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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 [...]

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  Britain

  Is a workers’ Brexit deal possible?

  October 4, 2019 Paula Mitchell, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) executive committee

  The Socialist Party described the Leave vote in 2016 as a revolt against the capitalist establishment, a working-class ‘cry of rage’ against mass poverty and savage austerity while the rich get richer. A Tory-led Brexit, [...]

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  Zimbabwe

  Robert Mugabe’s legacy – A Marxist analysis

  October 3, 2019 Weizmann Hamilton, Marxist Workers’ Party (CWI South Africa)

  The empty seats at the National Sports Stadium in Harare at the official funeral ceremony for Robert Mugabe on 14 September, spoke volumes about the views of the Zimbabwean people. The circumstances of Mugabe’s death [...]

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  Ireland North

  Nationalisation only way to safeguard jobs and skills at Wrightbus, Ballymena

  October 2, 2019 CWI Reporter, N Ireland

  Wrightbus is one of the last remaining bus manufacturers in the UK and produced the Routemaster, also known as the ‘Boris bus’ (when Boris Johnson was mayor of London), for the London Transport Authority. The [...]