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12/11/2011: Tony Saunois, CWI Secretary, interviewed on Al Jazeera
11/11/2011: Gaza Flotilla activists abducted in international waters and illegally
held for 7 days by the Israeli state
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.”
11/11/2011: “A journey of a thousand miles begins”
11/11/2011: "A ’No Cannes Do’ summit"
10/11/2011: Debt crisis hits Eurozone’s third largest economy
10/11/2011: Government ministers "have not uttered a single word of protest in
public in response to this outrage"
10/11/2011: Activists face “harassment, humiliating body searches, being shackled”
09/11/2011: Breaking News: 7 detainees to be "released" tomorrow, followed by Paul
Murphy MEP on Friday
09/11/2011: Hundreds sign protest condemning Nazarbayev dictatorship and demanding
democratic rights
08/11/2011: Israeli authorities delay deportation, continue imprisonment
08/11/2011: New ’National unity’ government = ‘austerity coalition’
08/11/2011: Rich hoard wealth - Fight for a socialist future!
08/11/2011: And vow that the struggle goes on
08/11/2011: Tents back up in Seattle as the Occupy Wall Street movement scores
another big victory
07/11/2011: Demand the immediate release of all the detainees now!
05/11/2011: "Follow Oakland’s example: For mass actions to fight against cuts and
foreclosures"
04/11/2011: For a socialist, internationalist solution
04/11/2011: Flotillas blocked and activists detained – Send protests urgently!
04/11/2011: Government’s policies will plunge society into Greek style crisis
04/11/2011: Ship radio communication cut
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.
03/11/2011: Left Alliance joins Conservative led government – Time to build radical,
left alternative!
02/11/2011: Breaking News: New freedom flotilla enters international waters
02/11/2011: Occupiers’ call for a “general strike” finds positive echo in labor
movement
02/11/2011: Labour had a good day in Presidential and by-election polls but it’s all
down hill from here
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!
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|  12/10/2010, New paper and website of CWI in Netherlands!
Pieter Brans, Socialist Alternative (CWI in Netherlands) Amsterdam.
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| 12/06/2010, Big industrial and social conflicts ahead!
Pieter Brans, Offensief (CWI supporters in Netherlands), Amsterdam |
|  08/03/2010, Geert Wilders’ anti-immigrant, right wing ‘Freedom Party’ makes gains
Pieter Brans, Offensief (CWI supporters in Netherlands), Amsterdam
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|  22/02/2010, Pro-establishment parties plan huge cuts programme after new elections
Pieter Brans, Offensief (CWI supporters in Netherlands), Amsterdam
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|  14/01/2010, Cuts-making coalition government under strain, as elections loom
Pieter Brans, Offensief (CWI supporters in Netherlands), Amsterdam
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| 03/07/2009, Opposition Socialist Party appeals to Dutch nationalism but fails to
make polls headway
By reporters from ‘Offensief’ (newspaper of CWI co-thinkers in the
Netherlands) |
| 08/04/2009, Rank and file looking for fighting, socialist response to economic
crisis and right wing government
Emil Jacobs, Offensief (CWI Netherlands) |
| 25/07/2008, Workers demand living wages
Bas De Ruiter, Offensief (CWI Netherlands) |
| 06/05/2008, Good response to CWI paper and leaflets in Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
Bas De Ruiter, Offensief, cwi Netherlands |
| 12/09/2007, ’Committee for Democratisation of the SP’ gains support
Patrick Zoomermeijer, Offensief (CWI Netherlands), Zaanstreek |
| 03/08/2007, ’Committee for a Democratic SP’ founded
Bart Vandersteene, LSP/MAS (CWI in Belgium), Gent |
| 14/05/2007, How should socialists reply?
Bas De Ruiter, Offensief, cwi Netherlands |
| 10/03/2007, Independent, working class policies needed to build on successes
Elisabeth Bakker, Offensive (CWI in Netherlands), and Niall Mulholland,
CWI |
| 18/02/2007, New right wing government formed – What way forward for Left opposition?
Niall Mulholland, CWI |
| 28/11/2006, Left course needed to build on Socialist Party’s polls breakthrough
Elizabeth Bakker, Offensief (CWI), Amsterdam |
| 24/11/2006, For a bold socialist programme – No to a coalition with rightwing
parties!
Niall Mulholland, CWI |
Further articles on 'Netherlands':2005: - 30/10/2005: Netherlands: Immigrants die in fire “Like rats in a trap”
Elizabeth Bakker, cwi, Amsterdam - 18/08/2005: Netherlands: Repercussions of the “NO” vote against the European
constitution
Elisabeth Bakker, Offensief, Netherlands - 02/06/2005: Netherlands: Dutch give overwhelming ’No’ to EU Constitution
Ron Blom, Offensief (CWI Netherlands), Thursday 2 July 2005 - 10/05/2005: Netherlands: Thousands take to the streets against Bush’s visit
Ron Blom, Offensief (cwi), Netherlands - 30/04/2005: Netherlands: Student protests win concession from government
Tanja Niemeier, CWI, Netherlands - 02/04/2005: netherlands: Minister of Social Affairs, De Geus, argues not to exclude
prostitution as suitable employment
Bas De Ruiter, Offensief, cwi Netherlands, Saturday 2 April 2005
2004: - 17/11/2004: Netherlands: Students against racism
Darren, Offensief, cwi Netherlands - 11/11/2004: Netherlands: "Stop the attacks, stop racism!"
Offensief, cwi Netherlands - 08/11/2004: Netherlands: A spate of anti-Muslim bombings and attacks
Niall Mulholland, cwi - 07/11/2004: Netherlands: Widespread shock at killing of controversial film director
Niall Mulholland, cwi, Friday 5 November 2004 - 02/11/2004: Netherlands: Austerity measures lead to soup kitchens
Johann Kwisthout, Socialist Party (SP) Councillor, and Offensief (CWI)
member - 04/10/2004: Netherlands: Over 250,000 say no cuts!
Anita de Waal and Ron Blom - 28/09/2004: Netherlands: After Rotterdam, Amsterdam strikes
Ron Blom, ABVA-KABO-lid (public sector union), and Offensief (cwi
Netherlands) - 21/09/2004: Netherlands: Strike shuts down world’s biggest port
Ron Blom, ABVA-KABO (public sector union) and Offensief (cwi Netherlands) - 16/07/2004: Netherlands: Successful first meeting of ‘Offensief Against Racism’
Patrick Zoomermeijer, Offensief (Dutch section of the CWI) - 29/06/2004: Netherlands: Enough is enough!
Barbara Veger, Offensief, Rotterdam - 16/06/2004: Netherlands: Workers demonstrate against ’Enemies of the working class’
Niall Mulholland, CWI - 30/05/2004: Netherlands: Dockworkers force union to take strike action against
government cuts
Offensief, cwi Netherlands - 13/04/2004: Netherlands: 15,000 demonstrate expulsion of refugees
Ron Blom, Offensief, Netherlands - 23/02/2004: Netherlands: Kick out the government not the refugees
Ron Blom, Netherlands - 18/02/2004: Netherlands: Dutch parliament votes to deport 26,000 refugees
Niall Mulholland, CWI
2003: - 09/12/2003: Netherlands: First round victory against community centre cuts
Patrick Zoomermeijer, Amsterdam - 02/12/2003: Netherlands: Colin Powell visit met by noisy protests
Ron Blom, Offensief, Netherlands and Geert Cool, LSP, Belgium - 01/10/2003: Netherlands: Police attack European dockers’ protest in Rotterdam.
Also report from Antwerp.
Ronald, Offensief, Rotterdam - 25/09/2003: Netherlands: Large Amsterdam demonstration opposes cuts
Ron Blom, Offensiev, Amsterdam - 28/04/2003: Netherlands: Netherlands Another failure to create a stable government
Pieter Brans, Offensief, Amsterdam - 29/01/2003: Netherlands: Dutch general elections - a lost opportunity for the
Socialist Party
By Offensief members (Dutch section of the CWI), 29 January 2003
2002: - 22/10/2002: Netherlands: Right wing coalition government falls
Patrick Zoomermeijer, Amsterdam, 22 October 2002, Offensief - 20/09/2002: Netherlands: Thousands rally against austerity plans of new right-wing
government
Ron Blom, 20 September 2002 - 15/08/2002: Netherlands: New coalition government faces instability and infighting
Ron Blom, Amsterdam, - 03/06/2002: Netherlands: Elections - Abrupt awakening
Pieter Brans,Amsterdam - 17/05/2002: Netherlands: Purple government thrashed - Dutch SP gains
Secretariat Offensief, CWI - Netherlands - 07/05/2002: Netherlands: Extreme right Dutch politician, Pim Fortuyn, shot dead
Patrick Zoomermeijer, Offensief - CWI Netherlands. - 17/04/2002: Netherlands: Government resigns
Patrick Zoomermeijer, Offensief (CWI Netherlands).
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