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Around the world

Austria

Austria: Metal Workers strike for wage increase of 5.5%

October 15, 2011 Laura Rafetseder, <a href="http://www.slp.at/">Sozialistische LinksPartei</a> (CWI Austria)

Austrian working class gives impressive sign of life

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: United Socialist Party holds successful congress

October 15, 2011 CWI reporter

“Difficult times – yet we are defiant and determined!”

Colombia

Columbia: Grilling Commissioner De Gucht on murders of trade unionists

October 15, 2011 Paul Murphy, MEP, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.net/">Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)</a>

EU Commissioner For Trade questioned for trade deal with Columbia despite continuing murder of trade union activists

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa government buys its supporters

October 14, 2011 Manny Thain, Secretary <a href="http://www.tamilsolidarity.org">Tamil Solidarity</a>, England and Wales

British Defence Secretary Fox in trouble

Hong Kong

Hong Kong: Protest against racism

October 13, 2011 Dikang, <a href="http://www.chinaworker.info/en/content/news/1604/">Socialist Action</a> (CWI in Hong Kong)

Socialist Action protests against racist march • Recent anti-migrant propaganda originates from Government House

Chile

Chile: Students defy government’s ban on demonstration

October 11, 2011 CWI and Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Chile) reporters

Riot police attack students demonstrating at Presidential Palace, general strike called in response

Israel / Palestine

Palestine: Abbas UN statehood bid and the views of Palestinians

October 10, 2011 Aysha, CWI Lebanon

Hope, fear and the struggle for self-determination

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Socialist MEP “Persona non-grata”

October 8, 2011 Video of Paul Murphy, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) MEP

Paul Murphy speaks in European Parliament against repression in Kazakhstan

Britain

Britan: 90th anniversary of the struggle of Poplar against cuts

October 8, 2011 Videos with Peter Taaffe and Tony Mulhearn, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) </a>

"Better to break the law than break the poor"

Hong Kong

Hong Kong: Solidarity with ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement

October 7, 2011 Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong)

Socialist Action organized demonstration to protest mass arrests in New York and other US cities

Britain

Britain: Labour Party leader’s fruitless dreams of a ‘better capitalism’

October 6, 2011 Editorial from the Socialist, weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)

The working class needs a new party

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Kazakh oil workers heard in European Parliament

October 5, 2011 Geert Cool, LSP/PSL (CWI in Belgium)

End attacks on lives and freedoms of worker activists!

Europe

Europe: Austerity locked-in with EU economic governance package

October 5, 2011 Paul Murphy, MEP, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.net/">Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)</a>, first published in the <a href="http://www.irishleftreview.org/2011/09/30/austerity-lockedin-eu-economic-governance-package/">"Irish Left Revi

Implications of so-called "six-pack of economic governance measures", voted on in the European Parliament last week, are vast

Britain

Britain: World economy in meltdown – we won’t pay for capitalist crisis

October 4, 2011 Editorial of <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/687">the Socialist</a>, paper of the <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>

24 Hour Public Sector General Strike Now – Socialist Party placard, photo Paul Mattsson

Scotland

Scotland: Thousands march and prepare to strike against cuts

October 4, 2011 Socialist Party Scotland members (CWI in Scotland)

“People First” demonstration in Glasgow on 1st October

Germany

Germany: Hospital workers’ strike enters fourth week

October 3, 2011 Sascha Stanicic, SAV (CWI in Germany)

Solidarity urgently needed

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: “Kazakh strikers turn to OSCE”

October 1, 2011 themoscownews.com

The Moscow News reports on heroic workers struggle

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: MEPs condemn repression of opposition activists

September 30, 2011 CWI Reporters

“I, Clare Daly, member of the Irish Parliament strongly condemn threats by the Kazakhstan authorities…” Socialist Party TDs add voices to international outcry

Bolivia

Bolivia: General strike amid intense political crisis

September 30, 2011 CWI Reporters

Indigenous movement and general strike force five ministers resignations

Britain

Britain: Solidarity protest at Kazakh embassy

September 29, 2011 Socialistworld.net

London protest against state repression and in solidarity with oil workers

Venezuela

Kazakhstan: Venezuelan oil workers’ support striking Kazakh oil workers and condemn repression

September 28, 2011 CWI Reporters

Protesters lobby Kazakh embassy in Germany

Hong Kong

Hong Kong: Socialist Action launches election campaign for district council

September 27, 2011 Vincent Kolo, <a href="http://www.chinaworker.info">chinaworker.info</a>

Socialist Action’s (CWI Hong Kong) first election campaign

Venezuela

Kazakhstan: Venezuelan union leader supports Kazakh opposition activists

September 26, 2011 CWI Reporters

Ainur Kurmanov and Esenbek Ukteshbayev to address OSCE Human Rights Conference

Pakistan

Pakistan: Eyewitness account of Sindh floods

September 24, 2011 By Hameed Channa, Progressive Workers Federation Pakistan and Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI), Sindh

Hundreds of thousands displaced as flood worsens

Egypt

Egypt: New wave of strikes

September 23, 2011 David Johnson, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>

Eight months after the overthrow of Mubarak, workers and youth still face poverty, unemployment, corruption and repression

Hong Kong

Hong Kong: Oppose political frame-up of ‘Long Hair’ and six other activists

September 23, 2011 Chinaworker.info

Left-wing legislator and six others arrested and charged with ‘disorderly conduct’ after by-election protest

Britain

Britain: Can labour be reclaimed?

September 23, 2011 Exchange between Tim Hayward and Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI in England and Wales) general secretary originally published in The Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party

Why socialists must campaign for a new mass workers party

Libya

Libya: After the fall of Tripoli

September 22, 2011 Robert Bechert, CWI, from October edition of <a href="http://www.socialismtoday.org/">Socialism Today</a>, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)

Revolution in grave danger of being seriously derailed

Israel / Palestine

Palestine: Mass action needed to end occupation

September 22, 2011 Video of Paul Murphy, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) MEP speaking in European Parliament

CWI MEP argues for mass action to liberate the Palestinian masses

Britain

Britain: Video of successful lobby of Trades Union Congress

September 21, 2011 socialistworld.net

Public sector-wide action announced for 30 November!

Italy

Italy: Deeper into crisis

September 20, 2011 Christine Thomas, Controcorrente (CWI in Italy)

New initiative to build a fighting alternative

Nigeria

Nigeria: The struggle for N18,000 minimum wage

September 20, 2011 By H.T. Soweto, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in Nigeria)

For a two-day general strike now! No to retrenchment of workers!

Norway

Norway: Racist ‘Progress Party’ biggest loser in elections

September 19, 2011 Trond Sverre and Elise Kolltveit, CWI, Norway

Labour Party gains less then predicted

Denmark

Denmark: Right-wing government loses power after ten years

September 19, 2011 Mattias Bernhardsson, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden)

Red-Green Alliance trebles its vote

Pakistan

Pakistan:Report from flood-hit Sindh

September 16, 2011 Hameed Channa Progressive Workers Federation Pakistan and Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI), Sindh

Crisis worsens, hundreds killed, millions affected

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: “Kurmanov to be jailed?”

September 16, 2011 CWI reporters

Police threats to arrest and jail Socialist Movement Kazakhstan leaders – urgent protest action needed!

Britain

Britain: When all they offer is cuts, joblessness and misery…

September 16, 2011 Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) general secretary

…we need a programme of action to fight back!

Pakistan

Pakistan: Sindh flooded again

September 15, 2011 Syed Fazal Abbas, Secretary General, Progressive Workers Federation of Pakistan

Millions badly affected.

Israel / Palestine

Palestine: UN vote on ‘statehood’

September 14, 2011 Judy Beishon, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)</a>

How can the national rights of Palestinians be achieved?

Britain

Britain: Union leaders must open the floodgates of mass action!

September 13, 2011 Kevin Parslow, Assistant Secretary, NSSN, taken from website of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)

National Shop Stewards’ Network lobbies Trades Union Congress (TUC)

Germany

Germany: Solidarity appeal

September 12, 2011 Anna Shadrova, SAV, Sozialistische Alternative (CWI in Germany), Berlin

Support the striking workers of the Charité Facility Management company (CFM) in Berlin!

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Another oil worker jailed for 15 days without trial

September 9, 2011 CWI reporters

Police interrogate Ainur Kurmanov and Esenbek Ukteshbayev for a total of 16 hours

Italy

Italy: No to profit-guzzling and destructive projects at public’s expense!

September 9, 2011 Finghin Kelly, parliamentary assistant, office of Paul Murphy MEP, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.net/">Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)</a>

Paul Murphy MEP and others visit militarised zone at Maddalena

Spain

Spain: Elections 2011 – how can workers and youth have a voice?

September 8, 2011 R.mac, Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain), Barcelona

For an alternative to the rotten capitalist consensus!

Kazakhstan

Germany: Esso protest in solidarity with striking Kazakh oil workers

September 7, 2011 René Kiesel, <a href="http://www.sozialismus.info">SAV (CWI Germany)</a>, Berlin

Bring the campaign to trade unions and the Left!

Libya

Libya: After Gaddafi

September 6, 2011 Robert Bechert, CWI

Stop the revolution’s derailment – independent workers’ action needed!

India

India: Comstar Workers’ Strike in Chennai

September 6, 2011 Anand Kumar, Bangalore (New Socialist Alternative, CWI in India)

Auto workers engaged in 21-day strike

Italy

Italy: General strike against Berlusconi crisis measures

September 5, 2011 Antongiulio Mannoni, Controcorrente (CWI Italy) and CGIL in personal capacity

The CGIL, the main trade union federation, has called an 8 hour general strike for 6 September

Britain

Britain: The ongoing public-sector pensions struggle

September 5, 2011 Rob Williams, <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 30 June strikes were a turning point in the struggle against this government, giving a huge boost of confidence.

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Terror continues against oil workers

September 3, 2011 CWI reporters, Moscow

Striker’s daughter murdered…Arrest of Socialist activists threatened – solidarity campaign needs stepping up!

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