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Britain: Socialism 2009

November 12, 2009 Socialist Party reporters (CWI in England & Wales)

1,000 people attend weekend of dicussion and debate hosted by Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)

Denmark: Hosting Global Climate Summit

November 10, 2009 Per-Åke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden)

A country polarised by militant struggle and anti-racist protests

Austria: University and school students, kindergarden workers and metal workers protest in joint day of action

November 6, 2009 Laura Rafetseder, SLP (CWI in Austria)

15th day of university occupations – at least 20,000 on the streets

Scotland: Scottish National Party (SNP) tables ‘independence’ referendum bill

November 2, 2009 Philip Stott, International Socialists (CWI in Scotland)

SNP, New Labour & Tories – All pro-capitalist parties threaten major cuts in jobs and services

Austria: Universities occupied, 50,000 students on the streets

October 30, 2009 Laura Rafetseder, SLP (CWI in Austria)

Government forced to make first concessions

Germany: Cleaning workers’ strike ends in success!

October 29, 2009 By Sascha Stanicic, Berlin

But a better deal was possible

Germany: Cleaning workers’ strike

October 28, 2009 Sascha Stanicic, SAV (CWI in Germany), Berlin

Send messages of support!

Britain: National Postal strikes begin

October 23, 2009 From the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)

A battle that mass strike action can win

Scotland: Glasgow North East by-election

October 21, 2009 Ray Gunnion, International Socialists (CWI in Scotland)

Tommy Sheridan – a socialist fighter on a worker’s wage

Finland: Economy continues to fall

October 8, 2009 Johanna Evans, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna, (CWI in Sweden)

Crisis demands action

Britain: ‘Lesser’ or ‘greater’ evil is not a real choice

October 7, 2009 Peter Taaffe, General Secretary, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)

Main parties competing to slash our jobs and services – new party for workers, not bosses needed

Latvia: Big Swedish banks strangle Latvian economy

October 6, 2009 Per-Åke Westerlund, Editorial from ‘Offensiv’, weekly newspaper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden)

European Union fear acute political crisis

Germany: Governing parties’ election losses

September 28, 2009 By Sascha Stanicic, SAV (CWI in Germany) Berlin

New right wing government and success for the Left Party

Spain: Staring into the abyss

September 26, 2009 Danny Byrne, CWI

Bleak future beckons under capitalism

Car industry: Magna’s takeover of Opel/Vauxhall

September 23, 2009 Cedric Gerome, CWI

New international jobs massacre in the car industry

Britain: Preparing for the showdown

September 21, 2009 Peter Taaffe<br>from October 2009 issue of Socialism Today<br>(monthly magazine of the Socialist Party, CWI England and Wales)

No time to lose in creating a new socialist alternative

Italy: “Let’s do an INNSE”

September 17, 2009 Christine Thomas, CWI in Italy

Workers’ fightback grows in Italy

Italy: Trade unions and the future

September 15, 2009 socialistworld.net

Interview with Giorgio Cremaschi, National Secretary of the Metal Mechanics (Fiom)

Britain/Poland: Interview with Polish Vestas occupier

September 14, 2009 Interview conducted by Kacper Pluta, Group for a Workers’ Party, (GPR - CWI Poland)

“We will fight on”

Britain/Libya: Lockerbie bombing: cynical actions of capitalist governments exposed

September 10, 2009 Philip Stott, International Socialists (CWI in Scotland)

Return of accused Al-Magrahi to Libya ignites political storm

Germany: Regional and local elections in Germany

September 2, 2009 By Sascha Stanicic, SAV (CWI in Germany) Berlin

A shift to the left?

Asia Pacific: Pacific Islands Forum

August 15, 2009 By Anthony Main, Socialist Party (CWI in Australia)

Australia & New Zealand push neo-colonial agenda

Northern Ireland: August 1969 – When British troops went into Northern Ireland

August 15, 2009 Peter Hadden, Socialist Party (CWI in Northern Ireland)

A turning point in history

Italy: Victory at INNSE, Milan!

August 14, 2009 Linda Schuetz, CWI in Italy

Occupation ends with major job guarantees

Scotland: Defend Tommy and Gail Sheridan!

August 10, 2009 Philip Stott, International Socialists (CWI in Scotland)

Political vendetta against socialist fighter continues.

Britain: Vestas – occupation ends but the fight continues

August 10, 2009 Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) Vestas bulletin.

No victimisation! Reinstate the occupiers!

Italy: Occupied Lambretta factory invaded by police

August 5, 2009 Socialistworld.net

International solidarity needed for Milan workers

Britain: Support Vestas workers

July 31, 2009 Nick Chaffey, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)

Nationalise to save jobs and the environment

Scotland: 20,000 people march in Kilmarnock to defend ‘Johnnie Walker’ 900 jobs

July 28, 2009 Leah Ganley, Youth Fight For Jobs, Scotland

Huge anger over multinational drinks company Diageo jobs massacre

Britain: Workers occupy Vestas turbine factory in Isle of Wight

July 21, 2009 Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) reporters

Solidarity needed now!

Britain: Brown’s dead duck government

July 8, 2009 Editorial from issue 587 of the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)

Need for a working class political challenge

Britain: 25 years ago: Liverpool – a city that dared to fight

July 6, 2009 Tony Mulhearn, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)

Council’s historic victory over the Thatcher government

Netherlands: Big gains for the anti-immigrant ‘Freedom Party’ in Euro elections

July 3, 2009 By reporters from ‘Offensief’ (newspaper of CWI co-thinkers in the Netherlands)

Opposition Socialist Party appeals to Dutch nationalism but fails to make polls headway

Britain: Confident and enthusiastic national shop stewards’ conference

July 2, 2009 Socialist Party reporters (CWI in England & Wales)

Conference reflects on victories and discusses the way forward

Latvia: Economy in Freefall

July 1, 2009 Per Olsonn, Rattvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden)

IMF and EU’s poisonous “medicine”

Britain: A rotten system!

June 29, 2009 Peter Taaffe, from Socialism Today, Issue 130, July/August 2009 (monthly journal of the Socialist Party – CWI England and Wales)

World and British economic crisis continues

Britain: Lindsey oil refinery strikers win stunning victory

June 26, 2009 Alistair Tice, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)

Militant action pays!

Britain: Lindsey refinery dispute:

June 24, 2009 Keith Gibson, Lindsey oil refinery strike committee

Workers show their strength

Britain: Oil refinery strikes defy anti-trade union laws

June 19, 2009 Socialist Party reporters (CWI in England & Wales)

Support strikers at Lindsey oil refinery!

Germany: Mass protests in Germany the high point of a one-week education strike

June 18, 2009 Anne Engelhardt, SAV (CWI in Germany)

Only the beginning of a powerful movement against government attacks

Germany: SAV City Councillor re-elected in Rostock

June 13, 2009 SAV reporters (CWI in Germany)

SAV consolidates roots in the community and defends seat

Britain: Rob Williams reinstatement a victory for all workers

June 12, 2009 Socialist Party reporters (CWI in England & Wales)

Workers’ solidarity forces Linamar bosses back

Britain: Rob Williams reinstated!

June 10, 2009 Socialist Party reporters, CWI in England & Wales

Victory in fight against victimisation of trade unionists!

Euro elections 2009: Europe on the edge

June 10, 2009 Robert Bechert, CWI

Little or no confidence in governments, but no genuine socialist alternative

Britain: Unison (public sector union) NEC elections

June 9, 2009 Socialist Party reporters (CWI in England & Wales)

Left-right balance unchanged with gains for the Socialist Party

Britain: New Labour melt-down

June 9, 2009 Peter Taaffe, General Secretary, Socialist Party (CWI, England and Wales)

Fighting socialist leadership needed

Germany: “I was, I am, I will be!”

June 2, 2009 Sascha Stanicic, SAV (CWI Germany) Berlin

Speculation that Rosa Luxemburg’s corpse lies in Berlin hospital

Spain: General strike in Basque country

June 1, 2009 Danny Byrne, CWI, Spain

Spanish capitalism in deep crisis

Germany: Die Linke excludes leading SAV members in Germany

May 26, 2009 By SAV correspondents

But political arguments of the right-wing defeated

Britain: A Very British Revolution?

May 23, 2009 Peter Taaffe, General Secretary, Socialist Party, cwi in England and Wales

For an extension of genuine democracy