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Palestine
UN vote on ‘statehood’

14/09/2011: How can the national rights of Palestinians be achieved?

Britain
Union leaders must open the floodgates of mass action!

13/09/2011: National Shop Stewards’ Network lobbies Trades Union Congress (TUC)

US
Wall Street Has Two Parties, We Need One of Our Own!

12/09/2011: Divisions Deepen in the Democratic Party

Germany
Solidarity appeal

12/09/2011: Support the striking workers of the Charité Facility Management company (CFM) in Berlin!

Review
Why Marx was right

11/09/2011: Eagleton’s book can act as a ’refresher course’ and a useful introduction. It is not without its faults and limits, however.

Chile
The other ‘9/11’

10/09/2011: 1973 bloody coup against Popular Unity government – Lessons for today

The consequences of 9/11
A world turned upside down

10/09/2011: The bloody terrorist outrages of 11 September 2001 in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington were one of the defining moments in recent history.

Kazakhstan
Another oil worker jailed for 15 days without trial

09/09/2011: Police interrogate Ainur Kurmanov and Esenbek Ukteshbayev for a total of 16 hours

Greece
Huge student movement kicks off an autumn of struggle

09/09/2011: Rebellion against neo-liberal onslaught on education

US
Longshore workers dump grain, shut down ports

09/09/2011: Seattle, Tacoma, and Everett ports all reportedly shut down

Italy
No to profit-guzzling and destructive projects at public’s expense!

09/09/2011: Paul Murphy MEP and others visit militarised zone at Maddalena

Spain
Elections 2011 – how can workers and youth have a voice?

08/09/2011: For an alternative to the rotten capitalist consensus!

Energy
Nuclear fallout

08/09/2011: Japan’s earthquake and tsunami not only ignited catastrophic explosions at the Fukushima nuclear plant, it also sent shockwaves through global energy policy

Germany
Esso protest in solidarity with striking Kazakh oil workers

07/09/2011: Bring the campaign to trade unions and the Left!

Ireland
Don’t pay the household charge!

07/09/2011: Mass non-payment campaign can defeat new tax

Libya
After Gaddafi

06/09/2011: Stop the revolution’s derailment - independent workers’ action needed!

India
Comstar Workers’ Strike in Chennai

06/09/2011: Auto workers engaged in 21-day strike

Italy
General strike against Berlusconi crisis measures

05/09/2011: The CGIL, the main trade union federation, has called an 8 hour general strike for 6 September

Britain
The ongoing public-sector pensions struggle

05/09/2011: The 30 June strikes were a turning point in the struggle against this government, giving a huge boost of confidence.

Kazakhstan
Terror continues against oil workers

03/09/2011: Striker’s daughter murdered…Arrest of Socialist activists threatened – solidarity campaign needs stepping up!

Canada
Death of NDP leader, Jack Layton

02/09/2011: Funeral reveals deep-rooted mood of working people and youth for real change

Nigeria
Bombing of United Nations’ office

02/09/2011: Terrorism Takes Root in Nigeria amidst Deep Social and Economic Crisis

Tamil Solidarity
End death penalty in India

01/09/2011: International protest demands end of death penalty against Tamil activists

Britain
"Bring the biggest companies into public ownership"

01/09/2011: "What one change would have the biggest positive impact on society?"

Sweden
Kazakhstan solidarity action

31/08/2011: “What is Telia doing in Kazakhstan?”

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

31/08/2011: Defeat and climbdown by government

Riots
Who broke Britain?

30/08/2011: August’s explosive events revealed a class society in crisis

Ireland
How the police assaulted peaceful protestors in Rossport

29/08/2011: Protest against Shell’s unsafe onshore pipeline

Poland
Solidarity picket in defense of oppressed oil workers in Kazakhstan

29/08/2011: A solidarity picket in defense of oppressed oil workers in Kazakhstan was held near the Consulate of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the headquarters of the firm ’Oil and Gas Exploration’, in Krakow on August 25.

Kazakhstan, Poland, Solidarity

Nigeria
N18,000 minimum wage!

28/08/2011: Workers must take the struggle to the next level

Nigeria

Nigeria
Education Rights Campaign commence free holiday coaching in Ajegunle

27/08/2011: Daily increase in number of students, tremendous devotion from volunteer teachers

Nigeria

Chile
Fatal repression marks general strike and massive protests

26/08/2011: Relative “social peace” shattered

Chile

Libya
Gaddafi regime crumbles

26/08/2011: No to foreign military intervention · Libyan workers, youth and poor must act independently of imperialism

Libya

Turkey / Kurdistan
Erdoğan escalates attacks on PKK

26/08/2011: Attempts to form a new left umbrella party

Kurdistan, Turkey

Norway
Right-wing parties lose support after massacre

25/08/2011: Interest among people to organize has increased

Norway

Pakistan

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Pakistan: EU fails flood victims

17/05/2011, Unless the trade unions take control of allcoating aid and assistance, the preferences will only end up lining the pockets of the corrupt Pakistani ruling class.
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

US / Pakistan: Osama Bin Laden - killed by US forces

02/05/2011, The US government has announced a successful military assault on a large mansion in Abbottabad, near Islamabad, which has resulted in the killing of Osama Bin Laden.
Tony Saunois, CWI

Pakistan: EU Trade Commissioner questioned on Pakistan and food speculation

17/04/2011, Paul Murphy questions EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht on the worsening situation in Pakistan after last year’s flooding, the role of speculation in food prices and its impact on the poor
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

Pakistan: Airlines workers win

18/02/2011, Four-day strike called off. Government accepted all three demands
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan, Lahore

Pakistan: Victory for KESC workers

17/02/2011, 4,500 sacked workers reinstated
Fazal Abbas Shah, secretary general TURCP and PWF, Lahore

Pakistan: Sacked workers vent anger in Karachi

30/01/2011, Stand off continues as workers’ siege of company headquarters enters third day
Syed Fazal Abbas, Secretary General TURCP and PWF, Rukhsana Manzoor Finance Secretary, TURCP – members of Socialist Movement Pakistan (SMP – CWI in Pakistan)

Pakistan: Can Pakistan become a theocratic state?

26/01/2011, Religion, politics and the working class
Khalid Bhatti, general secretary of Socialist Movement Pakistan (SMP - CWI Pakistan)

Pakistan: Railway workers on the move

22/01/2011, 20,000 jobs under threat - protesting workers forced the authorities to retreat
Rukhsana Manzoor finance secretary TURCP (Trade Union Rights Campaign Pakistan)

Pakistan: Protesting port workers occupied the Karachi port

21/01/2011, Protesting port workers of Port Qasim in Karachi walked out and effectively took over the port on 17th of January.
A.K Memon, Progressive Workers’ Federation Karachi

Pakistan: Punjab governor’s assassination silences another liberal voice

11/01/2011, Religious extremism on the rise
Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI), Lahore

Pakistan: 8 million people affected by devastating floods

30/10/2010, Feudal lords and politicians’ criminal decisions led to disaster
Hameed Chanah, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI) Sindh

Pakistan: Floods disaster exposes brutality of capitalism & landlordism

22/10/2010, Joe Higgins MEP intervenes in the European Parliament debate on aid for Pakistan
Joe Higgins, MEP Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

Pakistan: Children without food in flood-hit areas face death

02/10/2010, More than one hundred thousand children left homeless by Pakistan’s floods are in danger of dying because they simply do not have enough to eat, according to UNICEF.
Rukhsana Manzoor, Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI Pakistan)

Europe / Pakistan: Joe Higgins condemns agreement to facilitate deportation of immigrants

27/09/2010, Joe Higgins MEP explains his vote on a report on a new agreement with Pakistan allowing EU countries to facilitate the deportation of Pakistani immigrants back to the poverty and repression of Pakistan.
Joe Higgins, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

Pakistan: Release the arrested trade union leaders

25/09/2010, Stop terrorising the workers movement
Azam Janjua, organiser TURCP Islamabad and vice president PWFP

Pakistan: Protesting nurses hold all-night vigil in Layyah

24/09/2010, Protesting trainee nurses held an all-night vigil on Saturday 18th September outside the local press club to pressurize the government to act against health and district authorities for victimisation.
Rukhsana Manzoor, Finance Organiser TURCP