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Europe

Britain

Britain: Legitimacy of Cameron and Clegg further shattered

May 7, 2012 Peter Taaffe, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a> general secretary

The Con-Dem government suffered a crushing defeat in last Thursday’s elections for local authorities and in the mayoral contests apart from London.

Europe

The capitalist “vampire squid” and the class struggle in Europe

May 6, 2012 CWI

As economic crisis worsens and class struggles continue in Spain, Greece, Portugal and elsewhere in Europe, the need for working class fight-back and to build the influence of Marxism grows.

Germany

Germany: Heading towards days of action against Troika austerity

May 3, 2012 Michael Koschitzki, SAV - <a href="http://www.sozialismus.info">Sozialistische Alternative (CWI Germany)</a>

Days of action planned in Frankfurt/Main against European Central Bank and big finance

Britain

Britain: “We’re striking back on 10 May”

May 2, 2012 John McInally, National vice-president, Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), personal capacity, first published in the Socialist, paper of the <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

Pension cuts, job cuts, service cuts

France

France: Down with Sarkozy and austerity policies!

May 2, 2012 Statement of Gauche Révolutionnaire, CWI France, on the second round of the French presidential elections.

Make the rich and the bankers pay for their crisis!

Iceland

Iceland: The crisis is far from over

April 28, 2012 Per-Åke Westerlund. From Offensiv, newspaper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden)

“Up to half of all Icelandic families are bankrupt”

Britain

State repression: European court condones police ‘kettling’

April 27, 2012 Niall Mulholland, CWI, first published in <a href="http://www.socialismtoday.org/">Socialism Today</a>, monthly magazine of the <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>

Eleven years after the ‘kettling’ (containment) of an anti-capitalist protest in central London, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment on the police tactic.

France

France: Presidential elections shows deep anger at Sarkozy’s rule

April 23, 2012 Dave Carr

New, polarized situation opening up

Norway

Norway: Far right Breivik states his loathing of ‘equality’ and socialism

April 20, 2012 Per-Åke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden)

Extreme right-winger boasts of killing 77 during court trial

Britain

Britain: The pensions’ battle continues

April 19, 2012 Peter Taaffe, general secretary <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>, first published in <a href="http://www.socialismtoday.org/">Socialism Today</a>

The need for concerted strike action against Con-Dem cuts in the public sector is more urgent than ever.

Finland

Finland: New betrayal by the Left Alliance

April 18, 2012 CWI reporters, Finland

The government is cutting more than five billion euros

Denmark

Denmark: Racist English Defence League demonstration fails miserably

April 7, 2012 Stefan Berg, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden)

5,000 anti-racists take to streets of Aarhus

Europe

The capitalist “vampire squid” and the class struggle in Europe

April 6, 2012 CWI

As economic crisis worsens and class struggles continue in Spain, Greece, Portugal and elsewhere in Europe, the need for working class fight-back and to build the influence of Marxism grows.

Britain

Britain: George Galloway’s stunning victory in Bradford byelection

April 3, 2012 Editorial of the Socialist, paper of the <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>

It shows the potential for anti-cuts election challenges

Britain

Britain: The state of the unions

April 2, 2012 Rob Williams, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales), first published in Socialism Today

Decisive battles ahead

Spain

Spain: Huge general strike as government enters deep crisis

March 31, 2012 Danny Byrne, CWI

Continue and intensify with 48 hour general strike

Ireland North

Northern Ireland: Sectarian parties will exploit Scottish referendum

March 29, 2012 Daniel Waldron, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), Belfast

The question of an independence referendum in Scotland has provoked rumblings on both sides of the sectarian divide.

Britain

Britain: Prepare for future struggle – build the trade union left

March 28, 2012 Editorial of The Socialist, paper of the <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>

If any of the trade union leaders had any doubt about the full character of the onslaught facing the working class and the trade union movement, it should be dismissed now.

Germany

Germany: New President…old contradictions

March 27, 2012 Wolfram Klein, Sozialistische Alternative (SAV, German CWI section)

Will the Left Party present itself as an anti-capitalist opposition or as a ‘moderate’ party managing capitalism?

Britain

Britain: Capitalism isn’t working

March 24, 2012 Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist Party (CWI in England and Wales)

Time to fight for socialist change

France

France: Candidates spar in election campaign

March 22, 2012 Leila Messaoudi, Gauche Révolutionnaire (CWI in France)

Volcano of class struggle ready to erupt

Spain

Spain: 1.5 million march as workers gear up for general strike

March 13, 2012 Danny Byrne, CWI

Struggle from below for a sustained programme of mobilisations to fight labour ‘reforms’!

Italy

Italy: New rap-video celebrates Genoa shipyard workers’ struggle

March 11, 2012 Video by Zero Plastica - L’acqua della mola

Genoa traditions celebrated with film and music

Austria

Austria: Government ministers awarded for ‘shameless hypocrisy on women’s rights’

March 10, 2012 Laura Rafetseder, <a href="http://www.slp.at/">Socialist Left Party</a> (CWI in Austria)

On International Women’s Day, CWI activists protest against austerity package hitting women

Britain

Britain: Women in struggle

March 8, 2012 Jane James, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

International women’s day, 8 March, has been marked this year with an upturn in struggle, much of it to keep hold of many gains won in the past. Con-Dem austerity is hitting women hardest.

Britain

Britain: No to slave labour ‘workfare’ schemes!

March 2, 2012 socialistworld.net

Video of Paul Callanan, Youth Fight For Jobs campaign on national UK news programme

Italy

Italy: ‘No Tav’ mass protests

March 2, 2012 Giuliano Brunetti, Controcorrente (CWI in Italy)

Brutal repression

Britain

Britain: Occupy London evicted

February 28, 2012 socialistworld.net

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

Britain

Striking back in austerity Britain

February 28, 2012 Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI in England and Wales)

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

Britain

Britain: ‘Capitalism fails the poor’ agree Oxford University students!

February 27, 2012 Linda Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)

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

Spain

Spain: Solidarity with the “Valencian Spring”!

February 25, 2012 socialistworld.net

International solidarity and action to oppose state brutality and austerity

Italy

Italy: Important victories of Genoa shipyard and transport workers

February 23, 2012 Fabio Mantero, Fincantieri worker, Genoa Sestri Ponente, and Simone Solari, AMT transport worker, Genoa (ControCorrente, CWI in Italy)

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

France

France: Is the NPA still a step towards a new fighting party for workers and youth?

February 21, 2012 Gauche Révolutionnaire

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

Netherlands

Netherlands: Opposition Socialist Party surges to first place in polls

February 13, 2012 Pieter Brans, Socialist Alternative (CWI in Netherlands) Amsterdam

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

Britain

Olympics 2012: London – a tale of two cities

February 12, 2012 Paula Mitchell, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>, first published in the Socialist

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

Europe

Europe: No to the debt! No to the austerity! No to the blackmail!

February 9, 2012 Joint declaration by CWI sections in <a href="http://www.xekinima.org/">Greece</a>, <a href="http://www.socialismo-revolucionario.org/">Portugal</a>, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.net/">Ireland</a>, <a href="http://www.controcorrentesin

International struggle can end dictatorship of the markets

Ireland North

Ireland: Joe Higgins addresses packed anti-household tax meeting

February 4, 2012 Joe Higgins, TD (member of Irish parliament), Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

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

Europe

EU summit: No capitalist solutions to the spiralling eurozone crisis

February 3, 2012 Editorial of the Socialist, paper of the <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>

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

Italy

Italy: Dozens of No TAV activists arrested

February 1, 2012 Giuliano Brunetti, <a href="http://www.controcorrentesinistraprc.org/">ControCorrente</a> (CWI supporters in Italy)

The repression will not stop the movement!

Europe

CWI International Meeting: Upturn in class struggles across Europe

January 26, 2012 Finghín Kelly, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland)

Euro-zone crisis deepens

Britain

Britain: Stephen Lawrence murder – The untold story

January 21, 2012 Interview with Lois Austin from The Socialist, weekly newspaper of The Socialist Party

How socialists and the local community fought back against racism and the BNP

Scotland

Scotland: ConDem government blunders independence referendum

January 20, 2012 Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI in Scotland)

Scottish National Party’s version of indepdendence a nightmare for workers

Britain

Britain: Pensions battle continues

January 15, 2012 Editorial of the Socialist, paper of the <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>

Public sector union left group organises open conference to keep up the fight

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Greece

Greece: New round of austerity announced by unelected Greek Prime Minister

January 10, 2012 Niall Mulholland, CWI

Xekinima national meeting discusses balance sheet of 2011’s class struggles and prospects for workers’ fight-back in 2012

Britain

Britain: Putting unemployed youth on the map

December 30, 2011 Ben Robinson, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>

Youth Fight for Jobs and the Jarrow march

Britain

Britain: Lobby demands no retreat on pensions

December 21, 2011 Rob Williams, Chair, National Shop Stewards Network

Name the date for the next strike!

Britain

Kazakhstan: Solidarity protests held at Kazakh embassies

December 16, 2011 Socialistworld.net & CWI Reporters

Protests in Berlin, London, Vienna, Brussels Update 18:15 GMT Swedish Protests

Germany

Germany: 89 days on strike

December 16, 2011 Sascha Stanicic, member of the strike committee and SAV (CWI in Germany)

Hospital workers achieve minimum wage

Britain

Britain: Prime Minister Cameron’s Euro move shows government’s weakness

December 15, 2011 Peter Taaffe, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a> General Secretary

Conservatives speak for rich, not workers

Italy

Italy: Monti government arouses huge anger of workers

December 14, 2011 Giuliano Brunetti, ControCorrente‭ (‬CWI supporters Italy‭)

General strike sets the pace

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