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  Japan

  South Korea and Japan trade dispute threatens ‘alliance’

  September 17, 2019 Carl Simmons, Kokusai Rentai (CWI) Japan

  On 22nd August South Korea gave Japan notice that it would not be extending the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA). The 2016 agreement allowed for the direct sharing of military intelligence between Japan, [...]

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  World Economy

  Neoliberalism: Consequences and alternatives

  September 16, 2019 Book review by Tony Saunois, from Socialism Today (monthly magazine of the Socialist Party - CWI England & Wales)

  Brutal neoliberal policies and austerity has created growing mass anger. The growth in Trump-style populism is one consequence of this, as is an increased interest in ‘New Deal’ style reforms. A recent book contrasts different [...]

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  South Africa

  Violence against women in South Africa: How should organised workers respond?

  September 13, 2019 Marxist Workers Party (CWI South Africa) statement

  The rape and murder of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana was the final spark that lit a new wave of protests demanding an end to violence against women. She was killed by a Post Office [...]

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  Ireland North

  Campaign mounts over historic sexual-abuse allegations cover-up in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

  September 12, 2019 Councillor Donal O’Cofaigh, Cross Community Labour Alternative and CWI

  Northern Ireland is a society scarred by its history. The legacy of the conflict over the national question is everywhere apparent; painted flags, kerbstones and murals mark territories and promote narratives. But just as the [...]

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  Chile

  Chile 1973: The other ‘9/11’ – The bloody coup against the Popular Unity government

  September 11, 2019 Tony Saunois , Committee for a Workers' International (CWI)

  The terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York in 2001 was not the first ‘9/11’. In Chile on 11 September 1973, a bloody coup, led by General Pinochet and backed by the US [...]