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01/11/2011: Most vicious attack on unions in 13 years
01/11/2011: Study finds 1% of corporations control world economy
31/10/2011: But battles still to wage
31/10/2011: What should the next step be for the ’Occupy’ movement
30/10/2011: Review of “Too much luck” by Paul Cleary
29/10/2011: New laws to repress social protest
28/10/2011: Election ‘success story’ masks growing anger from below
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.
27/10/2011: Condemn brutal attack on media freedom, Solidarity needed!
26/10/2011: ArcelorMittal wants to close ‘liquid’ steelproduction in Liège. Workers
resist, unions call for nationalisation.
26/10/2011: Let #OccupySeattle stay at Seattle Central Community College!
26/10/2011: "Six pack" rules institutionalise austerity across the EU
25/10/2011: Clear opening for radical ideas developing
25/10/2011: Independent action by Libyan workers, youth and poor vital to prevent
revolution’s derailment
24/10/2011: Strike action wins concessions - but 4.2% is not enough!
24/10/2011: Malaysian economy enters difficult period
22/10/2011: Eurozone crisis deepens
21/10/2011: All out occupations and strikes! Kick out the Pasok cuts government! For
a revolutionary government of the workers and poor!
21/10/2011: Brutal assault as protesters hold their ground and block city streets
20/10/2011: Thousands take solidarity action
20/10/2011: Stop state brutality in Kazakhstan!
20/10/2011: Violence of a few used to try and curb growing opposition
19/10/2011: CWI Taiwan members make media splash
18/10/2011: Big Victory for Occupy Wall Street Movement
18/10/2011: Anti-racist demo in Malmö
18/10/2011: Preparing for the showdown
17/10/2011: Build the mass resistance to austerity!
17/10/2011: Build for 19 October ‘independent’ unions’ strike!
15/10/2011: Austrian working class gives impressive sign of life
15/10/2011: Strikes must be democratically controlled by rank and file
15/10/2011: “Difficult times - yet we are defiant and determined!”
15/10/2011: Break the power of the banks and multinationals! Fight capitalism – for
a socialist alternative to the failed profit-driven system!
15/10/2011: EU Commissioner For Trade questioned for trade deal with Columbia
despite continuing murder of trade union activists
14/10/2011: British Defence Secretary Fox in trouble
13/10/2011: 600 to 800 students joined student strikes
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 Youth in revoltYoung people have been among the hardest hit by the capitalist crisis,
with an uncertain future, mass unemployment and massive attacks on
eductaion all that the system can offer. However, young people have also
been to the forefront in fighting back in a number of countries. The CWI
fights to organise workers and young people in a united struggle and makes
the case for a socialist world - the only solution capable of guaranteeing
a decent future for all. |
|  23/06/2011, 18th annual Youth Against Racism in Europe (YRE) Greek camp
International Socialist Resistance (ISR) reporters
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|  11/06/2011, The significance of the student movement
Ben Robinson, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)
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|  09/06/2011, New ’International Socialist Resistance’ blog launched
International Socialist Resistance (ISR)
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|  06/06/2011, What organisation, strategy and politics does the situation demand?
Danny Byrne, CWI
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|  02/06/2011, Rome, Turin, Naples, Milan, Reggio Emilia, Padova, Palermo, Brescia,
Trieste, Venice, Cagliari, Viareggio, Pavia, Florence, Sassari, Verona,
Lecce, Bologna, Pisa – this is a rough list of the major cities where
the “Italian revolution” movement - “Real democracy now” - is organising
and coordinating public meetings at present.
CWI reporters, Italy
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|  02/06/2011, Since Wednesday 25 May the central squares in Athens and other Greek
cities have been occupied by protesters.
Andros Payiatsos, from Xekinima (CWI in Greece)
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|  24/05/2011, Indignados are a new factor in Spanish politics
John Hird, Socialismo Revolucionario, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque country
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|  19/05/2011, “May 15 movement” holds country-wide demonstrations
CWI reporters, Spain
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|  04/05/2011, President Saleh refused to attend ceremony in Saudi Arabia
Per-Åke Westerlund, CWI Sweden
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|  14/12/2010, On Thursday 9 December, while parliament debated the Con-Dem coalition
government’s plan to treble university tuition fees, a fourth day of
angry protest took place across the country.
Socialist Party (CWI England
& Wales)
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|  13/12/2010, A united movement with the working class is the way forward!
Controcorrente (CWI in Italy) reporters
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|  02/12/2010, Dundee students, from the universities, local colleges and schools took
part in protests across the city on November 24 as part of the national
walk outs and protests.
Matt Dobson, Socialist
Party Scotland
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|  17/11/2010, Interview with 3 protesters involved in occupying Tory HQ
From the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)
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Further articles on 'Youth in revolt':- 15/11/2010: Britain: Video of student demo
Video by the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales) - 11/11/2010: Student protest in Britain: ‘This is just the beginning’
Socialist Party (CWI England
& Wales) - 11/11/2010: Britain: More than 50,000 protest against education cuts
Claire Laker-Mansfield, Socialist Students National Organiser, first
pulished on socialiststudents.org.uk - 29/10/2010: France: “A lot of youth and workers hope that the mobilisation will have
a new upturn”
socialistworld.net - 19/09/2010: Britain: Youth must fight for a future!
Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 15/09/2010: Britain: Paying a higher price for higher education
Claire Laker-Mansfield, from Socialism
Today - 10/09/2010: Youth in Britain: Our future under attack
Suraj Shah and Ben Robinson, Youth
Fight for Jobs - 24/08/2010: Britain: Student demo should be start of the fightback
Claire Laker-Mansfield, Socialist
Students national organiser, from the Socialist, paper of the Socialist
Party (CWI England & Wales) - 05/08/2010: Britain: Youth and students - organise to fight for a future
Matt Dobson, Socialist Party
(CWI England & Wales) - 05/07/2010: Hong Kong: Youth protest for HK$33 minimum wage
Chinaworker.info - 10/06/2010: Germany: Mass Strikes for Education
Michael Koschitzki, SAV - CWI Germany - 31/05/2010: Britain: Young people - organise to fight the cuts
From The
Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 28/05/2010: Puerto Rico: Students and workers fight austerity cuts
Matt Dobson, Socialist Students England & Wales, national organiser - 16/05/2010: South Africa: Free education proposals
by Liv Shange - 11/03/2010: Education in Europe: 10 years of the ‘Bologna Process’
Tilman Ruster, SLP (CWI Austria) - 20/02/2010: US: Fighting to protect education and public services
By Philip Locker, Socialist Alternative (CWI in the US)
2009: - 12/11/2009: Youth in Revolt: Fightback spreads in Germany
SAV reporters (CWI in Germany) - 06/11/2009: Austria: University and school students, kindergarden workers and metal
workers protest in joint day of action
Laura Rafetseder, SLP (CWI in Austria) - 30/10/2009: Austria: Universities occupied, 50,000 students on the streets
Laura Rafetseder, SLP (CWI in Austria) - 20/05/2009: China: Thousands of college students in Nanjing city clash with police
From chinaworker.info - 30/04/2009: Austria: 60,000 school students strike on 24 April
Laura Rafetseder, Socialist Left Party (CWI in Austria) - 16/04/2009: Austria: Teachers and school students take strike action against attacks
on education
Laura Rafetseder, Sozialistische LinksPartei (CWI in Austria) - 03/04/2009: Britain: Youth march for jobs in London
Socialist Party reporters (CWI in England and Wales) - 30/01/2009: Iceland: Students make their voice heard in Reykjavik
Kristofer Lundberg, Rattvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden) - 20/01/2009: Greece: The ‘December Days’ rising of Greek youth
Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI in Greece)
2008: 2007: 2006: 2005: 2004: 2003: - 17/12/2003: Germany: Thousands of students protest to defend education
Tanja Niemeier, CWI - 17/04/2003: Portugal: Lisbon stops for students
Eurico Cabral, Alternativa Socialista - 24/03/2003: Iraq: Day X - 100,000s of school students strike and march (Britain)
Ken Smith and Hannah Sell, Socialist Party, London - 24/03/2003: Iraq: Day X - 50,000 youth strike against ther war in Hamburg
YAW members, Hamburg - 07/03/2003: Iraq: No to war in Iraq - Toronto students walk-out
Andrew Messing, Socialist Alternative, Toronto - 06/03/2003: Iraq: No to war in Iraq - Britain - School students strike against the
war
ISR members - 26/02/2003: Germany: Youth Against the war organises national day of action
Sascha Stanicic, Sozialistische Alternative, Berlin - 09/02/2003: Iraq: No to war - Britain - Youth against the war
Clare James - ISR national co-ordinator. - 06/02/2003: Iraq: No to war - Building youth against the war
Socialist Youth, Ireland
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