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Around the world

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Oil and gas strikers force release of comrades from police detention

June 7, 2011 CWI members Kazakhstan

But strikers’ lawyer Natalia Sokolova remains under arrest

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Successful Hearing at European Parliament

June 7, 2011 Manny Thain, national co-ordinator, UK, Tamil Solidarity

Tamil representatives, solidarity and human rights campaigns and individual activists converged on the European parliament on Wednesday (1 June)

Spain

Spain: 15-M movement opens gates to new stage of struggle

June 6, 2011 Danny Byrne, CWI

What organisation, strategy and politics does the situation demand?

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Oil workers demonstration broken up

June 6, 2011 CWI reporters, Kazakhstan

Hundreds detained and beaten – Natalia Sokolova still missing – Urgent solidarity needed

Italy

Italian revolution: ‘Democrazia reale adesso’

June 2, 2011 CWI reporters, Italy

Rome, Turin, Naples, Milan, Reggio Emilia, Padova, Palermo, Brescia, Trieste, Venice, Cagliari, Viareggio, Pavia, Florence, Sassari, Verona, Lecce, Bologna, Pisa – this is a rough list of the major cities where the “Italian revolution” movement […]

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Workers strike solid

June 2, 2011 CWI reporters, Kazakhstan

Lawyer arrested, new address for solidarity messages needed

Middle East & North Africa

North Africa, Middle East: The revolution four months later

June 2, 2011 Robert Bechert, CWI

Across the Middle East and North Africa the revolutions and protests that began after Mohamed Bouazizi’s suicide in protest at poverty and oppression in Tunisia have, in many countries, reached turning points.

Libya

Libya: The ‘no-fly zone’, the Left and the ‘Third Camp’

June 2, 2011 Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

How to support the genuine forces in the uprising in Libya? – A Second Reply to the AWL

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Solidarity needed for striking oil workers

June 1, 2011 CWI reporters Kazakhstan

What started as a hunger strike by a relatively small number of oil workers in the town of Karazhanbasa in West Kazakhstan last week has now turned into a mass strike – now over fifteen […]

Britain

Video: A World in Crisis

June 1, 2011 Video with Lynn Walsh, editor of Socialism Today (magazin of the Socialist Party - CWI England & Wales)

Lynn Walsh is speaking on the situation in Britain, the world economy and international perspectives

Spain

Spain: Repression overcome in Barcelona

May 29, 2011 Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain) reporters, Barcelona

Heroic re-taking of Plaza de Catalunya shows movements continued vitality

Canada

Canada: Electoral rollercoaster

May 28, 2011 Andrew Messing, Socialist Alternative (CWI Canada) and Niall Mulholland (CWI), from June 2011 issue of <a href="http://www.socialismtoday.org/">Socialism Today</a>

Big gains for New Democratic Party (NDP) – But is it an alternative for working people?

Spain

Spain: Spanish riot police moving against protesters

May 27, 2011 Paul Murphy, MEP

Video of police brutally clearing square in Barcelona

Greece

Eurozone: Greek drama continues…

May 27, 2011 Lynn Walsh, editor of <a href="http://www.socialismtoday.org/">Socialism Today</a>, magazine of the <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>

Greece’s economic crisis deepens – along with Ireland, Portugal and Spain

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: More blood on the hands of Kazakhstan’s banks

May 27, 2011 CWI reporters, Kazakhstan

But resistance grows – oil workers strike

Europe

Europe: Struggling to save the eurozone

May 26, 2011 Lynn Walsh, editor of <a href="http://www.socialismtoday.org/">Socialism Today</a>, magazine of the <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>

Governments have no mechanism for dealing with the crisis

Italy

Italy: Walk-outs and battles with police

May 25, 2011 Marco Veruggio, Controcorrente, reports from Genoa

After FIAT, now the shipyard workers’ struggle

France

France: Pre-Summit protest in Le Havre

May 25, 2011 Alex Lecoq, Gauche Révolutionnaire, (CWI France)

‘G8 Dégage (get out)’!

Britain

Britain: Facing crisis on all fronts – Socialist Party video

May 25, 2011 Interview with Peter Taaffe, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a> general secretary

A massive social and political revolt is brewing in Britain, argues Peter Taaffe

Spain

Spain: Youth revolt shakes political elite

May 24, 2011 John Hird, Socialismo Revolucionario, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque country

Indignados are a new factor in Spanish politics

Libya

Libya: Nato’s Libya intervention debated

May 24, 2011 Letter by Chris Fernandez, from Darby, replied by Peter Taaffe, general secretary Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

An exchange on how to support the genuine forces in the uprising in Libya

Egypt

Egypt: Between revolution and dictatorship

May 24, 2011 Eye-witness report from Cairo

Violent inter-religious conflict exploited by regime

Spain

Spain: This is what democracy looks like!

May 23, 2011 CWI reporters, Spain

Elections take place amid youth revolt

Britain

Britain: Now facing crisis on all fronts

May 22, 2011 Peter Taaffe, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a> general secretary, from the <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/671">Socialist newspaper, 18 May</a>

Under the cover of the crisis an unprecedented offensive against the rights and conditions of the working class is underway.

Israel / Palestine

Palestine: Nakba Day sparks mass protests

May 21, 2011 Shahar Ben-Khorin, Socialist Struggle Movement (CWI Israel/Palestine) and Kai Stein (CWI)

Arab revolutions inspire new generation to fight Israeli occupation

Spain

Spain: Youth movement spreading

May 20, 2011 <a href="http://srev.blogspot.com/2011/05/una-potente-novena-huelga-general.html">CWI reporters, Spain</a>

“I do not want to be a slave to this system”[to watch a live stream from Puerta del Sol go to SOL TV]

Italy

Italy: Berlusconi defeated in local elections

May 20, 2011 Written for Resistenze, publication of <a href="http://www.controcorrentesinistraprc.org/">ControCorrente</a> by Marco Veruggio (National Spokesperson ControCorrente)

Left in Turin loses an opportunity

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa’s world school of brutality

May 20, 2011 Manny Thain, <a href="http://www.tamilsolidarity.org/">Tamil Solidarity</a> national secretary, Britain

Tamil Solidarity exposes the arrogant way Rajapaksa answers the UN report

Spain

Spain: Youth protesters’ ‘Tahrir Square’ occupation

May 19, 2011 CWI reporters, Spain

“May 15 movement” holds country-wide demonstrations

Europe

Eurozone: Crisis deepens

May 19, 2011 Editorial of the Socialist, paper of the <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>

The Greek bailout implemented last year has not worked. Greece, moreover, is far from being an isolated case.

Pakistan

Pakistan: EU fails flood victims

May 17, 2011 Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

Unless the trade unions take control of allcoating aid and assistance, the preferences will only end up lining the pockets of the corrupt Pakistani ruling class.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: “Tamil Solidarity” comments on the UN panel report

May 16, 2011 <a href="http://www.tamilsolidarity.org">Tamil Solidarity</a>

The CWI supports the struggle of Tamil Solidarity and others for the rights of all workers and oppressed people in Sri Lanka.

Iceland

Report from Iceland: The aftermath of the “crash”

May 15, 2011 Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

The desperate need for a clear lead to re-develop the movement

Bahrain

Bahrain repression: Muted criticism of West’s ally

May 15, 2011 John Sharpe, from the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

The vicious regime in Bahrain has arrested and detained doctors and medical staff for treating injured protesters during recent clashes with security forces.

Tunisia

Tunisia: “We need a second revolution!”

May 14, 2011 Gauche Revolutionnaire (CWI in France)

Growing threat of counter-revolution as roots of the old regime still remain

Israel / Palestine

Israel: Haifa Chemical workers strike to end division between workers and increase wages

May 13, 2011 Interview with Shay Galy, union representative of “Power to the Workers” and member of Socialist Struggle Movement (CWI Israel)

International solidarity needed

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: UN report on war crimes

May 13, 2011 Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

Socialist Party MEP speaks

India

India: Flying Pilots flex their class Muscles

May 13, 2011 Anand Kumar, Mumbai, New Socialist Alternative (CWI India)

The 10 day pilot strike that has rocked the troubled national carrier – Air India has ended with a partial victory of sorts for the pilots

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Successful opposition activists’ conference

May 12, 2011 CWI reporters

‘Kazakhstan 2012’ becomes ‘Socialist Movement Kazakhstan’

Japan

Japan: Anti-nuclear power protest on May Day

May 12, 2011 Kokusai Rentai (CWI Japan)

Two months after the beginning of the Fukushima disaster, the anger in Japan is growing

Britain

Britain: Government Con-Demned at ballot box

May 12, 2011 From socialistparty.org.uk, the website of the <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>

The root of the government’s weakness is the continuing profound crisis of capitalism in general and British capitalism in particular

Canada

Canada: Politics changed following Federal elections

May 10, 2011 Socialist Alternative reporter, B.C

Liberal vote collapses – social democratic NDP jumps to become official opposition

Scotland

Scotland: Scottish National Party (SNP) wins landslide election victory…

May 10, 2011 Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI), Dundee

But majority government of savage cuts will meet working class resistance

Europe

EU commission: Less democracy to facilitate economic shock doctrine

May 7, 2011 Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

A “silent revolution” is underway in the European Union according to Commission President Barosso. This counter-revolution of “economic governance” involves a further diminution of democracy in order to facilitate the imposition of a European “shock […]

Nigeria

Nigeria: The 2011 General Elections and the Working People

May 6, 2011 Segun Sango, General Secretary, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in Nigeria)

On three different dates, April 9, April 16 and April 26, Nigeria held the general elections to elect politicians that would control power at central and state levels for the next four years.

Ireland North

Northern Ireland: 30th anniversary of the death of hunger striker Bobby Sands

May 5, 2011 Reprint articles by Tony Saunois and Peter Hadden and introduction (<a href="http://www.socialismtoday.org/">Socialism Today</a>, May 2011 issue)

Thatcher’s brutal prisons regime

Germany

Germany: Berlin hospital workers on strike

May 5, 2011 Sascha Stanicic, <a href="http://www.sozialismus.info">SAV (CWI Germany)</a> reports from the picket line

2,500 on strike demo

Pakistan

US / Pakistan: Osama Bin Laden – killed by US forces

May 2, 2011 Tony Saunois, CWI

The US government has announced a successful military assault on a large mansion in Abbottabad, near Islamabad, which has resulted in the killing of Osama Bin Laden.

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: May Day marked by attacks on CWI activists and supporters

May 2, 2011 CWI

Ainur Kurmanov hospitalized.

Britain

Britain’s royal wedding: Not much bread but there’s plenty of circuses

April 29, 2011 Derek McMillan, Our Royal Correspondent, from the Socialist, paper of the <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>

Witness the media torrent of sickly sentimentality over the royal wedding.

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