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  Paris Commune

  The Paris Commune: 18 March – 28 May 1871

  March 23, 2021 A Gauche Révolutionnaire (CWI France) pamphlet, by Pascal Grimbert [first published in March 2011]

  The following text by Pascal Grimbert was published as a short pamphlet by Gauche Révolutionnaire (CWI in France), in March 2011, to mark the 140th anniversary of the Paris Commune. socialistworld.net  Historical and political summary [...]

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  South Africa

  South Africa: Student protests follow months of lockdown frustration

  March 22, 2021 Marxist Workers Party (CWI in South Africa) Reporters

  Student protests have dominated headlines over the past two weeks in South Africa. The brutal and senseless killing of Mthokozisi Ntumba by police as he exited a clinic, unwittingly stepping into a confrontation between protesting [...]

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  Paris Commune

  ‘History of the Paris Commune of 1871’ – Oliver Lissagaray’s classic eyewitness account

  March 20, 2021 socialistworld.net

  “It is time people understood the true meaning of this Revolution, and this can be summed up in a few words. It meant the government of the people by the people. It was the first [...]

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  Australia

  Australian economy entering choppy waters

  March 20, 2021 John Gowland, Perth, Militant Left (CWI Australia)

  Prior to the covid pandemic, the Australian economy entered its first recession in 30 years. Following this contraction, the economy bounced back out of recession. Based on a recent surge in mining exports the economy [...]

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  China

  China: Ruling party’s ‘debates’ confirm dictatorial policies

  March 19, 2021 John McNeill, Kokusai Rentai (CWI Japan)

  China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) took place for a week from 5 -11 March.  It snuffed out any prospect of democracy in Hong Kong and sounded the death knell for ‘One Country Two Systems’. Any [...]