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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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 Europesee also: Website of Paul Murphy,
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Ireland) |
|  26/10/2011, "Six pack" rules institutionalise austerity across the EU
Paul Murphy MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)
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|  22/10/2011, Eurozone crisis deepens
Robert Bechert, CWI
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|  05/08/2011, US recovery strangled and European debt crisis deepening
Per Olsson (RS)
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|  02/08/2011, The CWI School, which took place in Leuven, Belgium between 24 and 29
July, was opened by Peter Taaffe of the CWI’s International Secretariat
on ‘Europe in turmoil, the youth revolt and the current stage of the
class struggle’.
Kevin Parslow, Socialist
Party (CWI England & Wales)
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|  15/06/2011, “Turn 21 June into a day of mass protests and strikes”
By Paul Murphy, Socialist Party MEP, and 11 other members of the
European United Left / Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) in the European
Parliament
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|  09/06/2011, New ’International Socialist Resistance’ blog launched
International Socialist Resistance (ISR)
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|  09/06/2011, Paul Murphy argues for organised resistance on and around 15 June
against the anti-worker austerity packages all over Europe
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist
Party (CWI Ireland)
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|  04/06/2011, European Union wants to increase its military might
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)
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|  19/05/2011, The Greek bailout implemented last year has not worked. Greece,
moreover, is far from being an isolated case.
Editorial of the Socialist, paper of the Socialist
Party (CWI England & Wales)
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|  07/05/2011, A “silent revolution” is underway in the European Union according to
Commission President Barosso. This counter-revolution of “economic
governance” involves a further diminution of democracy in order to
facilitate the imposition of a European “shock doctrine”.
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)
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|  14/04/2011, Thesis of the European bureau of the CWI
International Secretariat of the CWI
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|  20/01/2011, Joe Higgins challenges Commission President, José Barosso, over EU/IMF
"bailout"
Joe Higgins, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)
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|  31/12/2010, "For nearly a decade, economic collapse, worse in many countries than
the depression of the thirties, with its associated crime waves,
corruption and social degeneration devastated the region."
Document No. 6, CWI World Congress
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|  23/12/2010, Millions involved in general strikes and demonstrations; deeply
unpopular, often hated, governments - Europe is witnessing the re-entry
of the working class and youth into struggle on a mighty scale.
Document No. 5, CWI World Congress
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Further articles on 'Europe':- 19/12/2010: Ireland / EU: Opposition to eurozone crisis mechanism!
Joe Higgins, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 19/12/2010: OSCE Summit: Hypocrisy of world “leaders”
Joe Higgins, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 03/12/2010: Europe: Joe Higgins challenges ECB President
Joe Higgins, MEP, Socialist
Party (CWI Ireland) speaking in the European Parliament - 13/11/2010: EU / India: Exploitation through free trade
Joe Higgins, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 11/11/2010: Ireland and the EU: Fear and loathing in Brussels and Dublin…
Joe Higgins, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 24/10/2010: Human rights: Hypocrisy of EU Commission
Joe Higgins, MEP Socialist
Party (CWI Ireland) - 27/09/2010: Europe / Ireland: 29/9 - Unions call European day of protest
Michael O’Brien, Socialist
Party (CWI Ireland) - 27/09/2010: Europe / Pakistan: Joe Higgins condemns agreement to facilitate
deportation of immigrants
Joe Higgins, MEP, Socialist
Party (CWI Ireland) - 26/09/2010: Financial system: New arrangements in Europe without real changes
Joe Higgins, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 25/09/2010: EU-China summit: Bigger profits on the backs of Chinese workers
Joe Higgins, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 10/09/2010: European Day of action: Statement of Left MEPs from GUE/NGL on 29/9
Statement of Left MEPs - 24/08/2010: 29 September: Europe braced for working class action across borders
CWI statement - 27/07/2010: Northern Ireland: Riots expose reality of sectarianism
Ciaran Mulholland, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 15/07/2010: The EU Project: Is it doomed?
Paul Murphy, Socialist Party
(CWI Ireland) - 14/07/2010: Ireland & the EU: Austerity programmes provoke general strikes and
struggles
Kevin McLoughlin, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 11/07/2010: EU: Joe Higgins MEP questions Spanish Trade Secretary on human rights
and trade agreements
Joe Higgins, Member of European Parliament, Socialist
Party (CWI Ireland) - 30/06/2010: Europe: Week of ‘Protest and Solidarity’ held across Europe
Paul Murphy, Brussels - 15/06/2010: Age of retirement: Joe Higgins MEP challenges the global attack on
pension rights
Joe Higgins, MEP Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), 2 June - 12/06/2010: Netherlands: Elections see gains for cuts-making Liberals and far-right
Geert Wilders
Pieter Brans, Offensief (CWI supporters in Netherlands), Amsterdam - 09/06/2010: Crisis: Joe Higgins MEP interviewed on the socialist solution to the
crisis
Video with Joe Higgins - 07/06/2010: Ireland: Will Ireland follow Greece?
Kevin McLoughlin, from June 2010 issue of The Socialist (paper of the
Socialist Party, CWI Ireland) - 01/06/2010: Israel/Palestine:“An act of piracy in international waters"
CWI Reporters, Brussels - 26/05/2010: Europe: The European Union’s spiral of crisis
Robert Bechert, CWI, from June 2010 issue of Socialism
Today, the monthly journal of the Socialist Party (CWI England and
Wales) - 21/05/2010: Slovenia: Students smash parliament buildings in anger at government’s
attacks
CWI - 13/05/2010: Europe: Initiative for a "Week of Protest & Solidarity"
Left MEPs from GUE/NGL - 13/05/2010: Europe: Proposal for European-wide protest 21 - 26 June
CWI - 09/05/2010: Europe: Workers’ unity needed to fight attacks on workers
Joe Higgins, Member of the European Parliament, Socialist Party (CWI
Ireland) - 09/05/2010: "Europe 2020": Fight back against neo-liberal strategy
Joe Higgins, MEP Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) - 06/05/2010: Eurozone hit by debt crises: Turmoil reveals limits of European
integration
The Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 30/04/2010: Europe: Workers’ unity across Europe to resist the attacks! "We will not
pay for the bosses’ crisis"!
Statement of GUE/NGL (United Left) MEPs in solidarity with Greek and all
European workers - 29/04/2010: Europe: Capitalist austerity must be met with workers’ action!
CWI joint declaration - 26/04/2010: Europe: A continent of capitalist crisis
Danny Byrne, CWI - 24/04/2010: Europe: Icelandic volcanic eruption causes huge travel chaos
Rob Jones, CWI - 19/04/2010: Europe: Eurozone crisis, capitalist conflicts and class struggles
International Secretariat of the CWI - 19/04/2010: Volcanoes, Chaos and the Case for Socialism
Sonja Grusch, Austria - 29/03/2010: Capitalist crisis: Neo-colonial world hit hardest
Joe Higgins, MEP - 12/03/2010: World Trade: Higgins condemns use of trade agreements to dominate poor
countries
Joe Higgins speaking in the European Parliament - 11/03/2010: Education in Europe: 10 years of the ‘Bologna Process’
Tilman Ruster, SLP (CWI Austria) - 09/03/2010: Europe: Building action across the continent
Editorial of "The
Socialist" - 19/02/2010: Europe: Euro tremors
Lynn Walsh, from March 2010 edition of Socialism Today, magazine of the
Socialism Today - 11/02/2010: Europe: Joe Higgins (CWI) opposes new neo-liberal European commission
Socialistworld.net - 19/01/2010: Video: Joe Higgins MEP questions Karel de Gucht on EU trade policies
Video with Joe Higgins, MEP
2009: 2008: 2007: 2005: 2004: - 10/12/2004: European Union: "Speed up the Lisbon Agenda"
Per-Åke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (cwi Sweden) - 28/10/2004: European Union: No light at the end of the tunnel
Per-Åke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (cwi Sweden) - 20/10/2004: european social forum: Capitalism condemned - but where’s the
alternative?
Jim Horton, Socialist Party, England and Wales (cwi) - 20/10/2004: european social forum: cwi pictures
- 15/10/2004: european social forum: ’Social Europe’ - just another form of capitalism
Karl Debbaut, cwi - 14/10/2004: european social forum: A socialist guide to the ESF
Judy Beishon, Socialist Party, England and Wales - 18/06/2004: Europe: Euro elections - ’Kicked in the ballot box’
Karl Debbaut, CWI. - 28/04/2004: EU enlargement in Central Europe: No mood to party
Karl Debbaut, cwi - 07/04/2004: European Union: "Counter-terrorism" will not stop terrorism, but
threatens democratic rights
Per-Åke Westerlund, Sweden - 24/03/2004: Europe: European Union’s neo-liberal ’Lisbon agenda’
Per-Ake Westerlund, cwi, Sweden - 08/03/2004: Europe: European Greens unite - but are they a radical alternative?
Tim Lessells, Socialist Party, England and Wales
2003: 2002: - 20/12/2002: Europe: Protests agains EU and rasism
Per Olsson, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna, Sweden. 18 December 18, 2002 - 14/12/2002: Europe: Copenhagen summit
Per Olsson, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna, Sweden
This article
was printed in Offensiv, socialist weekly of Rättvisepartiet
Socialisterna in Sweden, on 12th December 2002 - 13/11/2002: Europe: European Social Forum
Christine Thomas, from The Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party,
England and Wales section of the CWI. - 18/09/2002: Europe: European social forum - A socialist world is possible
Judy Beishon, from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party,
England and Wales section of the CWI - 03/06/2002: Europe: Character of the far right threat
- 27/04/2002: Europe: Is Europe moving to the right?
By Robert Bechert, 27 April 2002
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