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Egypt
Mass rally in Tahrir Square demands end of military junta

26/11/2011: For a real ‘second revolution’! End military rule! Fight capitalism and imperialism!

  Egypt

Tunisia
New government on track

26/11/2011: Is the revolution over?

  Tunisia

 Charges against Georgii Epshtein completely falsified

25/11/2011: Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan demands enquiry.

  Kazakhstan, Solidarity

 Gaza
Final days of Paul Murphy’s Gaza tour

25/11/2011: The reality of life in Gaza

  Israel / Palestine, Video

Britain
Public sector strike on 30 November

25/11/2011: "Make N30 the start of a fight to stop all cuts"

  Britain

Europe
The Markets rule

25/11/2011: "Can there be any doubt but that we are witnessing a full frontal assault on democratic rights by European bondholders, bankers and speculators facilitated by the leadership of the European Union?"

  Europe, World Economy

Eurozone
Into the abyss?

25/11/2011: Fragmentation of the Eurozone could trigger another deep financial crisis and global economic downturn

  Europe, World Economy

 Kazakstan
Judge takes 5 minutes to deprive CWI supporter of 10 days liberty

24/11/2011: Protest this travesty of justice – Demand Georgii Epshtein’s immediate release!

  Kazakhstan, Solidarity

Greece
New upsurge of anti-‘housing tax’ campaign

24/11/2011: Dozens of local councils claim to back households refusing to pay tax

  Greece

 Kazakhstan
Free Georgii Epshtein!

24/11/2011: Urgent support needed

  Kazakhstan, Solidarity

Syria
Eight months of mass protests met with bloody brutality

24/11/2011: United working class-led movement needed for real regime change

  Syria

 Ireland
Broken Labour Party promises

24/11/2011: Joe Higgins puts the Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) to the test over his coalition partner Labour’s pre-election promises

  Ireland Republic, Video

Britain
Murdochgate scandal shows need for democratic and accountable media

24/11/2011: Cameron, the Murdoch empire and the police have been involved in a corrupt attempt to subvert the democratic rights of the British people

  Britain, Media

 Kazakhstan
Solidarity vital as discontent grows

23/11/2011: Ten thousand signatures collected on oil-workers’ petition

  Kazakhstan, Solidarity

Gaza
Day 2 of Paul Murphy’s visit to Gaza

23/11/2011: Densely packed refugee camp and meetings with NGOs

  Israel / Palestine

India
It is the profit system that is guilty, not the rains

23/11/2011: For the past few weeks heavy rains in many parts of Tamil Nadu have once again brought hardship to the people causing damages to roads, bridges and inundating many low lying areas claiming 44 lives and damage to property and crops.

  Environment, India

Egypt
Military rulers “agree to form a national salvation government”

22/11/2011: “Many layers of Egyptian society are protesting”

  Egypt

Spain
Massive defeat for ruling PSOE in elections

22/11/2011: Overall PP majority, but left forces gain and new struggles on horizon

  Spain

Gaza
Paul Murphy MEP arrives in Gaza via Rafah

22/11/2011: Paul Murphy finally reaches Gaza on third attempt

  Israel / Palestine

Australia
Step up the fight against casualisation

22/11/2011: Almost a third of Australian workers are employed in casual jobs. If you include labour hire and short-term contract work, insecure jobs make up 40% of the workforce.

  Australia

Egypt
Protesters and army battle for streets

21/11/2011: Defend the revolution! For mass struggle to overthrow army rule!

  Egypt

Migration
Why refugees seek asylum in Australia

21/11/2011: Interview with Siritunga Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan socialist leader

  Australia, Sri Lanka

Italy
Angry students take to the streets‭

20/11/2011: Monti government will face mass opposition to austerity

  Italy, Youth

 US
Occupy and workers’ movements unite!

20/11/2011: Oakland port strikes which shut down one of the busiest ports in the US showed the potential and power when these two movements united

  US, Video

 Europe
Pro-big business governments imposed on Greece and Italy

19/11/2011: Paul Murphy attacks the dictatorship of the markets and the technocrats

  Europe, Video

Finland
Strike by workers in technology sector

19/11/2011: Government pushes “framework agreement” to tie the hands of workers

  Finland

 Egypt
Dortmund students’ solidarity with German University in Cairo students

18/11/2011: Paul Murphy MEP supports struggle for an independent students’ union

  Egypt, Solidarity

US
Defend the Occupy Movement!

17/11/2011: "Build actions to put millions in the streets across the US - United mass mobilizations needed to protest police crackdowns, and stop the cuts, layoffs, foreclosures, and tuition hikes"

  US

Kazakhstan
Regime concedes “negotiations” with striking oil workers

17/11/2011: Firm action needed to win all workers’ demands

  Kazakhstan

Italy
New government of big business ’technocrats’

17/11/2011: Workers, students, pensioners - all in the firing line

  Italy

Spain
Crisis, elections, and the vacuum

16/11/2011: 20 November election approaches as situation worsens

  Spain

 Gaza Flotilla
Paul Murphy details harsh ill treatment by Israeli State

16/11/2011: Paul Murphy MEP gives press conference about his abduction and imprisonment by Israel

  Israel / Palestine, Video

Jordan
Formation of new government fails to stop weekly opposition protests

16/11/2011: For real change through mass action of working class, youth, unemployed and poor!

  Jordan

Egypt
German University in Cairo locks-out students

15/11/2011: Support the struggle for an independent, democratic students’ union!

  Egypt

Middle East

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)

North Africa, Middle East: The revolution four months later

02/06/2011, Across the Middle East and North Africa the revolutions and protests that began after Mohamed Bouazizi’s suicide in protest at poverty and oppression in Tunisia have, in many countries, reached turning points.
Robert Bechert, CWI

Middle East and North Africa: Revolutions in danger

13/04/2011, Decisive workers’ action necessary
Robert Bechert, CWI

Lebanon: “Down with the sectarian system”

09/03/2011, Against sectarianism and capitalism – for a workers alternative!
CWI Lebanon

North Africa / Middle East: Challenges to rule of kings and dictators continue

08/03/2011, Herculean efforts to remove Gaddafi dictatorship in Libya
Peter Taaffe, General Secretary, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)

Saudi Arabia: Protests begin as “Day of rage” called for 11 March

04/03/2011, Founders of new activists’ party detained
Rukhsana Manzoor and Khalid Bhatti, SMP (CWI in Pakistan)

Oman: Two weeks of protests in absolute monarchy

01/03/2011, Police kill demonstrators – workers block oil port
Yemeni socialist

Libya: Gaddafi must go! It’s a fight to the finish

28/02/2011, Masses reject foreign intervention as towns fall to opposition
Niall Mulholland, CWI

North Africa/Middle East: Region-wide revolution of the Arab people

21/02/2011, To fully succeed, revolutions need to go beyond framework of capitalism
Peter Taaffe, from The Socialist, newspaper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

Yemen:” A political revolution must be connected to a social revolution”

10/02/2011, Jonas Brännberg Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden) spoke to an exiled activist from Yemen about the situation.

CWI 10th World Congress: Middle East

28/12/2010, The crisis of capitalism and the naked role of imperialism are graphically manifested in the Middle East.
Document No. 3, CWI World Congress

Middle East: Can new ’talks’ deliver justice and peace?

24/09/2010, CWI leaflet: Workers need to organise independently!
Socialistworld.net

Middle East: In solidarity with the masses of Gaza

27/01/2010, For the building of movements and the intensification of activities to bring down the ‘Rafah wall’ - organisation of workers and the poor is the only true solidarity
CWI Lebanon leaflet

Middle East: Deadlocked ‘peace deals’, bloody occupations, threat of new wars…

10/11/2009, Mass opposition movements & strikes the way forward - Workers need to organise independently!
Socialistworld.net

Middle East: Regional talks and conflicts reflect new impasse

06/08/2009, Independent workers’ organisation a necessity
Aysha Zaki – CWI Lebanon

Middle East: A witness to the Gaza slaughter

17/02/2009, Israeli residents “used as trading cards”
Socialist Struggle Movement (CWI in Israel)

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