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  Sports

  Olympic ‘success’ masks cuts and inequality in sport

  August 17, 2021 Lenny Shail, from The Socialist, newspaper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

  Every Olympics reflects the sad contradiction of the world we live in, but Tokyo 2020 took this to a whole new level. On the one hand, millions of people enjoyed and were inspired by the [...]

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  Afghanistan

  Kabul falls: A devastating blow to the US and Western imperialism – Afghans’ suffering continues under Taliban

  August 16, 2021 Niall Mulholland, CWI

  On Sunday 15 August, the Taliban reached the capital of Kabul, forcing the US-backed government of Ashraf Ghani from power. Thousands of residents tried desperately to board planes to flee the hard-line Islamic force. After [...]

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  Algeria

  Fires rage throughout Algeria

  August 16, 2021 Mina Boukhaoua, Gauche Revolutionnaire (CWI in France)

  Once again, the Algerian people are left to fend for themselves. Since Monday, 9 August, more than seventy fires have raged throughout Algeria, particularly in Kabylia, where the regions of Tizi-Ouzou and Bejaia are in [...]

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  Afghanistan

  Taliban closes in on Kabul

  August 14, 2021  Niall  Mulholland, CWI 

  The Taliban are sweeping across Afghanistan, taking one provincial capital after another. Despite over $80bn spent on “security assistance” from the US, since 2002, along with an annual massive military budget, the Afghan army has [...]

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  Sri Lanka

  Sri Lanka: Teachers and students battle with Rajapakse government

  August 13, 2021 Srinath Perera, United Socialist Party (CWI Sri Lanka)

  Thousands of teachers and students in Sri Lanka have been out every day on continuous protest action, defying the government and braving the Covid 19 pandemic. The latest spike in the Covid crisis is actually [...]