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Month: June 2018

ARCHIVE | Middle East & North Africa

Turkey after the elections: Interview with Ismail Okay, from Sosyalist Alternatif (CWI in Turkey)

June 29, 2018 Socialistworld.net

Below is the translation of an interview first published on www.sozialismus.info, the website of the SAV (German section of the CWI). 

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América

Colombia: A pesar de la victoria del uribismo. Resultados históricos de la izquierda en Colombia

June 28, 2018 Juan Díaz • Izquierda Revolucionaria Madrid

El pasado 17 de junio, el candidato ultraderechista Iván Duque, títere de Uribe, se alzó con la mayoría de los votos, el 54%, en la segunda vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales, venciendo al candidato de […]

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Argentina

Argentina: Towards a new Argentinazo?

June 28, 2018 Tony Saunois

With Argentina rocked by a general strike on 24 June, we publish below an article written before the strike had developed, by Tony Saunois for the forthcoming (issue 220) os Socialism Today, magazine of the […]

North Korea

Korea: Trump’s deal with Kim Jong-un

June 27, 2018 chinaworker.info

President Donald Trump met North Korea’s Kim Jong-un in Singapore on 12 June. The summit was hailed as historic. Trump, true to form, also seems to have gone further than his own government and military […]

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Europa

Italia: La extrema derecha al frente del gobierno

June 27, 2018 Miriam Municio • Comisión Ejecutiva Izquierda Revolucionaria

Los trabajadores tienen que plantar batalla Tres meses después de la celebración de las elecciones, y tras arduas negociaciones, el Movimiento 5 Estrellas (M5S) y la Liga llegaron a un acuerdo para la formación de […]

Oriente Medio

Jordania: Trabajadores y jóvenes echan al primer ministro y exigen el final de la austeridad

June 27, 2018 hahar Benhorin • Movimiento Lucha Socialista • Israel-Palestina

Una huelga general y unas manifestaciones enormes de una magnitud sin precedentes han sacudido el reino jordano en un contexto de aumento exorbitante del coste de la vida y de la corrupción gubernamental. La lucha […]

Germany

Germany: Government disunited, and debates within the Left Party

June 26, 2018 Sascha Staničić, SAV national spokesperson and delegate to Left Party congress

Germany is seeing its politically most unstable period since unification of East and West in 1990 and also the beginning of the end of the “Merkel era”.

Britain

Britain: Desperate government divisions – Corbyn and unions must act

June 26, 2018 Editorial from The Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)

Bitterly divided, chaos ridden, vulnerable to potential rupture: these are all descriptions that could, in many respects, be accurately applied to both the Conservative and Labour parliamentary parties today. Recent weeks in politics have been […]

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

US: Seattle council repeals Amazon Tax

June 22, 2018 Socialistworld.net

Only days after passing a tax on Amazon and big business in Seattle, corporate politicians repealed the ordinance. Socialists always emphasise that while we must fight to tax the rich, this will always be fiercely […]

ARCHIVE | Middle East & North Africa

Turkey: against Erdoğan and the system he represents, vote Demirtaş and the HDP! 

June 22, 2018 Sosyalist Alternatif, CWI in Turkey

General elections in Turkey, originally scheduled for November 2019, are taking place on June 24. These will consist of both parliamentary and presidential contests, held together.

América

La política racista de Trump se parece al nazismo. Los niños y los migrantes no son criminales

June 21, 2018 Carla Torres • Izquierda Revolucionaria (CIT • México)

La política de “Tolerancia Cero” “Cuando su furia disminuyó, el niño se desplomó en el piso de la cocina, aún sollozante. ‘Mamá, papá’, decía, una y otra vez. Cerca de él estaban los dibujos de su […]

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Comment & Analysis

World relations: Open splits at G7 jamboree

June 19, 2018 Robert Bechert, CWI International Secretariat

G7 failure, penalty tariffs reflect capitalist world disorder

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América

Argentina: El gobierno acuerda con el FMI hundir las condiciones de vida del pueblo

June 19, 2018 Imprimir Lucas Picó · Esquerda Revolucionaria

El pasado 7 de junio el Gobierno del derechista Mauricio Macri firmó el anunciado acuerdo con el Fondo Monetario Internacional. Éste supone el préstamo de 50.000 millones de dólares al Gobierno argentino a cambio de […]

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América

Argentina: centenares de miles de mujeres en las calles consiguen la primera gran victoria para la despenalización del aborto

June 17, 2018 Beatriz de Diego • Izquierda Revolucionaria Madrid

Una marea verde de mujeres imparable Han sido días de movilizaciones de masas en las calles de Argentina con decenas de miles de mujeres, jóvenes y trabajadoras en las calles exigiendo un aborto legal, libre […]

América

México: Derrotar al PRI-AN en las urnas y en las calles

June 15, 2018 Izquierda Revolucionaria (CIT · México)

Una alternativa de izquierdas para los trabajadores y la juventud 2018 es un año de gran trascendencia para México. Las elecciones del 1 de julio abren la posibilidad de que, por primera vez en la […]

América

Primera vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales en Colombia

June 15, 2018 Juan Díaz · Izquierda Revolucionaria Madrid

Petro pasa a la segunda vuelta, y amenaza al uribismo y la derecha En medio de una fuerte polarización social, se celebró, el pasado 27 de mayo, la primera vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales. Con […]

Canada

Canada: Right wing “populist” Doug Ford wins Ontario’s election

June 15, 2018 Tim Heffernan, Socialist Alternative, Toronto

Doug Ford’s victory in Ontario’s election has sent shock waves across Canada and beyond, with fears that Canada’s most populous province (9 million people) has elected Canada’s Donald Trump.

Mexico

Mexican elections: Historic opportunity to defeat the oligarchs

June 15, 2018 Izquierda Revolucionaria (CWI in Mexico)

Voting is not enough, build from below for real change  This article is based on reports from Izquierda Revolucionaria (CWI in Mexico), adapted for publication in Socialist Alternative’s (USA) paper

Britain

Britain: Grenfell Tower fire…still waiting for justice, one year on

June 14, 2018 Paula Mitchell, Socialist Party, London

The horror of the fire at Grenfell Tower one year ago, on 14 June 2017, will be etched on the consciousness of working class people for a very long time. None more so than the […]

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Europa

Estado español: Éxito rotundo de la huelga general del metal en la bahía de Cádiz

June 14, 2018 Antonio Muñoz y Ainoa Murcia • Izquierda revolucionaria Cádiz

Pincha aquí para ver los videos de la manifestación 1  2  3 El miércoles 13 de junio, la clase trabajadora de la bahía gaditana vivió un día histórico. La huelga general del metal impulsada por […]

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ARCHIVE | Africa

Mounting social anger in Côte d’Ivoire

June 13, 2018 By reporters of Militant Côte d’Ivoire (CWI group in CI)

President Alassane Dramane Ouattara (ADO) has been in power in Côte d’Ivoire for the last 8 years. During the presidential election campaign of 2010, he promised an improvement in the social conditions of the country’s […]

Iran

Iran: Escalation of economic crisis and surge of public discontent

June 13, 2018 P. Daryaban, CWI

Three months after the December-January protests that shook the country, Iran is still a smouldering fire. Despite killing dozens of protesters and the arrest of thousands, the regime has not been able to push back […]

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Europa

Estado español: Más allá de las apariencias. La lucha de clases y el gobierno de Pedro Sánchez

June 12, 2018 Juan Ignacio Ramos • Secretario General de Izquierda Revolucionaria

El panorama político ha dado un vuelco tras el éxito de la moción de censura y la designación del nuevo gobierno. Los mismos que en sus editoriales y artículos se deshacían en elogios a Albert […]

Scotland

SNP’s commission will weaken support for independence – only socialist policies can end austerity

June 11, 2018 Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland National Secretary

The Scottish National Party’s (SNP) new economic case for an independent Scotland deepens the craven support for the capitalist market under the Nicola Sturgeon leadership.

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

Ireland: Abortion rights – how Yes was won

June 9, 2018 Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) reporters

The referendum to scrap the ban on abortion was easily passed with 66.4% to 33.6% on a turnout of over 64%, the highest ever for a referendum in Ireland. The result was nearly an exact […]

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

China: Trump’s trade war draws closer

June 7, 2018 Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info

The world has moved closer to a trade war on multiple fronts as Trump’s administration rolls out its aggressive ‘America First’ trade policies, taking aim at both close US allies and major rivals.

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Europa

Concentración de solidaridad con Tohil y todos los encausados en una redada racista · Se suspende el juicio hasta octubre

June 6, 2018 Sindicato de Estudiantes (Estado español)

¡Muchas gracias a todos y todas por los apoyos! ¡La lucha continua! En la mañana de hoy, miércoles 6 de junio, más de cien personas nos hemos concentrado frente a los juzgados de Julián Camarillo, […]

Italy

Italy: “The Government of Change” is born

June 6, 2018 Giuliano Brunetti, Resistenze Internazionale (CWI, Italy)

Three months after the general election of 4 March, Italy has a government again. On June 1, the yellow-green government, was officially given birth to by the lawyer Giuseppe Conte and the two vice-premiers – […]

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Europa

Catalunya: Cumplir el mandato del 1 de octubre

June 5, 2018 Esquerra Revolucionària • Catalunya

¡Ni un paso atrás en la lucha por una república de los trabajadores y el pueblo!¡Ni un paso atrás en la lucha por una república de los trabajadores y el pueblo! La caída de Rajoy […]

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Europa

Estado español: Rebelión de los obreros del metal en Cadiz

June 5, 2018 Izquierda Revolucionaria

13 de junio • Huelga general del metal en Cadiz · Entrevista a Antonio Muñoz El 18 de mayo murieron en la comarca de la Bahía de Cádiz dos trabajadores, José Daniel y José Luis […]

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América

Nicaragua: El régimen de Ortega contra las cuerdas

June 5, 2018 Rubén Fernández • Izquierda Revolucionaria

El pueblo se levanta contra la miseria y la represión Las movilizaciones de masas que sacuden Nicaragua desde hace casi dos meses responden al profundo descontento e indignación existente contra el régimen corrupto de Daniel […]

Jordan

Jordan: Workers and youth remove prime minister and demand end to austerity

June 5, 2018 Shahar Benhorin, Socialist Struggle Movement, Israel-Palestine

A general strike and huge demonstrations of an unprecedented scale have shaken the Jordanian kingdom, against the backdrop of a steep rise in the cost of living and government corruption. The struggle has succeeded in […]

Israel / Palestine

Eyewitness report from Gaza: “Razan was killed in front of my eyes”

June 4, 2018 Eyewitness report from Gaza

Young Palestinian medic shot dead while giving first aid to wounded protesters

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Europa

Estado español: Rajoy ha caído

June 1, 2018 Comisión Ejecutiva • Izquierda Revolucionaria

Se acabó. La caída de Rajoy tras la moción de censura de Pedro Sánchez refleja, por encima de todo, la profunda crisis del régimen del 78 y es el fruto directo de una contestación social […]

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