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Around the world

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Nigeria

Nigeria: DSM Socialist School 2008

October 9, 2008 Peluola Adewale, Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM – CWI Nigeria)

Deepening Socialist ideas in a period when capitalism is in crisis

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Ireland North

Northern Ireland: UNISON union expels socialist activist

October 9, 2008 Peter Hadden, from October 2008 issue of The Socialist, monthly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

Re-instate Pat Lawlor!

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Britain

Britain: Casino capitalism’s crisis continues

October 9, 2008 Editorial from the Socialist paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)

Britain highly vulnerable to coming recession

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Austria

Austria: Far Right makes big gains – Left vote squeezed

October 7, 2008 Laura Rafetseder, Sozialistische Linkspartei (SLP - CWI Austria)

As economic crisis hits, workers’ movement needs socialist alternative

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France

France: “Your strike is our strike…”

October 6, 2008 socialistworld.net

A message of support and solidarity from French Airbus workers to striking Boeing workers. Video.

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Germany

Germany: Year-old Left Party third in polls

October 6, 2008 Holger Dröge, Sozialistische Alternative (SAV – CWI Germany)

Capitalist crisis shows need for bold socialist policies and campaigning

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South Africa

South Africa: Mbeki dismissed by ANC as president of SA…

October 1, 2008 Weizmann Hamilton, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in South Africa)

Africa’s oldest liberation movement headed for split

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Britain

Britain: New Labour: Losing its hold on power

September 26, 2008 Editorial from the Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

Unions must break with pro-market Labour to build a workers’ party

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Britain

Britain: New Labour: Losing its hold on power

September 26, 2008 Peter Taaffe, from Socialism Today, monthly magazine of the Socialist Party (England and Wales CWI)

Economy in crisis & politics in flux

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Malaysia

Malaysia: Multinational Hualon taken into receivership

September 22, 2008 Raviechandren, CWI Malaysia

Textile workers win big concessions through persistent campaign

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Nigeria

Nigeria: Socialists and civil rights activists protest against Channels TV closure

September 22, 2008 Peluola Adewale, Democratic Socialist Movement, Lagos

National Broadcasting Commision’s Lagos office stormed.

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Europe

European Social Forum: Union rights at forefront

September 22, 2008 Offensiv reporters (CWI Sweden), Malmö

CWI gets good response

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Bolivia

Bolivia: Revolution and counter-revolution

September 19, 2008 Tony Saunois (CWI) and Roberto Antezana (CWI Bolivia)

Right-wing offensive radicalizes masses and provokes land occupations

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Europe

European Social Forum: March against racism and capitalism

September 18, 2008 Mattias Bernhardsson and Per-Åke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden)

20,000 expected in Malmö

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong: A sharp shift to the left

September 16, 2008 Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info

Anti-establishment mood leave government and business leaders in state of shock

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Thailand

Thailand: Courts rule Prime Minister, Samak Sundaravej, must resign…ruling party re-nominates Samak

September 12, 2008 Raviechandren, CWI, Malaysia

Weeks of bloody protests and political deadlock within ruling elite

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Pakistan

Pakistan: Massacres of the Pashtoon peoples

September 12, 2008 Dr Zayar, Pakistan

America’s bloody imperialist war in Afghanistan spills into Pakistan

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USA

US: ‘Fannie Mae’ and ‘Freddie Mac’ mortgage banks nationalisation

September 10, 2008 Editorial from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)

Sign of deepening economic crisis

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USA

US: “Some kind of populist uprising needs to happen”

September 9, 2008 Interview with Cindy Sheehan

Anti-war activist challenges Nancy Pelosi, Democratic House Speaker, for Congress

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Egypt

Egypt: Fire at parliament’s upper house exposes Mubarak’s regime

September 5, 2008 Jon Dale, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)

Scandal and corruption of elite while masses on breadline

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Pakistan

Pakistan: Water and sanitation workers’ protest

September 3, 2008 Maroof Azad, central organiser of the Pakistan workers’ movement (PWM) and General Secretary united labour federation (MLF) Balochistan

Struggle over pay and conditions in Balochistan province

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Georgia

Russia/Georgia: War exposes limits of West

September 3, 2008 Editorial from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)

Major capitalist powers jockey for influence at expense of peoples of the region

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Government uses war to steam-roller victory in provincial elections

August 29, 2008 Siritunga Jayasuriya, Secretary of United Socialist Party (CWI, Sri Lanka)

Opposition trounced but United Socialist Party still biggest left force

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South Africa

South Africa: General Strike paralyses the country

August 27, 2008 Sabelo Xotyeni, Democratic Socialist Movement, CWI South Africa

Workers feel their power

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Pakistan

Pakistan: General Musharraf resigns as president

August 20, 2008 Khalid Bhatti, Lahore, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI)

Will this end the country’s political crisis?

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Malaysia

Malaysia: Growing political uncertainty amid global economic slowdown

August 19, 2008 Raviechandren, CWI, Malaysia

Independent working class policies vital

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Chile

Chile: Press Conference with Joe Higgins

August 15, 2008 socialistworld.net

"Release Elena Varela!"

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Pakistan

Pakistan: Telecom workers win strike with 35% increase in the wages

July 31, 2008 Fazal Abbas Shah, Trade Union Rights Campaign Pakistan (TURCP), Lahore

8,000 contract workers’ ‘regularisation’ confirmed

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Italy

Italy: Crucial congress of Rifondazione Comunista rejects former leadership

July 31, 2008 cwi

Chance to re-launch Rc as fighting workers’ party

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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Will negotiations solve economic and political crisis?

July 31, 2008 Weizmann Hamilton and Linda Ngcaba, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI South Africa)

Courage of masses in face of social catastrophe and brutal repression

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Lebanon

Lebanon: “National Unity” government masquerade to “renew” the system

July 30, 2008 Aysha Zaki, CWI, Beirut

Workers’ alternative to sectarianism and neo-liberalism needed

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Pakistan

Pakistan: Telecom strike continues as negotiations fail

July 29, 2008 Azam Janjuah, TURCP, Islamabad

Thousands still sitting inside Telecom headquarters

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Scotland

Scotland: New Labour suffer electoral disaster in Glasgow East

July 28, 2008 Philip Stott, CWI Scotland

Left party, Solidarity, receives very warm response to class policies

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Netherlands

Netherlands: Rise in industrial struggles

July 25, 2008 Bas De Ruiter, Offensief (CWI Netherlands)

Workers demand living wages

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Austria

Austria: Political establishment in turmoil

July 23, 2008 Laura Rafetseder, Sozialistische LinksPartei (SLP, CWI Austria), Vienna

New ‘Left Project’ alliance plans to contest early general elections

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Pakistan

Pakistan: 50,000 Telecom workers join countrywide strike

July 22, 2008 Azad Qadri and Aazam Janjua, TURCP Islamabad

16 workers injured in clashes with paramilitary forces

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France

France: Sarkozy’s ‘strength’ is the lack of a fighting socialist alternative

July 21, 2008 Leila Messaoudi, Gauche révolutionnaire, CWI in France

What prospects are there for the development of a New Anti-capitalist Party?

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Pakistan

Pakistan: 50,000 Telecom workers join countrywide strike

July 21, 2008 Azad Qadri and Aazam Janjua, TURCP Islamabad

16 workers injured in clashes with paramilitary forces

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USA

US: The Fall of Fannie and Freddie: Symptom of growing crisis in world capitalism

July 18, 2008 Lynn Walsh, Editor Socialism Today (monthly magazine of the Socialist Party England and Wales – CWI)

Bush regime lurches from neo-liberalism to state intervention

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Pakistan

Pakistan: 50,000 workers strike – power looms shut down in Faisalabad

July 17, 2008 Khalid Bhatti, TURCP Faisalabad

Four day strike forced the government and owners to accept workers demands

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Iran

Iran: Military threat to Iran stepped up

July 16, 2008 Judy Beishon, from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist Party – CWI England and Wales)

Potentially catastrophic consequences of bombing attack

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Elections being held in central Sri Lankan provinces

July 15, 2008 Srinath Perera, United Socialist Party, CWI in Sri Lanka

United Socialist Party challenges government over war and prices

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Nigeria

Nigeria: Osun State Election Petition Scandal

July 15, 2008 Peluola Adewale, Democratic Socialist Movement, CWI Nigeria

Activists Clamped into Prison

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: July 10 warning general strike marks new beginning

July 14, 2008 Siritunga Jayasuriya, Secretary United Socialist Party, CWI Sri Lanka

For a wage increase of just 5,000 rupees a month (£25)

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Nigeria

Nigeria: 10 July solidarity action with teachers’ strike

July 14, 2008 socialistworld.net

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Nigeria

Nigeria: Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) calls ‘Solidarity Day’ with teachers’ strike

July 10, 2008 Segun Sango, General Secretary Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM)

Pro-capitalist governments cannot meet basic needs of working masses

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Britain

Britain: The working class needs its own party

July 9, 2008 Editorial from The Socialist, weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)

Being asked to choose between New Labour and Tory governments is no choice at all.

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Britain

Britain: Campaign for a New Workers’ Party conference

July 9, 2008 Reports from The Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)

Wanted: A new mass workers’ party

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Germany

Germany: Red flags raised on school roof

July 5, 2008 Anne Engelhardt, CWI

Secondary education crisis politicises a new generation

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Nigeria

Nigeria: Government’s anti-union response to teachers’ strike

July 4, 2008 Segun Sango, General Secretary, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in Nigeria)

Time for collective strike action and mass protests by entire workforce and youth

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