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Brazil
Support the Plinio de Arruda Sampaio campaign!

02/09/2010: A socialist candidate for the Brazilian presidential elections

Nigeria
Goodluck Jonathan Presidency

02/09/2010: Can Nigeria experience positive development and improved living conditions?

South Africa
Public sector struggle continues

01/09/2010: Say no to job cuts and poverty wages!

Britain
ConDem government plans to slash council services

01/09/2010: Do local councillors have ‘no choice’? – Lessons from 1980s Liverpool Council struggle

Reviews
Living Dolls - The Return of Sexism By Natasha Walter

01/09/2010: On the CWI’s sections’ websites reviews were published on "The Return fo Sexism" by Natasha Walter:
· Laura Fitzgerald, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland
· Jacinta Chavulak, Socialist Party (CWI Australia)
· Christine Thomas, ControCorrente (CWI Italy) published in Socialism Today

Poland
30th anniversary of Solidarnosc

31/08/2010: The celebrations of the 30th anniversary of Solidarity take place against the background of attacks and an unprecedented media campaign against today’s trade unions and workers.

Russia
President Medvedev suspends Khimkinskii motorway construction

31/08/2010: Struggle must continue to save environment and to win democratic rights!

South Africa
Public Sector workers shut down city centres in day of marches

31/08/2010: Massive turn-out on ninth day of strike

Scotland
SNP relegate independence in wake of economic crisis

31/08/2010: SNP are putting independence on the backburner

Theory
Is “human nature” a barrier to socialism?

30/08/2010: Aren’t people motivated by money? Wouldn’t socialism stifle hard work and innovation?

Kazakhstan
Urgent protests needed

29/08/2010: Lawyer attacked and arrested in run-up to Euro MP’s visit

"Charity"
Let them eat cake, not the crumbs off the table ...

29/08/2010: Business and media circles are agog at “the most significant development in philanthropy” for many decades.

US
Stolen Legacy - The Tea Party’s March on Washington

28/08/2010: On August 28, the right-wing populist Tea Party Movement, an assortment of conservative organizations, and Fox News commentator Glenn Beck will descend on Washington, D.C. for the so-called “Restoring the Honor” rally.

US

Australia
Neither big business party given mandate to govern

28/08/2010: The Australian Federal election held on August 21 delivered a hung parliament – the first in 70 years. Neither the Labor Party led by Julia Gillard nor the Coalition led by Tony Abbott won the 76 seats required to form a government. The result is both a reflection of the lack of enthusiasm people have towards the two major parties and a reflection of the uncertain future that faces Australian capitalism.

Australia

Bangladesh
fighting poverty pay

27/08/2010: Strike and protest action in around 4,000 factories

Bangladesh

Pakistan emergency
Women and children most at risk in flood-hit areas

27/08/2010: “Criminal negligence” of government and the super-rich

Pakistan

Northern Ireland
Dissident republicanism Nothing to offer but a return to sectarian killings

27/08/2010: Accordging to the Police Federation of Northern Ireland, dissident republican groups have been responsible for carrying out an average of two attacks a day since the beginning of the year.

Ireland North

Britain
London firefighters balloting for action

27/08/2010: Up to 1,000 firefighters poured into the conference room of TUC headquarters for a mass meeting of the London Fire Brigades Union (FBU) on Tuesday night (24 August).

Britain

Hungary
Saying ‘NO’ to the IMF?

26/08/2010: The Hungarian parliamentary elections in April 2010 secured a landslide victory for the conservative FIDESZ party, with their leader Victor Orbán retaking the Prime Ministerial position that he had held from 1998 to 2002.

Hungary

Chile
Miners found alive!

25/08/2010: The government hid information to the families for hours

Chile

Britain
Protest against brutal attack on Russian activists continue

25/08/2010: London Socialist Party members travelled to Watford (North of London) to deliver a protest letter to the Vinci regional office.

Britain, Solidarity

Pakistan
Thousands of telecom workers on indefinite strike

25/08/2010: Solidarity vital

Pakistan, Solidarity

Russia
“We will not relent in our struggle”!

25/08/2010: Solidarity message from socialist brutally assaulted by thugs

Russia, Solidarity

South Africa
Government threatens right to strike...

24/08/2010: DSM demands: General Strike to support public sector workers

South Africa

29 September
Europe braced for working class action across borders

24/08/2010: Towards a 24 hour all-European general strike!

Europe

Britain
Student demo should be start of the fightback

24/08/2010: With thousands of young people being denied a university place, facing a substandard education, forced into low paid work or left on the scrapheap of unemployment, a nationally organised fightback is essential.

Britain, Youth

Pakistan
Emergency demands massive response

23/08/2010: Workers in Europe donate

Pakistan, Solidarity

France
The decay of Sarkozy’s government

23/08/2010: Racism, corruption, economic crisis and class struggle

France

Theory
New introduction to The Transitional Programme

21/08/2010: Trotsky’s key 1938 work shows rich application of the method of Marxism

CWI, Theory, Trotsky

Anniversary
“The Trotsky conundrum”

20/08/2010: 70 years on from his asasination, is it “Springtime for Trotsky?”

Trotsky

Malaysia
Three day protest by more than 5,000 migrant workers

20/08/2010: Employers bow down to their demands

Malaysia

Solidarity
Protests in Austria, Belgium and Ireland

19/08/2010: Response to brutal attacks on Russian activists

Solidarity

Pakistan
Workers’ solidarity urgently needed

19/08/2010: TWENTY MILLION people affected, over 1,600 dead and thousands face starvation, but the Pakistan government’s lacklustre response and incompetence has made the disaster worse.

Pakistan, Solidarity

Pakistan
More eye-witness accounts reveal humanitarian disaster in aftermath of floods

18/08/2010: Urgent response to solidarity appeal needed!

Pakistan

Britain
Forecasts of fragile economic growth…

18/08/2010: ...amid fears of a double-dip recession

Britain

Israel / Palestine

CWI in Israel: Socialist Struggle Movement
Socialist Struggle Movement, POB 5342, Tel-Aviv-Jaffa, Zip 61053, Phone , ++972 54 818 44 61, email
http://www.maavak.org.il

Solidarity: Protests in Israel and Germany in response to brutal attacks on Russian activists

16/08/2010, More protests needed!
socialistworld.net

Israel / Palestine: Joe Higgins MEP explains his vote on the Gaza flotilla

22/06/2010, At a Plenary Session of the European Parliament, Joe Higgins MEP explains the reason why he abstained on the vote regarding Israel, Palestine and the Gaza flotilla. (17-06-10)
Joe Higgins, MEP Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

Israel / Palestine: “We will not stop protesting against the thuggery of the right"

11/06/2010, Nearly 10,000 Israeli Jews and Palestinians came out to protest in central Tel Aviv on Saturday, against the aftermath of the attack on the aid flotilla, the siege on Gaza, the occupation, and the government of the far right.
Yasha Marmer, Socialist Struggle Movement