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Britain
A chance for the trade unions to lead the EU referendum debate

11/03/2016: For a socialist, working class no campaign

  Britain

Refugee crisis

10/03/2016: Cruel capitalist regimes responsible

  Britain

European Union
Alliance with Turkey to close borders

09/03/2016: Crises for refugees - and the EU – continues

  Europe, Turkey

Germany
Between hatred and solidarity

08/03/2016: The situation in Germany

  Germany

 International Women’s Day

07/03/2016: Working women’s fight for a world without oppression

  Women

Sanders campaign at a crossroads

04/03/2016: Bernie’s political revolution will be strangled if it remains imprisoned within the corporate-controlled Democratic Party.

  US

Turkey
No intervention in Syria! Stop the war on the Kurds!

01/03/2016: Two articles on the current situation in Turkey and Kurdistan

  Kurdistan, Syria, Turkey

Ireland
Government routed in general election

29/02/2016: Establishment parties in crisis, as a new Left rises

  Ireland Republic

China
Crisis set to deepen

27/02/2016: Year of the Monkey opens with economy in worst situation for decades

  China

US
Nevada Goes to Clinton – Sanders Looks to Super Tuesday

26/02/2016: Huge enthusiasm for Bernie Sanders’ call for a political revolution leads to serious challenge to Hillary Clinton

  US

South Africa
Worker and student protests intensify

25/02/2016: #OutsourcingMustFall campaign becomes point of reference for the working class

  South Africa

Britain - EU referendum
Vote OUT the Tories

24/02/2016: The referendum on 23 June is not just about the EU but is also an opportunity to pass verdict on Cameron and his rotten government

  Britain, Europe

 Ireland
Successful AAA-PBP electoral rally in Dublin

23/02/2016: Below, videos of TD’s (members of Irish Parliament) Paul Murphy and Ruth Coppinger at a public meeting of the Anti-Austerity Alliance/People Before Profit, after a mass demonstration of tens of thousands against water charges in Dublin

  Ireland Republic, Video

Five years on from the “Arab Spring”

20/02/2016: The “Arab Spring” revolutionary wave brought dictators in Tunisia and Egypt crashing down. It swept through the Middle East, inspiring workers and youth the world over. It has since ebbed, however, leaving the region wracked with war and sectarian conflict.

  Middle East

Italy
Roman politics riddled with scandal

19/02/2016: Five Star Movement can gain

  Italy

Israel/Palestine
Over 140 attend successful ‘Socialism Conference’

18/02/2016: Israeli and Palestinian activists discuss resisting Nentanyahu and urgent need to build socialist forces

  Israel / Palestine

 India
A Marxist view of Modi’s Hindutva

17/02/2016: Analysis of the present situation in India from an internationalist perspective

  India, Video

Greece
Farmers occupy central Athens over pensions bill

17/02/2016: “All together, workers and poor farmers, at Syntagma Square, against austerity”

  Greece

Turkey
State’s massacre in Cizre

16/02/2016: Looming civil war can only be countered by a united struggle of working people

  Kurdistan, Turkey

 CWI 11th World Congress
South Asia wracked by instability

15/02/2016: Huge potential for workers’ struggles

  Asia, CWI

Britain
Lack of strategy and exclusions threaten ‘Momentum’

15/02/2016: Left must mobilise millions to militant anti-austerity banner & building of political organisation to give it voice

  Britain

US
Bernie’s political revolution opens new era for American politics

13/02/2016: Build a #Movement4Bernie to Defeat the Billionaire Class and the Democratic Party Establishment.

  US

 CWI 11th World Congress
Upheaval of traditional European political framework

12/02/2016: Workers’ fury at austerity and capitalist system will find more expression

  CWI, Europe

Ireland North
Hundreds protest against manufacturing destruction

12/02/2016: Union movement should step up call for nationalisation of threatened factories

  Ireland North

 11th CWI World Congress
A World in turmoil

11/02/2016: Renewed economic crisis, wars, political polarisation & class struggle perspectives

  Africa, Asia, CWI, Latin America, Middle East, Russia, US, World Economy

Hong Kong
‘Fishball Revolution’!

10/02/2016: Brutal policing must be condemned

  Hong Kong

Ethiopia
Hunger and deadly repression

09/02/2016: Crisis for imperialism and a fight-back from below

  Africa

Greece
Powerful general strike opposes cuts to pensions

09/02/2016: All out in the struggle! Coordinate and develop the fight now!

  Greece

Africa
New political storms and mass struggles

08/02/2016: Opportunities will arise for working class and poor to organise

  Africa

Lebanon

Lebanon: Mass protests against corrupt sectarian regime

04/09/2015, Build a united struggle of workers and youth - for a socialist alternative to communal divisions, poverty and war!
Serge Jordan, CWI

Lebanon: ‘Garbage protests’ shake the ruling class

25/08/2015, Interview with Tamer Mahdi, CWI member in Lebanon
socialistworld.net

Lebanon: Bombings, sectarian conflict and a refugee crisis

20/08/2013, Need to build an independent workers’ movement to confront terror, sectarianism and poverty
Tamer Mahdi, CWI

Lebanon: Public sector workers on indefinite strike over wages

04/03/2013, Workers’ unity against big business shows potential for anti-sectarian, socialist alternative
Tamer Mahdi, CWI

Lebanon: Sliding back to civil war?

25/10/2012, A workers’ alternative is urgently needed!
Aysha Zaki and Tamer Mahdi, CWI

Lebanon: Public sector workers take strike action

26/07/2012, Teachers and other workers demand new pay scales
CWI Lebanon

Lebanon: Union leaders call “a strike without credibility”

18/05/2012, Build fighting, democratic trade unions!
Tamir Mahdi, CWI Lebanon

Lebanon: Build a mass workers’ movement to get rid of the corrupt ruling class

03/05/2012, For a workers’ programme that puts forward the socialist alternative
Tamir Mahdi, CWI Lebanon

Lebanon: General Labour Confederation leaders sell out workers

17/10/2011, Build for 19 October ‘independent’ unions’ strike!
Tamer Mahdi, Beirut, CWI Lebanon

Lebanon: “Revolt! Against sectarianism! Revolt! Against corruption!”

21/03/2011, 20,000 take to Beirut’s streets: A workers’ alternative is needed - A workers’ movement is necessary!
CWI Lebanon

Lebanon: “Down with the sectarian system”

09/03/2011, Against sectarianism and capitalism – for a workers alternative!
CWI Lebanon

Lebanon: No illusions in the new government

31/01/2011, The conflict is between two sides of the same coin!
Tamer Mahdi, CWI Lebanon

Lebanon:Hezbollah-led opposition takes majority in government

26/01/2011, For the building of a mass workers alternative against sectarianism, war and poverty
Aysha Zaki, Beirut, CWI Lebanon

Lebanon: Build the movement for Palestinian rights in Lebanon!

28/06/2010, Say No to Racism and Sectarianism! For Unity among Lebanese and Palestinian Workers!
Text of CWI Lebanon leaflet

Lebanon: Joe Higgins sends support to struggle of Teachers Association

16/06/2010, Letter of solidarity
Joe Higgins, MEP Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

Lebanon: Peace activists murdered by reactionary Israeli army

01/06/2010, Build a mass movement to break the sanctions on Gaza!
Aysha Zaki, CWI Lebanon

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