-austerity anger

March 9, 2018 Danny Byrne, Committee for a Workers' International, published in March edition of Socialism Today

Review of ‘The Struggle for Catalonia – Rebel politics in Spain’ by Raphael Minder, Hurst & co publishers, 2017

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

Belgium: Dynamic campaign for socialist feminism

March 8, 2018 Emily Burns, Parti Socialiste de Lutte (CWI in Belgium)

Last year we saw, with the #MeToo movement, an international revolt against sexism. Women all over the world spoke out against powerful men abusing their social position to force unwilling women to have sex with […]

Women's Struggle

Women’s struggles and victories in the 1960s and 1970s

March 8, 2018 socialistworld.net

To round off our series on the struggles of women for a better deal and for socialism, we are drawing attention to two articles on historical struggles by women.

Egypt

Egypt’s farcical elections set to return dictatorial Sisi

March 8, 2018 David Johnson, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

Egypt’s presidential election on 26-28 March will be as farcical as the elections held during former president Hosni Mubarak’s regime. Just two candidates are standing; the current President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and the leader of […]

Women's Struggle

Resist Tory war on women!

March 7, 2018 Sarah Sachs-Eldridge, Socialist Party (CWI in England and Wales)

Get. Them. Out. The Tories have got to go. What other response can there be to the Tories’ annihilation of the services needed by women fleeing domestic violence? This equates to murder by political decisions.

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

Brazil: Women show the way – the streets, the struggle and no going back!

March 7, 2018 Jane Barros, Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (CWI in Brazil)

We are entering a new age of struggle for women’s liberation! You only have to open a newspaper, log on to social networks, turn on the TV or go out on to the streets to […]

Italy

Italian elections create huge political shake-up

March 6, 2018 Chris Thomas, Resistenze Internazionali (CWI Italy)

The 4th March general election has caused the biggest shake-up of the Italian political landscape in over 20 years. Not since the ‘clean hands’ corruption scandal of the early ‘90s have the establishment parties been […]

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

Sweden : #Metoo shakes the system

March 6, 2018 Elin Gauffin, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna, CWI Sweden

In Sweden, #MeToo has found a widespread echo and has been widely organised sector-by-sector. Actors led the way last year with their petition using the hashtag #tystnadtagning – Swedish for “Lights, cameras, action!” which can […]

Women's Struggle

India: Mass fightback needed against huge level of violence and discrimination against women

March 5, 2018 New Socialist Alternative (CWI, India)

India’s leaders have always boasted of the country being characterised by ‘unity in diversity’ and women are supposed to have been worshipped from time immemorial. The dominant Hindutva philosophy is based on the highly controversial […]

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