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  Ireland North

  Northern Ireland: Strike action by NHS workers over pay and workload

  November 27, 2019 CWI Reporter, Northern Ireland

  For the first time in the Royal College of Nursing’s 103-year history, nurses have voted for strike action. They have been joined by the Unison union, and likely, the Nipsa and Unite unions, which are [...]

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  Britain

  Britain: How could a Corbyn-led Labour government deliver?

  November 26, 2019 Editorial from December 2019 Socialism Today (monthly journal of the Socialist Party - CWI England & Wales)

  “The only certain outcome of the general election”, argued the Socialism Today editorial published two weeks before the last contest (issue No.209, June 2017), “is that none of the contradictions besetting the political and social [...]

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  Women's Struggle

  International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: Policies needed to end domestic violence and abuse

  November 25, 2019 Helen Pattison, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) national committee

  This year, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November) is taking place during the UK general election campaign. With the possibility of the election of a Corbyn-led Labour government, this [...]

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  Iran

  Fuel rise sparks nationwide anger across Iran

  November 22, 2019 Robert Bechert, CWI

  Iran has been shaken by a new nationwide wave of anger and protests after a sudden overnight government announcement that imposed 50% fuel price rise on the cost of fuel. This measure, accompanied by a [...]

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  South Africa

  South Africa’s economic crisis: No way out for the working class under capitalism

  November 21, 2019 Weizmann Hamilton, Marxist Workers Party (CWI SA)

  South Africa is going through its most serious economic crisis of the democratic era. What this crisis shows, probably more than any other before it, is that there is no solution on a capitalist basis. [...]