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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

India

Dudiyora HoraataCWI in India: Dudiyora Horaata
Dudiyora Horaata, PO Box 1828, Bangalore 560018, India, email
http://www.socialism.in/

India: Maruti Suzuki strike ends

31/10/2011, But battles still to wage
Anand Kumar and Jagadish G Chandra, New Socialist Alternative (CWI in India)

India: Comstar Workers’ Strike in Chennai

06/09/2011, Auto workers engaged in 21-day strike
Anand Kumar, Bangalore (New Socialist Alternative, CWI in India)

Tamil Solidarity: End death penalty in India

01/09/2011, International protest demands end of death penalty against Tamil activists
Video of protest in London, 30 August

India: The Protest Spectacle! Who gained?! Who lost?!

31/08/2011, Defeat and climbdown by government
Anand Kumar, New Socialist Alternative (CWI in India), Bangalore

India: Bangalore garment workers woes and challenges ahead

17/08/2011, The life of half a million garment workers in Bangalore is nothing but a hellish existence.
Deepa Girish, women garment worker and activist, Bangalore, India; first published in Dudiyora Horaata, paper of New Socialist Alternative (CWI India)

Gurgaon, India: Maruti Suzuki Workers’ Strike

14/07/2011, The 13 day strike of over 2000 workers in the Maruti Suzuki India’s (MSI) Manesar plant in Gurgoan (Haryana), close to the national capital Delhi, in the first weeks of June is an important sign of ascendancy of the working class militancy in the region.
Anand Kumar, Bangalore, New Socialist Alternative (CWI India)

India: ‘Bhimayana’ – untouchability past and present

09/07/2011, The continuing struggle against caste oppression
Clare Doyle, CWI

India: “It’s war out there!”

27/06/2011, State forces moved in to crush anti-POSCO struggle
Appeal to CWI sections, trade unions and trade unionists

India: Assembly elections in five states

21/06/2011, ’Communists’ defeated in Kerala as well as West Bengal
Jagadish Chandra, New Socialist Alternative (CWI, India)

India: Flying Pilots flex their class Muscles

13/05/2011, The 10 day pilot strike that has rocked the troubled national carrier – Air India has ended with a partial victory of sorts for the pilots
Anand Kumar, Mumbai, New Socialist Alternative (CWI India)

India: One woman’s struggle against oppression

09/03/2011, Extraordinary stand against the brutal state and draconian powers
New Socialist Alternative (CWI India)

Garment workers in India: Super growth or Super exploitation?

24/12/2010, Textile Industry in India is the second largest employment generator after agriculture.
Anand Kumar, New Socialist Alternative (CWI India)

India: Common Wealth Games - showcase of India’s progress?

25/11/2010, Games Ridden with Corruption
Youvraj Bagade, Pune, New Socialist Alternative, India

EU / India: Exploitation through free trade

13/11/2010, Joe Higgins condemns exploitation of India by European multi national companies through free trade
Joe Higgins, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

India: Domestic workers’ struggle for social security benefits

11/11/2010, From the age of 10 years to their ripe old age, we find women not only slaving in their homes but also working in the houses of the wealthy & the middle classes as the only other means for their livelihood.
Vishwa, New Socialist Alternative (CWI India)

India: Communal attacks on the rise in Karnataka

09/11/2010, Public protest Against Assault on Brother Philip Noronha
Anand Kumar, Bangalore, New Socialist Alternative (CWI India)

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