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World Economy: False ‘gods’ of a failing system
Reviews of ‘The Gods That Failed: How Blind Faith in Markets Has Cost Us Our Future’ by Dan Atkinson & Larry Elliot
Review by Peter Taaffe (from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI) England and Wales)
Tuesday 24 June 2008
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Germany: Red flags raised on school roof
Secondary education crisis politicises a new generation
Anne Engelhardt, CWI, Saturday 5 July 2008
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Nigeria: Government’s anti-union response to teachers’ strike
Time for collective strike action and mass protests by entire workforce and youth
Segun Sango, General Secretary, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in Nigeria), Friday 4 July 2008
Nigeria: Teachers all-out strike for a living wage
Actively mobilise trades unions, workers, parents and students to aid teachers’ action
Segun Sango, General Secretary, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI Nigeria), Thursday 3 July 2008
Burkina Faso: Brutal police action against student strike
United action of protesting workers, students and poor needed!
Tinette Schnatterer, SAV (CWI in Germany), Thursday 3 July 2008
Britain: Campaign for a New Workers’ Party (CNWP) third conference
How can we fight for a working class political voice?
Greg Maughan, from the Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist Party, England and Wales), Wednesday 2 July 2008
Britain: National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN)
Rebuilding trade union strength
Alison Hill, from the Socialist (weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party, CWI in England and Wales), Wednesday 2 July 2008
Obituary: Terry Fields, former Militant MP
‘A workers’ MP on a worker’s wage’ – A fighter for the working class
Tony Mulhearn, Socialist Party (cwi England and Wales), Liverpool), Tuesday 1 July 2008
EU: Irish ‘No’ vote hits EU rulers
Growing crisis & revolt across Europe
Peter Taaffe, General Secretary, Socialist Party, (cwi in England and Wales), Tuesday 1 July 2008
Nigeria: Education Rights Campaign
Pay Teachers Adequate Wages Now!
Press Statement by the Education Rights Campaign, Nigeria, Monday 30 June 2008
Britain: A ‘Summer of discontent?’
For a united struggle in the public sector & a political alternative to New Labour
Editorial from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales), Thursday 26 June 2008
Northern Ireland: Sacked airport shop stewards win historic victory in Court of Appeal
“Judgement strengthens all trade union members”
Press release issued by Gordon McNeill, sacked airport worker, Wednesday 25 June 2008
World Economy: False ‘gods’ of a failing system
Reviews of ‘The Gods That Failed: How Blind Faith in Markets Has Cost Us Our Future’ by Dan Atkinson & Larry Elliot
Review by Peter Taaffe (from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI) England and Wales), Tuesday 24 June 2008
Israel: Tel-Aviv rail redundancies protest
A countrywide surge in class struggle
Maavak Sotzyalisti (CWI Israel) reporters, Tuesday 24 June 2008
Poland: Thousands join ‘Hands off the Labour Code!’ demonstration
Donald Tusk government and bosses fear united workers’ struggle
Paul Newbery and Florian Nowicki, GPR (CWI Poland), Monday 23 June 2008
Greece: CWI in Greece votes to join SYRIZA (Coalition of the Radical Left)
Socialist programme crucial for party’s future successes
Christina Ziaka, XEKINIMA (CWI in Greece), Monday 23 June 2008
EU: When No means No...
Joe Higgins bring Irish message to Brussels EU Council meeting
Belgium CWI reporters, Friday 20 June 2008
Northern Ireland: Bush not welcome in Belfast
Sinn Fein and DUP welcome war monger with open arms
By Paddy Meehan, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), Thursday 19 June 2008
Sri Lanka: Twenty-fifth aniversary of bloody pogroms nears
President Rajapakse greeted with angry protests in London
Senan, Socialist Party, cwi in England and Wales, Wednesday 18 June 2008
Italy: The rise and fall of Rifondazione Comunista
Great potential squandered
Christine Thomas, Lotta, CWI Italy, Tuesday 17 June 2008
Ireland: Working class votes against EU bosses’ neo-liberal agenda
Leading No campaigner, Joe Higgins, debates with Greens on youtube
socialistworld.net, Tuesday 17 June 2008
Sweden: Widespread public support for healthworkers' struggle
Trade union leaders who agreed on sell-out must be replaced
Elin Gauffin, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI, Sweden), Monday 16 June 2008
Belgium: Successful union ‘Week of action’ to protest rising cost of living
100,000s protest for a living wage and affordable prices
By Belgian CWI correspondents, Monday 16 June 2008
Ireland : Lisbon Treaty ‘No’ vote delivers major shock for political and big business Establishment
Privatisation and workers’ rights key issues of debate in referendum campaign
Kevin McLoughlin, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), Dublin , Saturday 14 June 2008
Ireland: Voters say No to Lisbon Treaty
Mass media quote Joe Higgins, leading Socialist Party No campaigner
socialistworld.net, Saturday 14 June 2008
Germany: The tuition fees disaster
Hessen federal state forced to promise to abolish student financial burden
Interview with Sebastian Förster, student activist, Friday 13 June 2008
Nigeria: Teachers’ strike for wages
Unions should call a day of solidarity action – A living wage for all workers now!
Segun Sango, General Secretary, Democratic Socialist Movement, Thursday 12 June 2008
Portugal: Social turmoil as country hit by economic crisis
Workers respond with action
José David Gregório, Socialismo Revolucionário, (CWI Portugal), Wednesday 11 June 2008
US: Will Obama win?
Campaigning on the ‘left’ but preparing to rule on the right
Editorial from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)., Wednesday 11 June 2008
World Economy: Oil price shock - The chaos of capitalism
Price of petroleum is set in casinos of finance capitalism
Lynn Walsh, from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (England and Wales), Wednesday 11 June 2008
Scotland: Rally boosts campaign to defend Tommy Sheridan
Murdoch and 'friends' attacked by array of well known labour movement figures
Jim McFarlane, International Socialists, CWI Scotland, Monday 9 June 2008
Iraq: Preparing the country for business
United Nations conference in Sweden a US public relations stunt
Per-Åke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (RS), CWI Sweden, Monday 9 June 2008
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Hong Kong: 48,000 gather to commemorate June 4, 1989, Beijing massacre
19th anniversary demonstration in the shadow of Sichuan earthquake
Hong Kong reporters, chinaworker.info, Monday 9 June 2008
World Economy: A crisis foretold
The Trillion Dollar Meltdown, By Charles R Morris
Book review by Lynn Walsh, Editor Socialism Today, monthly magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales), Thursday 5 June 2008
Review: Engels - A Revolutionary Life
By John Green, Artery Publications, London 2008
Reviewed by Peter Taaffe, General Secretary, Socialist Party, cwi in England and Wales, Wednesday 4 June 2008
Israel: Olmert will go, but the political crisis will stick
Militant social and workers' struggles
Shahar Ben-Khorin, (CWI, Israel), Wednesday 4 June 2008
Northern Ireland: Belfast Airport workers
The long battle for justice
Peter Hadden, Socialist Party, Belfast, Wednesday 4 June 2008
cwi: International workers' struggles
Strikes in Iran, Denmark and Norway
From 'Offensiv', weekly newspaper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden), Monday 2 June 2008
Germany: The Left party holds its first national congress
"Measure DIE LINKE by its actions"
Lucy Redler, Sozialistische Alternative (CWI Germany), Friday 30 May 2008
Northern Ireland: Sacked airport shop steward, Gordon McNeill, calls off hunger strike after doctors threaten court action to have him force fed
Shop stewards say they will now defy and resist the Unite injunction barring them from protesting at Transport House
Press Release issued by sacked airport workers on Thursday 29 May, Thursday 29 May 2008
Belgium: Spontaneous strike wave pushes union leaders into calling action over wages
Government and bosses fear all-out battle with working class
Eric Byl, LSP/MAS (CWI Belgium), Thursday 29 May 2008
Northern Ireland: Sacked airport workers accuse Unite leadership of issuing "black propaganda and disinformation" to try to discredit them.
Gordon McNeill remains on hunger strike at Transport House - His protest enters the 14th day.
Sacked airport workers' press release (Wednesday 28 May 2008), Wednesday 28 May 2008
Lebanon: Civil war or rule by sectarian warlords
Politicians Qatar power-sharing deal no solution
Tamir Mahdi, Beirut, Wednesday 28 May 2008
Northern Ireland: Unite union serves injunction and threatens protesting shop stewards with fines and imprisonment
"Unite are trying to deny us our democratic right to peacefully protest." Gordon McNeill
Sacked airport workers' press release (Tuesday 27 May 2008), Wednesday 28 May 2008
Australia: Labor government's first budget a boon for big business
$33 billion cuts announced
Anthony Main, Socialist Party (CWI Australia), Melbourne, Tuesday 27 May 2008
Northern Ireland: The Good Friday Agreement - 10 years on
Sectarian politicians' power-sharing Assembly not a solution
Ciaran Mulholland, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), Belfast, Tuesday 27 May 2008
Germany: Break down the blockades to education!
8,000 school students strike and march in Berlin
Anne Engelhardt, CWI, Sunday 25 May 2008
France: Workers and youth resist Sarkozy's attacks
Public-sector employees, teachers and fishing industry workers take industrial action
Manny Thain, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales), Friday 23 May 2008
Northern Ireland: Airport workers suspend hunger strike to await offer
Legal bills understood to be paid - Unite union promise to make compensation offer
Press Release by sacked Belfast airport workers, Friday 23 May 2008
South Africa: Xenophobic pogroms reveals capitalism’s barbaric underbelly
Anti-immigrant attacks - a warning to working class
Weizmann Hamilton, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI South Africa), Thursday 22 May 2008
Ireland: Socialist Party representative questions German Chancellor about Lisbon Treaty
“The Lisbon Treaty demands more expenditure on the armaments industry and intensifies the militarisation of the European Union”.
socialistworld.net, Thursday 22 May 2008
Cyprus: First months of ‘communist’ presidential rule
Christofias promises ‘worker-friendly’ policies and resolution of national question – Will he succeed?
Athina Kariati, CWI Cyprus, Wednesday 21 May 2008
Northern Ireland: Film director Ken Loach supports sacked Belfast Airport workers
“Resolve the situation in favour of Gordon and his comrades”
socialistworld.net, Tuesday 20 May 2008
Sri Lanka: Elections in the teeth of violence.
The Provincial Council election in the East will enter history as one of the most rigged elections in Sri Lanka.
Siritunga Jayasuriya, secretary United Socialist Party, cwi Sri Lanka, Tuesday 20 May 2008
Northern Ireland : Hunger striking airport worker in critical condition
Press release issued by the sacked Belfast airport workers on 19 May 2008
socialistworld.net, Monday 19 May 2008
India: Elections in Karnataka
Campaigning for a new mass workers’ party
New Socialist Alternative, cwi India, Monday 19 May 2008
Northern Ireland: Sacked airport workers recommence protest at Unite union Belfast offices
Urgent protests needed!
socialistworld.net, Friday 16 May 2008
Ireland: Joe Higgins in TV debate on Lisbon Treaty
Former Socialist Party TD (MP) condemns attacks on workers' rights
socialistworld.net, Friday 16 May 2008
Burma: Cyclone disaster
Wealth and privilege put before aid
Keith Dickinson, Socialist Party, England and Wales, Thursday 15 May 2008
Egypt: Protests mark President Mubarak’s birthday
Mass working class action shows way to end authoritarian rule and poverty
Jon Dale, Socialist Party (England and Wales), Wednesday 14 May 2008
Lebanon: Pro-Western government militias routed by Hezbollah-led opposition
New balance of forces in Lebanon – US imperialism threatens intervention
By a CWI reporter, Beirut, Wednesday 13 May 2008
China: Earthquake’s toll of death and destruction rising
Over 12,000 dead and 19,000 buried
Chen Lizhi and Vincent Kolo, Tuesday 13 May 2008
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