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  Britain

  Britain: Police issue ‘counter-terror guidance’ against Socialist Party and dozens of other campaigners

  January 27, 2020 Martin Powell-Davies, Teacher and Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) national committee member

  The Guardian newspaper has revealed that the logos of over eighty different left-wing, environmental and animal rights groups – including that of the Socialist Party – have been included in a guidance document circulated by [...]

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  Iraq

  Iraq – Imperialism’s brutal legacy

  January 26, 2020 Niall Mulholland, CWI

  The start of 2020 saw the assassination of the top Iranian general Qasem Suleimani by US forces, recklessly destabilising the Middle East region. In the immediate aftermath of Suleimani’s assassination, millions poured onto the streets [...]

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  Taiwan

  TAIWAN | Landslide Victory for Pro-Independence Party

  January 25, 2020 Carl Simmons, Kokusai Rentai (CWI in Japan)

  On 11 January, the incumbent president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), was re-elected with a landslide. She won 57.1% of the popular vote – the highest figure ever recorded [...]

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  France

  “Real, deep anger” – Interview with a French striker

  January 24, 2020 Interview with Virginie Pregny, striking teacher and a member of Gauche Révolutionnaire (CWI France)

  The strike movement against the French government’s wholesale attack on pensions has gone on for almost two months. Many transport workers downed tools for 45 continuous days, joined by some other sectors on the unions’ [...]

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  Britain

  Britain: Local council cuts continue…so must the fightback

  January 24, 2020 Nick Chaffey, from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist Party)

  Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson says austerity is over. But who believes this pathological liar? As London mayor and Tory MP, Johnson promoted cuts to council services and supported tax cuts for the super-rich. The [...]