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  Britain

  Britain: Building ‘People’s Budgets’ – An alternative to Tory and Labour cuts

  December 11, 2021 From The Socialist, weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

  As local authorities begin discussing their spending plans for 2022-2023, which they will finally agree on at budget-setting meetings in February or March, we can already see the scale of cuts that are being prepared. [...]

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  Featured

  End military rule and poverty – fight for “People’s Power” in Sudan

  December 10, 2021 Nick Chaffey, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)

  Mass protests across Sudan have continued in response to the latest agreement between Abdalla Hamdok and the military tops. Continuing demands for ‘Power to the People’ show this mass movement is determined to end the [...]

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  Ireland North

  Hunting ban shamefully defeated in Northern Ireland Assembly

  December 9, 2021 Carah Daniel, Militant Left (CWI Ireland)

  This week, a proposed ban on hunting with dogs was shamefully defeated in the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont buildings. As we reach the end of 2021, the practice of animals being torn apart by [...]

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  Britain

  Britain: Workers’ politics needed to exploit Tory scandal and splits

  December 8, 2021 Editorial of The Socialist newspaper (8 December 2021 issue 1159), weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

  The proportion of voters, 63%, who think that capitalist politicians “are just in it for themselves” is at its highest since the MPs’ expenses scandal in 2009. No wonder. The money-grubbing approach of many MPs [...]

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  Finland

  Finland: Anti-fascists block neo-Nazis but met with police repression

  December 7, 2021 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

  Thousands, including CWI members and supporters, braved freezing temperatures to join the annual Helsinki Ilman Natseja (“Helsinki Without Nazis”) demonstration on 6 December, with smaller events taking place across Finland. This year, the march organizers [...]