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  Ireland Republic

  Dublin riots fanned by far right – Only united workers’ movement can stop reaction and show way forward

  November 27, 2023 Mililtant Left (CWI Ireland) statement

  Last Thursday’s knife attack against young children and a creche worker outside a Dublin city centre primary school horrified people across the country and beyond. But for the bravery of those people, who included a [...]

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  USA

  US auto workers strike: UAW workers can win more!

  November 24, 2023 Peggy Wang Massachusetts Teachers Association, Assoc. of Professional Administrators (personal capacity) Boston, MA

  After six weeks of selective strikes against the “Big 3” American automakers, the United Auto Workers (UAW) leadership reached tentative agreements (TAs) with Ford, GM, and Stellantis. Union leaders called off picket lines, and approximately [...]

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  Germany

  Twenty-five years since the first ‘red-green’ federal government in Germany

  November 23, 2023 Torsten Sting, Sol (CWI Germany)

  On October 27, 1998, the first and so far only federal government consisting of the SPD and the Greens was elected. Gerhard Schröder became Chancellor, the former Bürgerschreck – or ‘terroriser of the bourgeoisie’ – [...]

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  Britain

  Anti-war movement in Britain puts screws on Labour politicians

  November 22, 2023 Editorial of the Socialist (issue 1252)

  The vast majority of people are looking on in ever-growing horror as the destruction escalates in Gaza – as IDF forces assault al-Shifa Hospital and helicopters drop leaflets in south Gaza telling people to evacuate [...]

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  Climate Change & Environment

  Scotland: Low Emission Zone ‘green taxes’ won’t solve the climate crisis

  November 21, 2023 Matt Dobson, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI)

  June 2023 saw the roll-out of a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) in Glasgow city centre. Any vehicle entering the LEZ zone now has to meet certain emissions criteria or face a penalty. Many workers have [...]