Europe: Protesters picket Pakistan embassies in support of striking telecom workers
Members of the CWI in Austria handed in a letter of protest to the Pakistan Embassy, in Vienna, and the CWI held a protest at the Pakistan Embassy in New York.
Members of the CWI in Austria handed in a letter of protest to the Pakistan Embassy, in Vienna, and the CWI held a protest at the Pakistan Embassy in New York.
Voters ignore arrogant Establishment and punish right wing government
Left winger leader, Oskar Lafontaine, leaves ruling social democrats and calls for new left alliance
Pakistan telecoms workers fight privatisation
The European Union and the French economic, financial and political establishment plunged into crisis as France voted last night against the proposed EU constitution.
"We’re voting no. It is a constitution for the bourgeoisie, for multinationals, for bosses. It is only about the economy, competition, profits, the market and capitalism. We are against all that; we are communists. There […]
The Pakistani Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) Trade Union Action Committee has decided to boycott negotiations with management in a meeting which finished late during the night of 29 May.
Ten unions announce support for Telecommunications strike
The TURC-P, formed in April this year, is a fighting campaigning organisation in Pakistan.
Socialists confident that chances to build class unity are increasing
The strike of Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd (PTCL) workers has entered its fifth day as negotiations failed once again.
Protest messages needed urgently
Sixty thousand telecom workers of Pakistani Telecommunications Ltd (PTCL) have started an indefinite strike today. This decision was taken in a meeting of union’s actions committee in Islamabad yesterday, after negotiations with management failed to […]
The rallies and daily two hour strikes by Pakistan Telecom workers against privatisation continues across the country.
“Government threats will not be able break our strike”
Socialist Alternative members stood with others as WASG candidates
Days before the referendum in France and the Netherlands on the proposed EU constitution, the ‘No’ camp leads.
Leaflet from the Pakistani Trade Union Rights Campaign
New elections called for the autumn
Negotiations fail, while the movement picks up momentum
"They want to starve us out,"
“We are prepared to strike as long as needed”
US-backed Karimov dictatorship unleashes bloodbath
The Anti Privatization Campaign launched by an alliance of nine unions in the telecom sector has received a tremendous response from workers throughout the country.
Timid reforms will not solve deep political crisis
Voter apathy rises in face of political stalemate
New Labour wins third term but with lowest percentage support in history.
President forced to flee as workers take to the streets
US President hears demands for an end to Iraqi occupation
The swing against New Labour across Britain was also reflected in Scotland where New Labour’s lost votes and 5 MP’s with the Lib Dems being the main beneficiaries.
Election shows growing numbers have had enough of Tony Blair
Three socialist activists interviewed about their lives of struggle and facing oppression
But government privatisations are corruption and theft on a huge scale
CWI members arrested for trying to go to Histadruth festival
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The members of the New Socialist Alternative (CWI-India) took part in the May Day 2005 demonstrations in the ‘silicon city’ of India – Bangalore – with a two-page leaflet in the Kannada language. The theme […]
CWI members and supporters of the Jammu and Kashmir Trade Union Rights Campaign organised a demonstration of over 200 workers and youth in Kotli, Kashmir.
Inspiring demonstration of unions, miners, women, minorities and youth
The Westminster election is being held against the background of increasing sectarian division on the ground, and the breakdown of the Good Friday agreement with little hope of its resurrection and will inevitably be another […]
Such is the distaste of the majority of the population for the coming general election that the numbers watching TV news has dropped 300,000 in the four weeks of the campaign.
Sri Lanka and Japan are both reeling from horrific public transport disasters, in each case resulting from the privatisation policies of their governments and the blind chase for profits.
Tamil and Sinhala Trotskyists march united against poverty and communalism
Members of the Socialist Movement Pakistan (SMP) and the Pakistan Trade Union rights Campaign (PTURC) organised demonstrations and seminars in eighteen cities, while we participated in other Mayday activities in over twenty-one cities and towns.
Mass action needed to stop anti-poor policy
Education a right, not a privilege
Reactionary capitalist parties risk explosion of anger
A survey of public opinion in Scotland carried out at the start of the election campaign found that 79% of people believed that wealth should be redistributed in society.
Immigrant workers forced to work without being paid for months
Both the Indian and Pakistani governments are celebrating the launch of a bus service on 7 April between Srinagar and Muzafarabad, the two main cities in Indian and Pakistani occupied Kashmir respectively.
The Socialist Party is standing a candidate in the general election to highlight the scandal of Rover’s collapse and to call for the renationalisation of the company. Louise Houldey, who has stood three times before […]
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