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  Kurdistan

  Iraqi Kurdistan: A socialist viewpoint on the coming independence referendum

  September 20, 2017 Serge Jordan, CWI

  On September 25, the Kurdistan region of Iraq (Southern Kurdistan) is set to hold a referendum on independence. Various regional and international powers have made clear their staunch objection to such a move, and Iraq’s [...]

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  Europa

  Ofensiva franquista del PP en Catalunya · ¡Para derrotar la represión y defender los derechos democráticos: convocar Huelga General ya!

  September 20, 2017 Esquerra Revolucionària • Catalunya

  Después de días de una ofensiva policial y judicial sin cuartel en la que los derechos democráticos han sido pisoteados con saña, el gobierno del PP ha decidido utilizar la represión masiva para impedir al [...]

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  Myanmar-Burma

  Myanmar: ‘Ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya causes worldwide outrage

  September 19, 2017 Clare Doyle, CWI

  What was a slow-burning conflict between the government of Myanmar (Burma) and the Rohingya people of Rakhine, has escalated in the last three weeks into a major humanitarian crisis. More than 400,000 people fled the [...]

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  Spain

  Spain/Catalonia: One million demonstrate in Barcelona for self-determination referendum

  September 18, 2017 Statement by Esquerra Revolucionària

  On the 11th September one million people spilled onto the streets of Barcelona shouting loud and clear their intention to vote during the 1st October referendum, making it clear that they were not going to [...]

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  Slovenia

  Slovenia: Interview with, Endre Mesaroš, leader of recent bus workers’ strike

  September 18, 2017 Interview by Christoph Glanninger (Austria) and a union activist from Slovenia

  Bus workers at the Slovenian company, Arriva, went on strike from 4 to 14 September for better working conditions, pay and safety standards. Arriva is owned by the German company, Deutsche Bahn, and is typical [...]