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 Gaza
Socialist MEP Paul Murphy once more en route to break the blockade

02/11/2011: Breaking News: New freedom flotilla enters international waters

  Audio, Israel / Palestine

US
Strike Action Organized in Oakland to Defend Occupy Movement

02/11/2011: Occupiers’ call for a “general strike” finds positive echo in labor movement

  US

Ireland
Excellent performance by the Socialist Party in Dublin parliamentary by-election

02/11/2011: Labour had a good day in Presidential and by-election polls but it’s all down hill from here

  Ireland Republic

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

Latin America

CWI 10th World Congress: Latin America

29/12/2010, "With the second centenary of national political independence being “celebrated” in various Latin American countries, the impasse for the political alternatives that have developed in the last period, like “Chavismo” and “Castroismo”, the region is at a decisive conjuncture."
Document No. 4, CWI World Congress

Jamaica:Armed forces storm impoverished Kingston neighbourhood

03/06/2010, Working people need own movement to overcome gangsterism, state repression and capitalism
Dave Carr, from 3-9 June 2010 issue of The Socialist, newspaper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)

‘Che Guevara – symbol of struggle’

16/04/2010, New foreword to Chinese edition to be published in June 2010 | China, Maoism, Nepal and India.
Tony Saunois, CWI

Latin America: Enthusiastic and successful CWI Latin America school

10/02/2010, Confident meeting reflects growth of CWI in the region
Tony Saunois, CWI, reports from Sao Paulo, Brazil

Latin America: Final day of CWI Latin America school

02/03/2009, Vital preparation for struggles ahead
Jesse Lessinger, Socialist Alternative (CWI in the US)

CWI Latin American School: The Importance of Indigenous movements in Latin America

23/02/2009, Report from school’s final day
CWI reporter

CWI Latin American school: Bolivia and Venezuela

18/02/2009, Where are they going?
Sascha Stanicic, CWI, reporting from Brazil

Latin America: CWI School - Sunday report

18/02/2009, Discussions on capitalist oppression and the socialist alternative
Nikos Anastasiadis, CWI, reporting from Brazil

Latin America: 2nd CWI Latin American school

17/02/2009, Building the forces of Marxism in a new period
Pablo Alderete reports from Brazil

Latin America: Peter Taaffe speaks on ‘Latin America in Revolt’

11/03/2008, Video from Socialist Party Wales conference
socialistworld.net

Chile and Brazil: Class struggles intensify in continent’s strongest economies

07/03/2008, The workers’ movement and building powerful mass struggle parties
Report from CWI Latin America Summer School

Latin America: Valuable discussions at CWI Summer School

19/02/2008, A new stage in development of socialist forces on the continent
Johannes Ullrich, CWI Germany, Sao Paulo

Latin America: CWI school in Brazil opens with successful rally

15/02/2008, 70 people attend first meeting of event in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Karl Debbaut, CWI, Sao Paulo

Che Guevara anniversary: Latin America - Marxism or Guerrillaism?

09/10/2007, 1968 article reprint, with new introduction
Peter Taaffe

Latin America in revolt: The 21st century will be one of socialism.

05/10/2007, New introduction to Brazilian edition of Marxism in Today’s World
Peter Taaffe, General Secretary, Socialist Party, England and Wales

Latin America: The border conflict between the Peruvian and Chilean "Patriots"

21/08/2007, The Peruvian and Chilean ruling elites have whipped up a border dispute in an attempt to try and divert the attention of the working class in both countries from problems they face in their own countries.
Celso Calfullan, Socialismo Revolucionario (CIT Chile), Santiago

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