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  Youth & Students

  UK students face paying full rent and fees for stay-at-home courses

  January 8, 2021 Theo Sharieff Socialist Students National Organiser (England and Wales)

  The British Tory government’s announcement of a new national lockdown in England has left a huge question mark over what university students can expect for the rest of the academic year. At the time of [...]

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  CWI

  US in crisis – need for a mass workers’ party and socialist programme

  January 7, 2021 Tony Saunois, CWI Secretary

  In unprecedented scenes, reminiscent of events in Latin America, Asia or Africa, US capitalism plunged into a deeper crisis yesterday as thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Congress on Capitol Hill urged on by their [...]

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  Britain

  British judge rules against Julian Assange’s extradition but refuses bail

  January 7, 2021 Niall Mulholland

  The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, won a partial victory in his long battle to avoid extradition from Britain to the US. District Judge Baraister, at the Old Bailey court, ruled earlier this week against Assange’s [...]

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  Ireland Republic

  Protests follow police fatal shooting of George Nkencho in Dublin suburb

  January 6, 2021 Carah Daniel, Militant Left (CWI Ireland)

  George Nkencho, a 27-year-old Black man, was killed by the Gardaí (Irish police) outside his home in Blanchardstown, a suburb of Dublin, on 30 December 2020. The shooting followed an altercation at a local shop [...]

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  Britain

  Britain: Third lockdown after Tories U-turn over schools

  January 5, 2021 Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) Reporters

  We can’t believe a word this Tory government says. We can’t trust a thing it does. Going into lockdown 3, working-class people can only rely on our own strength and organisation. This is the lesson [...]