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28/01/2017: Xu and his family are victims of China’s deepening police crackdown
28/01/2017: Imperialism’s 15-year adventure a bloody catastrophe for millions
27/01/2017: Establishment deeply divided as mass resistance explodes
26/01/2017: For unified struggle for women’s rights and against capitalism
26/01/2017: Support the right to assemble and protest - release those arrested immediately!
25/01/2017: Reports from mass women's marches against Trump
25/01/2017: Follows mass strike of garment workers in December
24/01/2017: Public sector strike and soldiers’ mutiny expose reality behind “economic growth”
24/01/2017: Island risks being pawn in his game
23/01/2017: Photo gallery selection of CWI actions during weekend of mass protests
23/01/2017: Socialist council member speaks
21/01/2017: Outbursts raise fears of confrontation
20/01/2017: 1917revolution.org brings rich lessons of 100 years ago to wide audience
20/01/2017: Citizens forced to register with police at all times
20/01/2017: CWI organizes protests as millions prepare to fight Trump’s agenda
20/01/2017: 6 CWI members expelled in undemocratic attack
17/01/2017: Build a socialist alternative to the ‘Orange’ versus ‘Green’ headcount
17/01/2017: Debate within leadership touches on fundamental issues for future of party
16/01/2017: Socialists and villagers wage tireless battle
16/01/2017: Preparing for revolution
14/01/2017: New revolts brewing
13/01/2017: Important precedent for using city bonding authority to build homes
12/01/2017: Discussion at Socialism conference in Tel Aviv
10/01/2017: Towards a general strike against the Nieto government!
10/01/2017: Workers need for own party, independent of corporate cash
09/01/2017: Far-reaching radical measures necessary to resolve housing crisis
07/01/2017: Novelisation of attempts to undermine and overthrow Wilson’s Labour government
06/01/2017: Need for non-sectarian, socialist politics
05/01/2017: Solidarity appeal for messages of protest
05/01/2017: Mass resistance needed!
04/01/2017: Now let’s change the whole corrupt system!
03/01/2017: Review of play called 'The Island Nation'
02/01/2017: Defending the legacy in a new era
01/01/2017: Everything to play for in 2017
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15/12/2016, Protest over unpaid wages and for direct employment! Xekinima (Greek section of the CWI) Reporters |
26/08/2016, Struggle achieves public contracts for 100s cleaning workers Interview with Eleni Mitsou (Xekinima - CWI Greece) and Apostolis Cassimere’s (Board Member of OASA - Athens Bus Workers’ Union) |
11/07/2016, Highest levels recorded against Eurozone and EU membership following Brexit Kyriakos Halaris (translated from the Xekinima website of the Greek section of the CWI) |
07/06/2016, Strike action wins major concessions from contractors and bus administration Eleni Mitsou (Xekinima - CWI Greece) and Apostolis Kasimeris (Board Member of OASA - Athens Bus Workers’ Union) |
29/05/2016, "Triple-oppressed workers - immigrants, women and low-paid – show way forward" Interview with Apostolis Kassimeris, member of Xekinima and of Executive of OASA Workers’ Union (Athens bus drivers' union) |
17/05/2016, Court declares strike ‘lawful’ Articles from Xekinima (CWI Greece) website |
27/04/2016, Workers resist inhuman working conditions and violation of working rights Apostolos Kasimeris (Board Member of OASA’s Athens Bus Workers’ Union) and Eleni Mitsou (Xekinima - CWI Greece) |
17/02/2016, “All together, workers and poor farmers, at Syntagma Square, against
austerity” Text of leaflet produced by Xekinima
(CWI Greece) |
09/02/2016, All out in the struggle! Coordinate and develop the fight now! Editorial from Xekinima,
fortnightly newspaper of the CWI, Greece |
02/02/2016, Solidarity campaign needed! Xekinima (CWI Greece) Reporters |
26/11/2015, Syriza mobilises… against Syriza! Xekinima (CWI Greece) Reporters |
22/09/2015, Mass socialist alternative needs to be built Interview with a Greek socialist |
13/09/2015, Mass revolutionary Left needed to find way out of crisis of capitalist
system Statement by Xekinima (Greek
section of the CWI) |
28/08/2015, New Left force launched following Tsipras’ betrayal Interview with Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima
(CWI in Greece), by Lucy Redler, SAV (CWI in Germany) |
18/08/2015, Alexis Tsipras and the Syriza leadership have pushed through parliament
the third bailout – and further deep cuts – although only with the help
of right-wing parties. However, the crises in Greece, the eurozone and
wider EU are far from over… Tony Saunois, CWI, from September 2015 issue of Socialism Today,
magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) |
04/08/2015, After Syriza capitulates, taking first steps towards building a new mass
Left alternative to austerity and capitalism Interview with a Greek socialist |
Further articles on 'Greece':- 15/07/2015: Germany: Capitalists strangling Greece
Georg Kümmel, Cologne, Sozialistische Alternative (CWI in Germany) - 10/07/2015: Greece: Tsipras crosses the Rubicon
Editorial Statement by Xekinima(CWI
Greece) - 06/07/2015: Greece: Mighty class-based ‘NO’ shakes bosses’ EU
Editorial comment by Xekinima
(CWI Greece), 6 July 2015 - 02/07/2015: Video: Real nature of EU is being laid bare
Socialistworld.net - 30/06/2015: Greece: Troika threatens Greeks ahead of referendum
Andreas Payiatsos and Niall Mulholland - 27/06/2015: Greece: “NO”
Statement by Xekinima (CWI in
Greece) - 26/06/2015: Greece: Where are mass solidarity protests with Syriza?
Eleni Mitsou, from Xekinima (CWI
Greece) website - 24/06/2015: Greece: Tsipras retreats before Troika threats
Statement by Xekinima (CWI
Greece) [dated 23 June 2015] - 24/06/2015: Video: Paul Murphy appeals to Greek Left - Reject the blackmail
socialistworld.net - 24/06/2015: Video: Socialist MP condemns Troika’s blackmail of Greece
socialistworld.net - 23/06/2015: Greece: “Despite spin, Syriza proposals terrible for pensioners and
workers”
Andreas Payiatsos and Niall Mulholland - 22/06/2015: Greece: No surrender to‘Gang of Lenders’
Editorial article from Xekinima
(CWI Greece) [dated 17 June 2015] - 12/06/2015: Greece: Solidarity needed with Vodafone strike
Alexandros Prandunas, Xekinima
(CWI in Greece) - 10/06/2015: Greece: Crunch-time for Syriza?
Niall Mulholland, from The Socialist, Issue 859, weekly newspaper
of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) - 04/06/2015: Greece: Syriza voters want austerity ended, not another ’compromise’
Troika deal
Editorial article from Xekinima
(CWI Greece) website [dated 3 June 2015] - 18/05/2015: Greece: Subordination to Troika or rupture with austerity?
Editorial from Xekinima (no. 410,
6-20 May 2015), fortnightly newspaper of CWI Greece - 28/03/2015: Video: Interview with a Greek socialist
Nicos Anastasiades of Xekinima (CWI Greece) - 23/03/2015: Greece: Varoufakis’ “erratic Marxism” is not the answer
Peter Taaffe, from Socialism
Today (monthly magazine of the Socialist Party, England & Wales) - 07/03/2015: Greece: Syriza’s first months in power
Andreas Payiatsos, from Xekinima
(newspaper of the CWI Greece) - 04/03/2015: Greece: Vodafone strike declared “illegal”
Jacqueline Gorou, President, Panhellenic Trade Union Vodafone-Panafone - 02/03/2015: Greece: “Yes there was a different choice!”
Interview with Nikos Kanellis, Volos City Councilor (Xekinima/
CWI Greece) by Sascha Stanicic (SAV’/CWI Germany) - 26/02/2015: Greece showdown
Article to be published in the March issue of Socialism Today (magazine
of the Socialist Party, CWI in England and Wales) - 24/02/2015: Greece: Syriza retreats under Troika threats
Nicos Anastasiades, Xekinima (CWI
Greece), Thessaloniki - 19/02/2015: Greece: What does Tsipras’s endorsement of Prokopis Pavlopoulos for
President signify?
Statement by Xekinima (CWI
Greece) Editorial Board [edited translation] - 13/02/2015: Greece: If the Troika does not back down?
Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI
Greece) - 08/02/2015: Greece: Not a single step back!
Statement by the Editorial Board of Xekinima
(CWI Greece) - 30/01/2015: Greece: Syriza-led government announces anti-austerity policies
Niall Mulholland, CWI - 29/01/2015: Greece: Why did Syriza and the KKE fail to reach agreement?
Article from Xekhinima (CWI Greece) website [dated 26 January 2015]
translated and slightly edited - 29/01/2015: Greece: Syriza victory shows austerity elite can be beaten
Editorial of The Socialist, newspaper of the Socialist Party (CWI
England & Wales) - 27/01/2015: Greece: Syriza comes to power, as old ruling parties collapse
Niall Mulholland, socialistworld.net, interviews Andros
Payiatsos, from Xekinima (CWI
Greece) - 20/01/2015: Greece: Prospect of Syriza victory raises workers’ hopes
Interview with Andros Payiatsos, from Xekinima
(CWI in Greece) - 08/01/2015: Greece: Towards a Syriza government?
Interview with Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima
(CWI in Greece)
2014: 2013: - 06/11/2013: Greece: Two members of neo-fascist Golden Dawn shot dead
Statement by Xekinima (CWI
Greece) * - 20/10/2013: Greece: After the Syriza congress
Andros Payiatsos, from Socialism
Today - 11/10/2013: Video: MEP Paul Murphy Condemns the Golden Dawn murder of Pavlos Fyssas
Socialistworld.net - 01/10/2013: Greece: State crackdown on Golden Dawn
Andros Payiatsos and Alexandros Prantounas, Xekinima
(CWI Greece) - 19/09/2013: Greece: 90% turn-out for teachers’ strike; 10,000s join marches
Xekinima (CWI Greece) Reporters,
Athens - 19/09/2013: Greece: Neo-Nazis accused of cold-blooded murder of Pavlos Fyssas, Left
activist and rapper
Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI
Greece) - 08/09/2013: Greece: Court prosecution of anti-Golden Dawn activists fails
Xekinima Reporters (Translated by
Amalia Loizidou) - 22/07/2013: Greece: Gangsters in the Troika and Greek government stand over the
closure of ERT
Paul Murphy, MEP, Socialist
Party (CWI Ireland) - 20/06/2013: Greece: Coalition government in crisis after attempting to close down
ERT broadcaster
Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI
Greece) - 12/06/2013: Greece: Government shuts down state broadcaster ERT
Leaflet text by Xekinima (CWI
Greece) - 10/05/2013: Greece: Challenging the Golden Dawn
Katerina Kleitsa , Xekinima (CWI Greece) - 19/03/2013: Alexis Tsipras in London: What way out for Greece and the working class
in Europe
Amalia Loizidou, Socialist
Party (CWI England & Wales) - 29/02/2013: Video: Greece, the fightback against austerity nightmare
socialistworld.net - 10/02/2013: Greece: Martial law used to end ferry workers’ strike
Editorial from Xekinima (relaunched
fortnightly newspaper of the CWI in Greece) - 31/01/2013: Greece: Bus workers’ strike called off after victory for pro-government
union factions
Eleni Mitsou, Xekinima (CWI
Greece) - 25/01/2013: Greece: Riot police sent in against striking metro workers
Xekinima (Greek CWI) Reporters
2012: - 31/12/2012: Greece: ‘Initiative 1000’ – An ambitious move on the Greek Left
Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI
Greece) - 22/12/2012: Greece: The high human and social cost of extreme austerity
Eleni Mitsou, Xekinima (CWI in
Greece), Athens - 03/12/2012: Greece: The menace of Golden Dawn
Amalia Loizidou, first published in "Socialism
Today", magazine of the Socialist
Party (CWI England and Wales) - 08/11/2012: Greece: Another 48 hour general strike paralyses society
- 11/10/2012: Greece: ’The Greek people feel that they’re under some kind of
occupation’
Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI
Greece), spoke to the Socialist (paper of the Socialist Party, CWI
England & Wales) immediately after the protests against Merkel’s visit - 07/10/2012: Greece: Trade unions pushed to escalate the struggle
Xekinima (CWI in Greece) - 27/09/2012: Greece: Working class struggle returns
Interview with Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece) - 15/09/2012: Obituary: Nicos Remoundos, founding member of Xekinima, CWI Greece
Xekinima Reporters (CWI Greece) - 21/06/2012: Greece election: Majority vote against austerity
Nicos Anastasiades, Xekinima (CWI Greece) - 19/06/2012: Greece: New Democracy victory, but struggle looms
Socialistworld.net - 17/06/2012: Greece: Huge battle ahead
Socialistworld.net - 16/06/2012: Greece: Syriza: Preparing for power?
Socialistworld.net - 15/06/2012: Greece: Paul Murphy MEP in Athens campaigning for Syriza
Socialistworld.net - 26/05/2012: Euro crisis: Greece heads for the exit
Lynn Walsh, editor of Socialism
Today, magazine of the Socialist
Party (CWI England & Wales) - 25/05/2012: Greece/Britain: We stand 100% with the Greek workers
Editorial of the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England &
Wales) - 21/05/2012: Greece: Euro crisis deepens
Tony Saunois (CWI) with Andros Payiatos, Xekinima
(CWI Greece) - 15/05/2012: Greece: New elections due as pro-austerity coalition talks fail
Nikos Anastasiades, Xekinima (CWI
in Greece ) and Niall Mulholland, CWI - 09/05/2012: Greece: Political earthquake sees pro-austerity parties’ support collapse
Following the recent elections in Greece, which saw two out of three
voters vote against pro-austerity parties and a big swing to left
parties, Niall Mulholland spoke to Andros Payiatsos, from Xekinima
(CWI in Greece). - 28/02/2012: Greece: Paul Murphy solidarity visit – Day 3
Paul Murphy, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) member of the European
Parliament - 27/02/2012: Greece: Paul Murphy solidarity visit – Day 2
Paul Murphy, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) member of the European
Parliament - 27/02/2012: Greece Solidarity: Striking journalists continue to publish
socialistworld.net - 24/02/2012: Greece: Paul Murphy solidarity visit – Day 1
Paul Murphy, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) member of the European
Parliament - 14/02/2012: Greece: Up to half a million people at Syntagma Square
Niall Mulholland spoke to Andros Payiatsos, from Xekinima
(CWI in Greece) a participant in last weekend’s huge protests in Athens. - 09/02/2012: NEWSFLASH: 48-hour general strike tomorrow in Greece
socialistworld.net - 08/02/2012: Greece: Support for government in free fall
CWI / Xekinima (CWI in Greece) - 10/01/2012: Greece: New round of austerity announced by unelected Greek Prime
Minister
Niall Mulholland, CWI
2011: - 24/11/2011: Greece: New upsurge of anti-‘housing tax’ campaign
Nicos Kanellis, Xekinima (CWI in
Greece) - 12/11/2011: Eurozone Crisis: Un-elected banker set to be new Greek Prime Minister
Al Jazeera English, 10 November 2011 - 08/11/2011: Greece: Prime Minister George Papandreou forced out of office
Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI in Greece) & Niall Mulholland, CWI - 04/11/2011: Greece: Referendum proposal sends markets into turmoil
Interview with Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima
(CWI in Greece) From Socialist View, the political journal of the Socialist
Party (CWI Ireland) - 21/10/2011: Greece: 48-hour general strike sees biggest workers’ protests in decades
Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI
Greece), Athens - 15/10/2011: Greece: Brutal cuts provokes new wave of workers’ struggles
Dimitris Pantazopoulos, Xekinima
(CWI), Athens - 27/09/2011: Greece: Despair and fury
Interview with Greek socialist - 09/09/2011: Greece : Huge student movement kicks off an autumn of struggle
Nikos Anastasiades, Xekinima (CWI in Greece ) and Danny Byrne, CWI - 31/07/2011: CWI Summer School: Greece in turmoil
Snead Daly, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI) - 26/07/2011: Greece’s debt crisis: No way out for workers under capitalism
Interview with Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima - 04/07/2011: Greece: Savage austerity policies passed despite mass protest
Stephan Kimmerle, CWI, Athens - 27/06/2011: Greece: Time to get rid of them!
Xekinima (CWI in Greece) - 23/06/2011: International Youth Camp: Uniting the European struggles against
cutbacks, racism and capitalism!
International Socialist Resistance (ISR) reporters - 22/06/2011: Greece: Debt crisis threatens worldwide banking system
Niall Mulholland, from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist
Party (CWI England & Wales) - 19/06/2011: Greece: A trial of strength
Stephan Kimmerle, CWI, Athens - 17/06/2011: Austerity and anger in Greece
Apostolis Kasimeris - 16/06/2011: Greece: 250,000 protest in Athens during general strike
Eyewitness report from Eleni Vetsika, Athens - 15/06/2011: Greece: General strike
Interview with Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI in Greece) - 14/06/2011: Greece: New general strike set for Wednesday 15 June
CWI reporter, Athens - 02/06/2011: Greece: Unite the struggles and bring down the government
Andros Payiatsos, from Xekinima (CWI in Greece) - 27/05/2011: Eurozone: Greek drama continues...
Lynn Walsh, editor of Socialism
Today, magazine of the Socialist
Party (CWI England & Wales) - 17/05/2011: Greece: Powerful 9th general strike…followed by neo-Nazi murderous
rampage
Xekinima (CWI Greece) reporters,
Athens - 18/04/2011: Greece: Residents’ resist landfill, media workers strike, Athens council
workers occupy…
Edited & translated by Amalia Loizidou, from the website of Xekinima
(CWI in Greece) - 11/04/2011: Greece: ‘Can’t pay-Won’t pay’
Edited translations of articles from Xekinima
website (CWI Greece) - 14/03/2011: Greece: Government breaks agreement with the ‘300’ hunger strikers
From Xekinima (CWI Greece) website - 11/03/2011: Greece: Important success for the 300 hunger strikers
Form Xekinima (CWI Greece)
website [9 March 2011] - 27/02/2011: Greece: 8th general strike against austerity cuts
Edited translations of articles from the website of Xekinima
(CWI Greece) - 21/02/2011: Greece: Mass hunger strike approaches 30 days
Appeal from ‘Hunger Strike 300’ campaign, Athens - 06/02/2011: Greece: 300 immigrants on indefinite hunger strike
Christina Ziaka, Athens, Xekinima,
CWI Greece - 06/02/2011: Greece: Mass road toll non-payment campaign
From Xekinima website (CWI in
Greece) - 21/01/2011: Greece: Bus workers strike against privatisation
Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI
Greece), Athens
2010: - 16/12/2010: Greece: Society paralysed by a week of major strikes and general strike
Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI
Greece), Athens - 12/11/2010: Greece: Ruling PASOK government suffers big fall in support in Greek
elections
Interview with Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima
(CWI Greece), Athens - 29/09/2010: Greece: An autumn revival of the class struggle beckons
Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI
Greece), Athens, and Niall Mulholland, CWI, London - 01/07/2010: Greece: Fifth general strike against savage austerity measures
Interview with Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece), Athens - 16/06/2010: Greece: A test bed for ‘austerity’ and resistance
Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist
Party (CWI England & Wales) - 10/06/2010: Greece: New situation for left after split at Synaspismos conference
Statement by Xekinima (CWI Greece) - 22/05/2010: Greece: Joe Higgins speaks at central SYRIZA rally in Athens
By Harris Sideris, Xekinima (CWI in Greece), Athens - 06/05/2010: Greece: The struggle must continue and intensify!
Press Statement from Xekinima
(CWI in Greece) - 05/05/2010: Greece: General strike paralyses country
Socialistworld.net - 30/04/2010: Greece: Pasok government in bailout talks with EU and IMF
Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece), Athens, and Niall Mulholland,
CWI, London - 16/03/2010: Greece: General strike brings society to a halt
Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece), Athens, and Niall Mulholland,
CWI, London - 11/03/2010: Greece / Ireland: Socialist MEP Joe Higgins brings solidarity to
striking Greek workers
Joe Higgins Socialist Party MEP, from Daily Mail (Irish edition) - 05/03/2010: Greece: ‘Reasons for workers’ rebellion!’
Xekinima (CWI Greece) Press Statement - 26/02/2010: Greece: Millions take part in general strike against proposed austerity
package
Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece), Athens, and Niall Mulholland,
CWI, London - 19/02/2010: Europe: Euro tremors
Lynn Walsh, from March 2010 edition of Socialism Today, magazine of the
Socialism Today - 12/02/2010: Greece: Hundreds of thousands join public sector strike against savage
austerity plans
Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece), Athens - 12/01/2010: Greece: On the edge of a volcano
Robert Bechert, CWI
2009: 2008: - 19/12/2008: Greece: Second shooting provokes new wave of mass anger
Nicos Anastasiades, “Xekinima”, CWI – Greece - 12/12/2008: Greece: Mass mobilisations continue in Greece
Takis Giannopoulos, Xekinima, (CWI Greece) - 09/12/2008: Greece: Revolt in Greece
Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI in Greece) - 23/06/2008: Greece: CWI in Greece votes to join SYRIZA (Coalition of the Radical
Left)
Christina Ziaka, XEKINIMA (CWI in Greece) - 20/03/2008: Greece: Government pension attacks provoke strike wave of historical
proportions!
Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece), Athens - 17/02/2008: Greece: Second general strike in two months
Kyriakos Halaris, Xekinima, Greek Section CWI.
2007: 2006: - 30/10/2006: Greece: Mass education protests rock country
Tony Saunois and Andros Payiatsos, CWI, London and Athens - 27/06/2006: Greece: Students still occupying over 90% of universities and technical
colleges.
Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece), Athens - 09/06/2006: Greece: University occupations are a movement of historical signifigance
Takis Giannopoulos, Xekinima, Athens, Greece - 08/06/2006: Greece: Wave of university occupations sweeps country
Xekinima, cwi, Greece - 11/05/2006: Greece: Massive European Social Forum rally in Athens
Andros, Xekinima (CWI in Greece) - 31/03/2006: Greece: Which way forward after 15 March general strike?
Xekinima (cwi in Greece) leaflet text - 15/03/2006: Greece: General strike on March 15
Xekinima, CWI Greece, Athens
2005: - 22/12/2005: Greece: Successful, youthful Xekinima (CWI) conference
Niall Mulholland, Athens - 12/12/2005: greece: Right wing government launches vicious attack on living standards
Nikos Kannellis, Volos, Greece - 20/09/2005: Greece: Great success of anti-facists
Xekinima, cwi Greece, Tuesday 20 September 2005 - 12/09/2005: Greece: Campaign to stop European nazi camp
Xekinima, cwi in Greece - 28/06/2005: Greece: Wave of strikes to defend public sector
Andros Payiaposos, Xekinima, Athens - 26/05/2005: Pakistan: Appeal for solidarity with all-out Telecom strike
socialistworld.net - 04/05/2005: Sri Lanka: Socialist May Day in Colombo
- 12/04/2005: Greece: Thousands rally against racism
Xekinima, Greece - 01/04/2005: Greece: Fight back against the new racist law
Petros Tzomakas, Xekinima, Greece - 18/03/2005: Greece: General strike against right wing government
Dimitris Pantazopoulos, Xekinima (CWI in Greece) - 18/02/2005: Greece: Society shaken by scandals
Dimitris Pantazopoulos, cwi Greece
2004: 2003: 2002: 2001:
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