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  Nigeria

  Socialist Party of Nigeria and seventy three other political parties de-registered – An assault on the right of political representation

  February 11, 2020 From Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI Nigeria) website

  The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) vehemently condemns and rejects the action and decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to deregister the SPN and other seventy-three political parties, allegedly for failing to win [...]

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  Britain

  Britain: ‘Post-Brexit’ era of crisis ahead

  February 7, 2020 Editorial from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist Party - CWI England & Wales)

  Brexit Day has been and gone. Now Johnson is promising the “dawn of a new era”. According to the Tories’ optimistic script, a ‘Brexit bounce’ will mean more investment, more jobs and more money to [...]

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  Covid-19 Pandemic

  Coronavirus exposes capitalism’s healthcare weaknesses

  February 6, 2020 Steve Score

  Tragedies like the deaths from novel coronavirus, over 400 at the time of writing, are never just ‘natural disasters’. They are not isolated from society. They are impacted by capitalism and also have an effect [...]

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  South Africa

  Video: South African ‘Expanded Public Works Programme’ slave-labour workers say, “enough is enough!”

  February 5, 2020 CWI

    The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) is the South African ANC government’s slave-labour scheme. Workers are paid as little as R2,000 per month, for full-time work. The minimum wage in South Africa is R3,500. [...]

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  Austria

  Austria: Threats of strikes intensify

  February 5, 2020 Laura Rafetseder , Sozialistische Offensive (CWI Austria)

  Austria used to be a country in which the time lost in strikes was counted in minutes. This is beginning to change. Last year saw an increase in strike threats, particularly during last autumn’s wage [...]