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Australia
Qantas management tries to lockout workers

01/11/2011: Most vicious attack on unions in 13 years

  Australia

World Economy
Just 147 companies control 40% of global wealth

01/11/2011: Study finds 1% of corporations control world economy

  World Economy

India
Maruti Suzuki strike ends

31/10/2011: But battles still to wage

  India

US
Which way forward for the ’Occupy’ movement

31/10/2011: What should the next step be for the ’Occupy’ movement

  US

Australia
The one sided mining boom

30/10/2011: Review of “Too much luck” by Paul Cleary

  Australia, Review

Tunisia
Ennahda’s breakthrough brings major change in political landscape

28/10/2011: Election ‘success story’ masks growing anger from below

  Tunisia

 Australia/Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan government under fire as President visits Australia

27/10/2011: Siritunga Jayasuriya, secretary of the United Socialist Party (CWI) Sri Lanka, has made a stinging public attack on the regime of Mahinda Rajapaksa while in Australia at the same time as the president.

  Audio, Australia, Sri Lanka

 Kazakhstan
Armed attack on journalists covering oil workers’ dispute

27/10/2011: Condemn brutal attack on media freedom, Solidarity needed!

  Kazakhstan, Solidarity

Belgium
Nationalise the steel sector under workers’ control!

26/10/2011: ArcelorMittal wants to close ‘liquid’ steelproduction in Liège. Workers resist, unions call for nationalisation.

  Belgium

 USA
Urgent #OccupySeattle solidarity appeal

26/10/2011: Let #OccupySeattle stay at Seattle Central Community College!

  Solidarity, US

 Europe
EU Austerity laws passed

26/10/2011: "Six pack" rules institutionalise austerity across the EU

  Europe, Video

Belgium
10,000 youth protest on 15 october in Brussels

25/10/2011: Clear opening for radical ideas developing

  Belgium

Libya
Gaddafi Dead - What now?

25/10/2011: Independent action by Libyan workers, youth and poor vital to prevent revolution’s derailment

  Libya

Austria
Metal Workers’ wage agreement

24/10/2011: Strike action wins concessions - but 4.2% is not enough!

  Austria

Malaysia
Effects of global crisis felt in Asia

24/10/2011: Malaysian economy enters difficult period

  Asia, Malaysia

Eurozone
Lost in Euroland

22/10/2011: Eurozone crisis deepens

  Europe, World Economy

Greece
48-hour general strike sees biggest workers’ protests in decades

21/10/2011: All out occupations and strikes! Kick out the Pasok cuts government! For a revolutionary government of the workers and poor!

  Greece

Australia
‘Occupy Melbourne’ savaged by riot police

21/10/2011: Brutal assault as protesters hold their ground and block city streets

  Australia

 India
Suzuki workers occupy factory

20/10/2011: Thousands take solidarity action

  Solidarity

Italy
Huge demonstration of “Enraged” in Rome

20/10/2011: Violence of a few used to try and curb growing opposition

  Italy

Taiwan
“Smash capitalism” echoes inside biggest skyscraper

19/10/2011: CWI Taiwan members make media splash

  Taiwan

US
Mass Occupation Defeats Seattle Mayor and Police

18/10/2011: Big Victory for Occupy Wall Street Movement

  US

Sweden
Occupy Stockholm and Gothenburg

18/10/2011: Anti-racist demo in Malmö

  Sweden

Lebanon
General Labour Confederation leaders sell out workers

17/10/2011: Build for 19 October ‘independent’ unions’ strike!

  Lebanon

Austria
Metal Workers strike for wage increase of 5.5%

15/10/2011: Austrian working class gives impressive sign of life

  Austria

Greece
Brutal cuts provokes new wave of workers’ struggles

15/10/2011: Strikes must be democratically controlled by rank and file

  Greece

Sri Lanka
United Socialist Party holds successful congress

15/10/2011: “Difficult times - yet we are defiant and determined!”

  Sri Lanka

 15 October
The day of inter-continental resistance

15/10/2011: Break the power of the banks and multinationals! Fight capitalism – for a socialist alternative to the failed profit-driven system!

  CWI

 Columbia
Grilling Commissioner De Gucht on murders of trade unionists

15/10/2011: EU Commissioner For Trade questioned for trade deal with Columbia despite continuing murder of trade union activists

  Columbia, Video

Sri Lanka
Rajapaksa government buys its supporters

14/10/2011: British Defence Secretary Fox in trouble

  Sri Lanka

US
#OccupySeattle calls for “The Night of 500 Tents”

13/10/2011: 600 to 800 students joined student strikes

  US

Australia

Socialist PartyCWI in Australia: Socialist Party
Socialist Party, PO Box 1015, Collingwood, Victoria 3066, email
http://www.socialistpartyaustralia.org

Australia: Qantas management tries to lockout workers

01/11/2011, Most vicious attack on unions in 13 years
Kirk Leonard, Socialist Party (CWI in Australia)

Australia: The one sided mining boom

30/10/2011, Review of “Too much luck” by Paul Cleary
By Stephen Jolly, Socialist Party (CWI in Australia)

Australia/Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan government under fire as President visits Australia

27/10/2011, Siritunga Jayasuriya, secretary of the United Socialist Party (CWI) Sri Lanka, has made a stinging public attack on the regime of Mahinda Rajapaksa while in Australia at the same time as the president.
CWI Reporters

Australia: ‘Occupy Melbourne’ savaged by riot police

21/10/2011, Brutal assault as protesters hold their ground and block city streets
Kirk Leonard, Socialist Party (CWI in Australia)

Australia: Failed ‘welfare quarantine’ measures to be extended

29/09/2011, Attacks first tested on Aboriginal population now implemented on all
By Socialist Party Reporters (CWI in Australia)

Australia: Coalition attacks public sector workers in New South Wales

19/08/2011, Premier of New South Wales (NSW) want to "take on" public sector
Socialist Party (CWI Australia)

Australia: 2011 Socialist Party Conference a success

12/06/2011, The weekend of May 6/7/8 saw members of the Socialist Party from all around Australia gather at Trades Hall in Melbourne for the annual National Conference.
David Elliott, Socialist Party (CWI Australia), Melbourne

Australia: Profit system worsens Queensland floods

22/02/2011, Prime Minister Gillard: “Tough choices” making working people pay for the clean up
Socialist Party (CWI Australia)

Australia: Ruling Labor Party punished at Victorian State election

06/12/2010, Big increased vote for Socialist Party candidate, Stephen Jolly
By Socialist Party (CWI Australia) reporters, Melbourne

Australia: Reject the major parties in Victorian state election

07/11/2010, Victorians go to the polls on November 27. The Socialist Party is standing long time community campaigner and local Councillor Stephen Jolly in the seat of Richmond.
Socialist Party (CWI Australia)

Australia: New crises, contradictions, political conflicts and struggles

24/10/2010, 2010 Socialist Party National Conference resolution
Socialist Party (CWI Australia)

Australia: Northern Territory Intervention - 3 years of hell for Indigenous people

07/10/2010, The horrific living conditions faced by many Indigenous people are a blight on Australian capitalism.
ByCorey Snoek, Socialist Party (CWI Australia)

Australia: Privatisation contributes to bushfire disaster

02/10/2010, It’s been 18 months since Victoria was rocked by the Black Saturday bushfires which left over 150 people dead and thousands of homes destroyed. But despite government commitments to improve firefighting facilities, serious questions remain over whether the state is prepared for another scorching summer.
Andrew Grant, Socialist Party (CWI Australia)

Western Australia: Bosses threaten workers with massive fines

25/09/2010, Construction unions have taken a step back from the action fearing fines - dispute was initiated by the workers themselves.
David Suter, Perth, Socialist Party (CWI Australia)

Australia: Victorian State Election - We need a fighter on Spring Street

21/09/2010, The Socialist Party (CWI Australia) has preselected Stephen Jolly to stand for the seat of Richmond in the Victorian State elections on November 27.
Socialist Party (CWI Australia)

Australia: Victorian ETU ditches Labor

20/09/2010, The recent disaffiliation from the ALP of the Victorian branch of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) is the most significant example so far of the tensions between the modern Labor Party and the more dynamic sections of the trade union movement.
Socialist Party (CWI Australia)

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