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Around the world

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: 100 day anniversary of the Zhanaozen massacre

March 26, 2012 Socialistworld.net

Successful demonstrations across Kazakhstan – now protest against fines and arrests of activists!

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: UNHRC resolution acknowledges massacre of Tamils

March 26, 2012 Tamil Solidarity

A blow to the regime but not enough

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

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Protest lobby held at Kazakh embassy in London

March 23, 2012 Socialistworld.net

“Nazarbayev – blood on your hands!”

Quebec

Quebec: Over 200,000 demonstrate against tuition fees hike

March 22, 2012 Alternative Socialiste (CWI in Québec) leaflet text

Government austerity, police repression…the students’ struggle is everyone’s struggle!

France

France: Candidates spar in election campaign

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

Volcano of class struggle ready to erupt

Hong Kong

Hong Kong: ‘Long Hair’ sentenced to two months in prison – parliamentary seat under threat

March 21, 2012 Socialist Action (CWI) reporters in Hong Kong

Outrageous anti-democratic sentence as establishment seeks to criminalise protests

Egypt

Egypt: German University in Cairo reinstates two expelled students

March 21, 2012 David Johnson, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)</a>

International solidarity campaign forces university authorities to back-down

USA

Net activism: The “Kony 2012” phenomena

March 20, 2012 Robert Bechert, CWI

How to end a nightmare?

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev regime dealt a blow by European Parliament resolution

March 17, 2012 CWI Reporters

But condemnation tempered by trade interests

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: New evidence of brutality by Rajapakse regime against Tamils

March 16, 2012 CWI

Amnesty international and the British Channel 4 television channel reveal new material documenting the unpunished slaughter and ongoing oppression of Tamil people

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: European Parliament forced to recognise increased repression

March 15, 2012 Press release from <a href="http://campaignkazakhstan.org/">Campaign Kazakhstan</a>

But fails to condemn Nazarbayev regime

No Picture
South Africa

South Africa: One-day general strike shows workers’ willingness to fight back

March 14, 2012 Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in South Africa) Reporters

200,000 march across South Africa

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Natalia Sokolova, striking oil-workers’ lawyer, released from jail

March 12, 2012 Statement by Socialist Movement Kazakhstan

Regime under pressure from international campaign

India

India: Report of biggest general strike

March 12, 2012 New Socialist Alternative (CWI India)

Over 100 million workers take part

Myanmar-Burma

Burma: Is the generals’ regime opening up?

March 12, 2012 Keith Dickinson, Socialist Party, England and Wales (CWI).

Workers and youth fierce struggles ahead

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

Canada

Canada: Discontent grows over Conservative government’s anti-worker policies

March 9, 2012 Socialist Alternative (CWI Canada) Reporters, British Columbia

Link-up the fight-back of workers, youth, environmentalists and oppressed minorities!

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.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong: ‘Small circle’ election self-destructs

March 7, 2012 <b>Editorial from <a href="http://chinaworker.info/">Socialist magazine</a> (CWI in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan) </b>

Mass struggle needed for genuine and fair elections and the end of tycoon rule

Egypt

Egypt: Union leader sentenced for “insulting” government minister

March 5, 2012 David Johnson, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)</a>

Protest against new attack on workers’ rights

Quebec

Quebec: Students take “indefinite” strike action

March 2, 2012 Cedric Gerome, CWI

Tens of thousands in battle against tuition fees rise

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

Egypt

Egypt: German University in Cairo expels student activists

March 1, 2012 Socialistworld.net

Campaign for a democratic students’ union goes on – Send protests now!

Iran

Iran: War clouds gather

February 29, 2012 Niall Mulholland, CWI

Western powers step up sanctions and military threats against Tehran

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".

Venezuela

Venezuela: Right-wing opposition names united candidate

February 26, 2012 Johan Rivas. Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Venezuela)

With almost 3 million people participating in the process of primary elections, the coalition of right-wing parties in opposition to the Chavez government, elected a united candidate for the Presidential elections in October.

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

Egypt

Video: “A Second Egyptian Revolution is needed”

February 19, 2012 Socialistworld.net

MEP Paul Murphy raises the need for the Egyptian masses to take political and economic power out of the hands of the ruling elite and military

Syria

Syria: Protests brutally repressed, armed conflict spreading and threat of imperialist intervention

February 18, 2012 Aysha Zaki, CWI Lebanon

For a mass movement of workers and the poor to defeat Assad’s regime and imperialism!

Sri Lanka

European Parliament: Right wing supporters of dictatorships in Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan defeated

February 17, 2012 Socialistworld.net

Full inquiries moved by Paul Murphy MEP and agreed

No Picture
South Africa

South Africa: Video of protest against unfair dismissal of mine workers

February 17, 2012 Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in South Africa)

Cosawu union won application to represent about 700 workers

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Press conference in Moscow

February 15, 2012 Socialistworld.net

Kurmanov and Ukteshbayev speak out

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Threat to Zhanartu leaders widely condemned

February 14, 2012 Socialistworld.net

Immediate support given by Bob Crow, rail-workers’ leader in Britain, Paul Murphy, MEP, from Ireland, Swedish trade union journalist and Australian Councillor, Steve Jolly

Venezuela

Venezuela: Socialismo Revolucionario supporters elected General Secretary and Financial Secretary of public financial union

February 14, 2012 Socialismo Revolucionario (CIT/ CWI Venezuela) Reporters

Part of struggle against bureaucratisation of union

Latin America

5th CWI Latin American School: A great success

February 13, 2012 Pedro Albornoz, Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Chile)

LA School 2012 takes place against the backgound of sharp changes on the continent

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Workers’ leaders under threat of abduction or arrest

February 13, 2012 Statement from Esenbek Ukteshbaev, President of the Kazakhstan Trade Union, ’Zhanartu’ (’Renaissance’), and vice-president of ’Zhanartu’, Ainur Kurmanov

Urgent protests needed!

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

Syria

Syria: Anti-regime protests facing ferocious response

February 8, 2012 Judy Beishon, Socialist Party (CWI in England and Wales)

No trust in Arab League and imperialist powers

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev in Berlin

February 8, 2012 <a href="http://www.sozialismus.info">SAV</a> reporters (CWI Germany)

A big protest rally in freezing temperatures greeted the Kazakhstan president as he attended a meeting to strengthen relations with the German government and big business.

Egypt

Egypt: Mubarak’s state machine behind football stadium massacre

February 5, 2012 David Johnson, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/">Socialist Party</a> (CWI England and Wales)

74 killed in horrific scenes

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!"

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