A system in crisis

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


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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

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

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

  Russia

US: Occupy activists shut down Washington state capitol

09/12/2011: Police violence follows

  US

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

Belgium: 80,000 demonstrate against cuts

06/12/2011: "The demonstration on Friday showed a huge discontent. This is the beginning of a movement, we now need to continue."

  Belgium

New Zealand: Conservative government re-elected

06/12/2011: Workers sceptical of Labour while new Mana party represents seed of an alternative

  New Zealand

Quebec: Thirty thousand students protest fees hike

06/12/2011: Step up student strikes!

  Quebec

 Britain: November 30th strike video

06/12/2011: What the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) and strikers said on 30 November 2011

  Britain, Video

Tunisia: Thousands occupy Constituent Assembly site

05/12/2011: "Bardo 1" gives a new expression to persistent anger

  Tunisia

 N30 Strike: Paul Murphy MEP supports public sector workers’ strike

05/12/2011: "The message was clear, enough is enough!"

  Britain, Europe, Ireland North, Scotland, Video

Kazakhstan: Georgii Epshtein freed after ten days jailing

05/12/2011: Wave of protests to Almaty prison authorities

  Kazakhstan

Egypt: “Capitalism is like a chameleon, able to change the outer shell when faced with a threat”

04/12/2011: “The working class will rise up, at some stage, change the balance of forces and create a radicalised situation”

  Egypt

Finland: Left-wing MPs opposed coalition government

04/12/2011: “We are against the crisis programmes for Greece, Portugal etc”

  Finland

 Eurozone: ECB holds countries to ransom

04/12/2011: Paul Murphy Challenges ECB President Mario Draghi

  Europe, Italy, Video

Pakistan: NATO attack

03/12/2011: New crisis for US-Pakistan relations

  Pakistan, US

Portugal: General Strike on 24 November

02/12/2011: A warning of things to come

  Portugal

Sweden: Scandals in privatised old people’s homes

02/12/2011: Protest storm against venture capitalists and politicians

  Sweden

  Pakistan: Women’s demonstration in Sindh

02/12/2011: Video footage of demonstration organised by Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI Pakistan)

  Pakistan, Video, Women

Scotland: Shutdown by mass strike on N30

02/12/2011: “We’ve had enough”

  Scotland

Northern Ireland: Magnificent united workers’ action against cuts

01/12/2011: “Set a date for next strike!”

  Ireland North

Britain: Biggest strike in generations

01/12/2011: Reports, striker’s views and socialist analysis of 30 November public sector general strike

  Britain

 Britain: Millions striking back at Con-Dem government

01/12/2011: First video report on this massive display of workers’ opposition to the British government’s attacks

  Britain, Video

 India: Anti-POSCO movement’s leader arrested!

01/12/2011: Solidarity needed! Demand Odisha government immediately releases Abhay Sahoo

  India, Solidarity

Hong Kong: A socialist election campaign

01/12/2011: Socialist Action (CWI) stands candidate for first time

  Hong Kong

Egypt: Millions vote in first post-Mubarak elections

29/11/2011: But military-controlled elections do not signal transition to democracy

  Egypt

Spain: Conservatives come to power on the eve of the storm

29/11/2011: New government faces impossible task

  Spain

Australia: Baiada workers win strike

28/11/2011: Workers set marvellous example despite union leaders weaknesses

  Australia

Germany: Far right terrorist group commits murder under nose of domestic intelligence agencies

27/11/2011: Antifascists have to build a mass movement and can not rely on the state.

  Germany

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