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China
Market rule or party rule?

27/12/2011: Review - "The Party: The secret world of China’s Communist rulers", by Richard McGregor, Allen Lane, 2010, £25

  China, Review

Sweden
Miners’ union supports Kazakh oil workers

26/12/2011: "A victory for workers anywhere is a victory for the workers everywhere!"

  Kazakhstan, Sweden

Bangladesh
The birth of Bangladesh

26/12/2011: Forty years ago, Bangladesh became an independent state, breaking away from Pakistan.

  Bangladesh, History

 Kazakhstan
"Oil is slavery; there is no democracy!"

22/12/2011: Russian press describe torture of detained oil workers & police reign of terror

  Kazakhstan, Solidarity

 Kazakhstan
Graphic footage of massacre

21/12/2011: New video shows riot police shooting unarmed protesters in Zhanaozen

  Kazakhstan, Video

Hong Kong
Protest against Kazakhstan massacre

21/12/2011: More international solidarity and support

  Hong Kong, Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan
Protests in Germany

21/12/2011: Campaign Kazakhstan demonstrates in Berlin and Cologne

  Germany, Kazakhstan

Britain
Lobby demands no retreat on pensions

21/12/2011: Name the date for the next strike!

  Britain

North Korea
Death of Kim Jong-Il

20/12/2011: Stalinist nightmare continues

  Korea, North Korea

Environment
No progress at climate conference

20/12/2011: When is an agreement not an agreement? When it’s an agreement to reach an agreement in the future…

  Environment

 Kazakhstan
We are not rioters – the government must resign

18/12/2011: 18/12 22:05 LATEST UPDATE - WORKERS BEING TORTURED!

  Kazakhstan, Solidarity

Kazakhstan
Paul Murphy demands Nazarbayev resign

18/12/2011: "European union must break off talks with Kazakhstan!"

  Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan
Brutal and bloody attack has not defeated striking workers

17/12/2011: UPDATE @ 22:30 GMT - Only united and extensive workers’ action can end this dictatorial regime

  Kazakhstan

China
Banking crisis looms

17/12/2011: Government debt soars to ‘European’ levels following massive stimulus programme

  China

 Urgent Solidarity
Reported 70 Dead & 500 wounded by riot police in Kazakhstan

16/12/2011: LATEST UPDATE 17:54 GMT Breaking News: Peaceful protesters & supporters of striking oil workers fired upon

  Kazakhstan, Solidarity

Kazakhstan
Solidarity protests held at Kazakh embassies

16/12/2011: Protests in Berlin, London, Vienna, Brussels Update 18:15 GMT Swedish Protests

  Belgium, Britain, Germany, Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan
Campaign Kazakhstan press release

16/12/2011: Campaign Kazakhstan press statement and demands

  Kazakhstan

Germany
89 days on strike

16/12/2011: Hospital workers achieve minimum wage

  Germany

Britain
Prime Minister Cameron’s Euro move shows government’s weakness

15/12/2011: Conservatives speak for rich, not workers

  Britain

Peru
General strike is answered with military siege

15/12/2011: President announces 60-day state of emergency

  Peru

 Ireland
Joe Higgins calls for mass non-payment campaign to defeat household tax

15/12/2011: Billions flow to ultra-rich, unsecured bond holders and speculators as workers told to pay more

  Ireland Republic, Video

Italy
Monti government arouses huge anger of workers

14/12/2011: General strike sets the pace

  Italy

Brazil
Third Congress of PSOL

14/12/2011: Attempt to block electoral alliances with ruling parties fails

  Brazil

 Video
Paul Murphy MEP grills Barroso

13/12/2011: "Stability union" is "eurocratic newspeak" for suspending democracy and enshrining austerity

  Europe, Video

A system in crisis

13/12/2011: Capitalist chaos – class struggle sharpens

  CWI Comment And Analysis

Russia
“Putin is a thief! Putin is a thief!”

13/12/2011: 100,000 protest in Moscow and 100 cities over rigged elections

  Russia

Belgium
Tens of thousands rally calling for nationalisation of steel plant

08/12/2011: "Without our work, your capital isn’t worth a penny!"

  Belgium

Ireland
Budget to hammer the poor and vulnerable

08/12/2011: "Its criminal to make Ireland a vasal state to European banks & squeeze tribute from its people"

  Ireland Republic

Tamil Solidarity
Rajapakse and David Cameron working together?

08/12/2011: Tamil Solidarity demands that Cameron reveals all his personal dealings with lobbying firm and show the concrete details of the measures he has taken in relation to war crimes in Sri Lanka

  Britain, Sri Lanka

Britain
As Osborne declares war - workers show their power

08/12/2011: What next after the strike of November 30?

  Britain

Russia
Thousands arrested after two days of street protests

07/12/2011: Fraudulent elections expose vulnerability of Putin’s rule

  Russia

China
Strikes spread amid economic slowdown

07/12/2011: Women workers at Hi-P international in Shanghai continue their strike against layoffs for 8th day

  China

Eurozone crisis
Another "solution"

07/12/2011: The countdown to “save” the euro and possibly even the European Union.

  Europe

Bahrain

Bahrain repression: Muted criticism of West’s ally

15/05/2011, The vicious regime in Bahrain has arrested and detained doctors and medical staff for treating injured protesters during recent clashes with security forces.
John Sharpe, from the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

Bahrain: Saudi troops to suppress protesters

19/03/2011, 2,000 Saudi Arabian troops bolster beleaguered Sunni ruling class
From the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

Bahrain: State forces brutally attack protesters

16/03/2011, Autocratic regime invites Saudi Arabia forces to help quell protests
Khalid Bhatti, SMP (CWI Pakistan) Lahore

Bahrain: Protesters remain defiant

21/02/2011, Brutal attacks and repression fail to stop demonstrations
Khalid Bhatti Socialist Movement Pakistan (SMP) Lahore

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