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  Serbia

  Srebrenica massacre – 25 years on: How capitalist restoration led to war and ‘ethnic cleansing’ in the Balkans

  July 15, 2020 Judy Beishon, Socialist Party executive committee

  Twenty-five years ago, in July 1995, 8,000 Bosnian Muslim refugees were slaughtered in and around the Bosnian town of Srebrenica – one of the final atrocities in the 1992-95 Bosnian war. The designation of Srebrenica [...]

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  Russia

  Russia: Week-long vote, full of falsification

  July 13, 2020 Alexander Dmitriev

  On July 1 the vote for amendments to the Constitution of Russia ended. The real goal of voting was to extend Putin’s rule until 2036 and give the illusion of widespread support of the population. [...]

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  Chile

  Chile: 50 years since the election of the Popular Unity government

  July 10, 2020 CWI

  The fiftieth anniversary of the election of the Popular Unity government takes place on 4 September 1970 and represents an opportunity for the international working class movement to remember what this victory represented and draw [...]

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  Britain

  “A fight for our lives and livelihoods’’ – National Shop Stewards Network conference

  July 9, 2020 Kristian O’Sullivan, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

  A fantastic virtual meeting of up to 300 trade union reps, workers, campaigners, socialists, and international visitors took place on the 4 July as the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) held its 2020 summer conference. [...]

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  Hong Kong

  Hong Kong: Beijing tries to quash fight for democracy

  July 8, 2020 Clare Doyle, CWI

  Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on 1 July to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the settlement between London and Beijing which marked the end of more than 150 years of [...]