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Ireland
100th anniversary of Easter 1916 Rising

26/03/2016: A revolt against imperial power and war

  History, Ireland Republic

History
When Khrushchev denounced Stalin

26/03/2016: 1956 ‘secret speech’ a devastating blow to Stalinist regimes

  History, Russia

Britain
Socialist Party national congress 2016

25/03/2016: A serious, thoughtful, optimistic and lively national congress of the Socialist Party took place from 19-21 March.

  Britain

China
Twin meetings, mass layoffs and failed reforms

24/03/2016: Discussion on what is happening in China

  China

Belgium
Brussels terror bombings

23/03/2016: Oppose terrorism, war and poverty

  Belgium

Brazil rocked by deep crisis

23/03/2016: Dilma’s government brought to brink of collapse

  Brazil

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World Perspectives

22/03/2016: Amended agreed version of the World Perspectives document agreed by the CWI’s 11th World Congress

  CWI

Germany
Big gains for right-wing, nationalist, AfD in state elections

22/03/2016: DIE LINKE (Left Party) urgently needs to change course

  Germany

US
Sanders needs to run as an independent in November

18/03/2016: Continuing the Political Revolution

  US

France
Up to half a million on streets to stop new labour law

18/03/2016: Will there be a general strike against the Valls-Hollande government ?

  France

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

Congo

Congo: Forty two killed during street protests in January

20/02/2015, Senate quashes Kabila’s plan to extend presidency
Per-Åke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden)

Congo: A history of capitalist looting

24/07/2013, Since 1997, wars have claimed six million lives in the Congo, where life expectancy is 46 years. Yet this horrific situation receives little media attention in the west.
Per-Åke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden), first published in Socialism Today

Congo: War over mining wealth

28/11/2012, More human catastrophes impend, as tens of thousands flee Goma
Per-Åke Westerlund (Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna, CWI in Sweden)

Net activism: The “Kony 2012” phenomena

20/03/2012, How to end a nightmare?
Robert Bechert, CWI

Congo / Cameroon: Defend rights of indigenous people

24/01/2011, Joe Higgins defends the rights of the indigenous forest peoples of Cameroon and Congo
Joe Higgins, MEP, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

Congo: Presidential election triggers new crisis

22/11/2006, Masses yearn for end to despotism, wars and poverty
Peluola Adewale, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI), Nigeria

Congo: "The worst conflict in the world

24/11/2005, Imperialism wants "peace" to exploit huge resources
Per-Åke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden)

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SAWANT CALLS ON SANDERS TO RUN ALL THE WAY AT #MARCH4BERNIE2, 02/03/2016

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