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  Myanmar-Burma

  Myanmar: Re-elected Aung San Suu Kyi government unable to deal with Covid or armed conflicts

  January 22, 2021 Johan Ariff, CWI Malaysia

  The general election in Myanmar, held last November, saw the National League of Democracy (NLD) – under the leadership of Aung San Suu Kyi – returned to government in a situation of political, economic, environmental, [...]

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  Science & Technology

  Trump Twitter ban: Only independent workers’ voice can defeat right

  January 21, 2021 James Ivens

  First the election, now his Twitter account – it’s bad news all round for bigot-in-chief Donald Trump. But the ousted US president’s eviction from social media is also a warning to workers and young people [...]

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  Netherlands

  Backlash against “hunting down” of poor families brings down Dutch government

  January 20, 2021 Edmund Schluessel

  The government of Mark Rutte has collapsed in shame and scandal as anger has risen against its persecution of the poor and immigrants. Economic affairs and climate minister, Eric Wiebes, resigned, as has the leader [...]

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  Scotland

  Leader of Scottish Labour Party, and Corbyn ally, forced out by Blairites

  January 19, 2021 Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI)

  The resignation of the nominally left Scottish Labour leader, Richard Leonard will, in all likelihood, result in the Blairites winning back the leadership of the party in Scotland. Anas Sarwar, the right-wing MSP and millionaire [...]

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  South Africa

  ANC government’s vaccine fiasco

  January 18, 2021 Marxist Workers Party (CWI in South Africa) Reporters

  On top of last year’s PPE-corruption scandal, the African National Congress (ANC) government has made a complete fiasco of vaccine procurement and roll-out. In general, South African capitalism is proving itself incapable of dealing with [...]