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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

Spain

Socialismo RevolucionarioCWI in Spain: Socialismo Revolucionario
socialismorevolucionario@rocketmail.com,
http://srev.blogspot.com/

Spain/Portugal: Millions of ‘Indignados’ take to the streets on ‘15-O’

17/10/2011, Build the mass resistance to austerity!
Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI Spain) and Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI Portugal) Reporters

Spain: Elections 2011 – how can workers and youth have a voice?

08/09/2011, For an alternative to the rotten capitalist consensus!
R.mac, Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain), Barcelona

CWI Summer School: The Spanish Revolution and the lessons for today

09/08/2011, A rally was held during the CWI summer school to mark the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of civil war in Spain and to commemorate the heroic Spanish revolution.
Eddie McCabe and Laura Fitzgerald, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

Spanish Revolution 75th anniversary. Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory

22/07/2011, This week is the 75th anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil War, on 18 July 18. We mark this hugely important event in world history with an article first published on socialistworld.net in 2009.
Hannah Sell, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)

Spain: The 15M movement, trade unions and the left

06/07/2011, Movement an electric shock to political life
R.Mac, Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain) Barcelona

Spain: New explosion of 15-M movement on 19 June

21/06/2011, Step up the fight for a general strike!
Danny Byrne, CWI

Spain: The movement is not dead!

16/06/2011, MPs forced to enter Catalan parliament in helicopters
Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain) reporters, Barcelona

Spain: Police repression against protestors in Valencia

10/06/2011, Movement will not be broken by brute force!
Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain) reporters

Spain: 15-M movement opens gates to new stage of struggle

06/06/2011, What organisation, strategy and politics does the situation demand?
Danny Byrne, CWI

Spain: Repression overcome in Barcelona

29/05/2011, Heroic re-taking of Plaza de Catalunya shows movements continued vitality
Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain) reporters, Barcelona

Spain: Spanish riot police moving against protesters

27/05/2011, Video of police brutally clearing square in Barcelona
Paul Murphy, MEP

Spain: Youth revolt shakes political elite

24/05/2011, Indignados are a new factor in Spanish politics
John Hird, Socialismo Revolucionario, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque country

Spain: This is what democracy looks like!

23/05/2011, Elections take place amid youth revolt
CWI reporters, Spain

Spain: Youth movement spreading

20/05/2011, “I do not want to be a slave to this system”
[to watch a live stream from Puerta del Sol go to SOL TV]
CWI reporters, Spain

Spain: Youth protesters’ ‘Tahrir Square’ occupation

19/05/2011, “May 15 movement” holds country-wide demonstrations
CWI reporters, Spain

Spain: Ruling parties and federal government hammered in Catalan elections

17/12/2010, Conservative nationalists victory follows defeat of “left” tripartite
R. Mac, Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain), Barcelona

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