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  Finland

  Finland: Spontaneous railway strikes over threats to jobs and working conditions

  April 16, 2021 Edmund Schluessel, CWI-Finland

  Rail strikes stopped travel in the Finnish capital area on 18-19 March and again on 9 April, as conductors stopped work in separate protests over potential job cuts and imposition of worse working conditions. Tero [...]

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  USA

  Amazon defeats Alabama union drive – What methods could have won?

  April 15, 2021 Ashley Rogers ,ISG

  For the last several months, the urgently needed union campaign to organize 5,800 workers at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse raised the hopes of many Amazon workers and working people across the U.S. The union drive [...]

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  Ireland North

  Rioting and escalating tensions in Northern Ireland

  April 14, 2021 Councillor Donal O’Cofaigh Militant Left (CWI Ireland)

  Images of young people rioting in Belfast and elsewhere, countered by police using water cannon, conjured up scenes from the period of the ‘Troubles’. From the point of view of international audiences, Northern Ireland appears [...]

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  Peru

  Left candidate, Pedro Castillo – surprise of Peruvian elections

  April 13, 2021 Patricio Guzmán S. (Socialismo Revolucionario - CWI Chile)

  The second round of the presidential elections in Peru, which takes place on Sunday 6 June, will see left candidate, Pedro Castillo, contest right-wing candidate, Keiko Fujimori. Last Sunday, April 12, 2021, Presidential, National Congress, [...]

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  Climate Change & Environment

  The dark side of ‘clean energy’

  April 12, 2021 Clare Wilkins from Socialism Today (April 2021 issue)

  Are ‘green’ and digital technologies environmentally friendly? The transition to green and digital technologies is portrayed as the way to move to zero carbon emissions and a clean environment by reducing our dependency on nuclear [...]