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China
Miners’ strike while People’s Congress discusses mass redundancies

16/03/2016: Thousands march in Heilongjiang province opposing job cuts.

  China

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

May Day

May Day 2015: International workers’ day marked by marches and rallies

05/05/2015, Photo gallery of the CWI taking part in May Day event across the world
Socialistworld.net

May Day 2015: Socialist plan or capitalist chaos

01/05/2015, What sort of new society are we struggling for?
Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party General Secretary, (CWI England & Wales)

May Day 2015: Resisting austerity, exploitation, wars and oppression

28/04/2015, 125 years since first May Day – Build a united workers’ movement for socialism!
CWI

Sri Lanka: May Day celebration in Colombo

08/05/2014, Photos of United Socialist Party march and meeting
USP (CWI Sri Lanka) reporters

Britain: RMT turns out in strength for May Day

03/05/2014, Commemorating union leader Bob Crow and socialist Labour MP Tony Benn
Judy Beishon, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

Pakistan: May Day in Mirpurkhas, Sindh

02/05/2014, CWI supporters celebrate international workers’ day
Socialist Movement Pakistan (CWI) Reporters

US: May Day in America

01/05/2014, The Haymarket Martyrs and coming revolt of American workers
Peter Taaffe

May Day 2014: Fighting cuts, poverty and exploitation

30/04/2014, For a socialist world!
Clare Doyle, CWI

May Day in Nigeria: Jonathan government intensifies attacks on democratic rights

12/05/2013, 15 DSM members arrested at May Day rallies
Ebike Iseru, DSM (CWI Nigeria)

Sri Lanka: Successful May Day

08/05/2013, The United Socialist Party’s May Day demonstration passed successfully through a number of populous areas of Colombo, ending at Grand Pass Junction.
USP(CWI, Sri Lanka)

Nigerian May Day arrests: All DSM members released [updated]

03/05/2013, The last set of DSM members still in the detention of the state security service (SSS) in Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria, and Ibadan Oyo state, Southwest Nigeria, as of yesterday, has been released.
Press statement by Segun Sango, general secretary DSM (CWI Nigeria)

Pakistan: May Day 2013

03/05/2013, Progressive Workers Federation (PWF), TURCP and SMP organised and intervened in the May Day activities across the country
Syed Fazal Abass Shah, secretary general PWF, Pakistan

Taiwan: Over 20,000 march on May Day

02/05/2013, ‘Defend pensions! Stop corruption!’
Chris Dite in Taipei, chinaworker.info

Pakistan: May Day demonstration in Sindh

02/05/2013, Photos of May Day demonstration in Sindh
SMP (CWI Pakistan), Sindh

Nigeria: Militarisation of May Day rallies

02/05/2013, DSM comrades arrested and detained
Press statement by Segun Sango, general secretary DSM (CWI Nigeria)

May Day Greetings

01/05/2013, The CWI sends revolutionary greetings and solidarity to workers, young people and all those exploited by capitalism.
CWI

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