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  Kurdistan

  Trump gives green light to Turkish army attack on Kurdish areas of northern Syria

  October 9, 2019 Niall Mulholland, CWI

  Donald Trump drew sharp criticism from high level Republican Party figures after he gave the green light for Turkey to make a long planned military attack against Kurdish areas in northern Syria. Last Sunday, the [...]

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  India

  India heads for recession

  October 9, 2019 TU Senan

  The Indian economy is heading for a recession. GDP growth has decelerated for the last five quarters and is now below 5%, a six-year low. Even government policy think-tanks say this slowdown is unprecedented in [...]

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  Ecuador

  Revolt in Ecuador

  October 8, 2019 Celso Calfullan, Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI Chile)  

  In the face of massive protests in Ecuador, the government of Lenin Moreno has been driven to declare a “state of exception” throughout the country – a repressive step just short of a state of [...]

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  Britain

  Tony Mulhearn 1939-2019: A courageous leader of the Liverpool working-class movement and a lifelong member of Militant and the Socialist Party

  October 7, 2019 Statement by the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

  We are sad to inform our readers, members of the Socialist Party and the broader labour movement, of the death, at 80 years of age, of Tony Mulhearn; a titan, a courageous leader of the [...]

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  Austria

  Austrian elections: Greens gain, while far-right and social democrats lose

  October 7, 2019 Laura Rafetseder, Sozialistische Offensive (CWI Austria)

  The September 29th Austrian elections saw a surge by the Greens and losses by both the far right Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the social democrats (SPÖ). The former Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, whose conservative people’s party [...]