History & Anniversaries
Algeria: War of independence 1954-1962
Colonialism, national liberation and revolutionary struggle
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Ireland Republic
Northern Ireland: March for a Future!
Why Youth Fight for Jobs are commemorating the 1932 Outdoor Relief Strike
South Africa
South Africa: Support the miners – donate to the Workers’ Defence Fund [updated]
Mine workers’ strikes boosted by success at Lonmin – coordinating committee needs solidarity
Pakistan
Pakistan: Workplaces or workers’ death chambers?
Factory fire kills 300 workers, hundreds injured
Theory & Marxism
Eric Hobsbawm: Left-wing historian and author of ‘How To Change The World’ dies
Aged 95, Hobsbawm still participated in the debate about the alternative to capitalism
Italy
Italy: New round of social and political battles in store
CWI holds enthusiastic week-end of discussion and planning
Scotland
Scotland: Labour thrown into a crisis
Scottish Labour leader, Johann Lamont, has thrown the party into a crisis following her recent speech that called for an end to the “something for nothing culture” in Scotland.
Britain
British Labour Party conference: Can Labour give a lead in the fight against austerity?
The Labour Party conference takes place at a crucial time. Working people are crying out for a lead in a mass movement which can force elections and topple the hated Con-Dem government.
Tunisia
Tunisia: Stop rape victim blaming!
Mass outrage across the country as victim accused of ‘public immorality’ in police rape case
Afghanistan
Afghanistan war: End this ‘pointless waste of life’
The large Nato force has been unable to defeat a vastly poorer force of Taliban-led fighters estimated at less than 25,000.