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 Eurozone Crisis
Un-elected banker set to be new Greek Prime Minister

12/11/2011: Tony Saunois, CWI Secretary, interviewed on Al Jazeera

  Europe, Greece, Video

Breaking News
Paul Murphy MEP and other activists released; on flight home

11/11/2011: Gaza Flotilla activists abducted in international waters and illegally held for 7 days by the Israeli state

  Ireland Republic, Israel / Palestine

 Britain
Hundreds rally for socialism at successful ‘Socialism 2011’ event

11/11/2011: “Clarity of ideas, visionary strategy, combined with an astute tactical appreciation of the critical need to raise the mass consciousness of the working class.”

  Britain, Video

South Africa
Assembly for working class unity held in Johannesburg

11/11/2011: “A journey of a thousand miles begins”

  South Africa

Italy
Berlusconi announces resignation

10/11/2011: Debt crisis hits Eurozone’s third largest economy

  Italy

 Gaza Flotilla
Joe Higgins demands Israeli ambassador’s expulsion

10/11/2011: Government ministers "have not uttered a single word of protest in public in response to this outrage"

  Ireland Republic, Israel / Palestine, Video

 Gaza Flotilla
Irish activists re-imprisoned just before flight home

10/11/2011: Activists face “harassment, humiliating body searches, being shackled”

  Israel / Palestine, Solidarity

 Gaza Solidarity Flotilla
EU Parliament President calls on Israel to free Paul Murphy

09/11/2011: Breaking News: 7 detainees to be "released" tomorrow, followed by Paul Murphy MEP on Friday

  Israel / Palestine, Solidarity

 Kazakhstan
Opposition activist Ainur Kurmanov addresses Socialist Party rally in London

09/11/2011: Hundreds sign protest condemning Nazarbayev dictatorship and demanding democratic rights

  Kazakhstan, Video

 Solidarity Needed
Paul Murphy MEP still in jail

08/11/2011: Israeli authorities delay deportation, continue imprisonment

  Israel / Palestine, Solidarity

Greece
Prime Minister George Papandreou forced out of office

08/11/2011: New ’National unity’ government = ‘austerity coalition’

  Greece

World Economy
Wealthiest man in history alive today

08/11/2011: Rich hoard wealth - Fight for a socialist future!

  World Economy

Britain
Jarrow Marchers march into history

08/11/2011: And vow that the struggle goes on

  Britain

 US
Another victory for ’Occupy Seattle’

08/11/2011: Tents back up in Seattle as the Occupy Wall Street movement scores another big victory

  US, Video

 Gaza Solidarity Flotilla
Detainees ill-treated in Israeli jail

07/11/2011: Demand the immediate release of all the detainees now!

  Israel / Palestine, Solidarity

US
New peak of occupy movement with protests in Oakland

05/11/2011: "Follow Oakland’s example: For mass actions to fight against cuts and foreclosures"

  US

Greece
Referendum proposal sends markets into turmoil

04/11/2011: For a socialist, internationalist solution

  Greece

 Breaking News
Socialist Party MEP Paul Murphy detained by Israeli Army

04/11/2011: Flotillas blocked and activists detained – Send protests urgently!

  Israel / Palestine, Solidarity

 Ireland
Joe Higgins TD lambasts government austerity policy

04/11/2011: Government’s policies will plunge society into Greek style crisis

  Ireland Republic, Video

Brazil
Left union opposition advances in the fight for the leadership of SINTAEMA

04/11/2011: A list of opposition activists led by the LSR (CWI in Brazil) will contest the second round of elections for the leadership of the largest union of sanitation workers in Latin America.

  Brazil

Finland
Successfull CWI speaking tour

03/11/2011: Left Alliance joins Conservative led government – Time to build radical, left alternative!

  Finland

 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

Committee for a Workers’ International

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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 leaflet

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)

CWI Summer School: China on the verge of social explosion

05/08/2011, Inner-party struggles as repression tightened
Sean Figg, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

CWI Summer School: Economic, social and political crisis maturing together in Europe

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)

CWI Summer School: Greece in turmoil

31/07/2011, Lessons of the Movement of the ’Enraged’
Snead Daly, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI)

CWI Summer School: World capitalist crisis

29/07/2011, The economy and inter-imperialist relations
Alison Hill, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)

CWI Summer School: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in North Africa and Middle East

27/07/2011, Report of plenary discussion
David Johnson, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)

May Day 2011: Revolution in the Middle East and Mahgreb – workers’ struggle around the globe

30/04/2011, Fighting to end capitalism and its crisis, the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) sends warm May Day greetings to workers, youth and the oppressed around the globe.
CWI statement

US: Right wing commentator Glenn Beck attacks unions and CWI

09/04/2011, Rant reflects establishment concerns at rise of class struggles
Ramy Khalil, Socialist Alternative (CWI supporters in the US)

Ireland / European Parliament: Paul Murphy to replace Joe Higgins as Socialist Party MEP

25/03/2011, Long-time Socialist Party activist and organiser, Paul Murphy (27), will be replacing Joe Higgins as the Socialist Party MEP for Dublin, following Joe’s succesful election to the Dail along with Clare Daly.
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

CWI: Peter Hadden’s writings online at Marxist Internet Archive

08/01/2011, Socialist writings on Ireland and the national question
Socialistworld.net

CWI World Congress: Building the socialist movement around the world

25/12/2010, Report of discussion on Building the CWI from the 10th World Congress of the Committee for a Workers’ International.
Ty Moore, Socialist Alternative (CWI in USA)

CWI 10th World Congress: Precarious growth and crisis in Latin America

24/12/2010, Steps forward in building the forces of the CWI
CWI reporters

10th CWI World Congress: Europe - Starkly changed economic, social and political landscape

13/12/2010, Report of discussion on Europe at the 10th world congress of the CWI
Robin Clapp, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales) Congress delegation

CWI 10th World Congress: World relations - ‘All is changed, changed utterly’

09/12/2010, Report of discussion on World Relations at the 10th world congress of the CWI
Sarah Sachs-Eldridge, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales) Congress delegation

Britain: Socialism 2010 - Sessions packed to overflowing

12/11/2010, Socialism 2010, hosted by the Socialist Party during the weekend 6-7 November, was attended by over 900 people.
Hannah Sell, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) deputy general secretary

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