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Spain: Historic student general strike
Below we publish a translation of the Spanish School Students union, Sindicato de Estudiantes’s, first report of the historic general strike of students throughout …
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Spain: Students set to strike on October 26!
We publish below a call for solidarity from the Spanish Students’ Union (Sindicato de Estudiantes), who have called a general strike of students for …
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Interview with an Irish LGBTIQ activist
In Ireland, marriage equality for LGBTIQ people was won via a referendum in 2015. Below, we present an interview with Conor Payne, a member …
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Britain: Jeremy Corbyn re-wins Labour leadership
Three months ago 172 MPs – three quarters of the Parliamentary Labour Party – launched a coup against Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. They have …
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France: Burkini ban fuels Islamophobia
International outrage has resulted from the decision of 30 town mayors in the south of France to ban from beaches the wearing of ‘burkini’ …
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Europe and the workers’ movement after the ‘Brexit’ vote
This year’s Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI – the socialist international organisation to which the Socialist Party is affiliated) summer school met in …
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Irish win on water charges… war on the left
On the surface, one legacy of the last two years of Socialist Party (CWI) action in Ireland will be the suspension, once again, of …
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France: Mass movement erupts
An impressive movement has been spreading all across France since early March. The movement erupted in response to anti-worker legislation put forward by the …
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Britain: After the referendum
“The referendum result may well go down in history as the pitchfork moment”, declared the Financial Times (FT), wailing the anger and despair of …
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UK referendum on EU: Socialists say ‘Leave’
By Thiago d’Leones Under pressure from a section of conservative MPs during the 2015 election, Prime Minister Cameron reluctantly promised a referendum on the …
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Ireland: 100th anniversary of Easter 1916 Rising
By Cillian Gillespie, Socialist Party (Ireland) This weekend marks the centenary of the Easter 1916 Rising against British rule in Ireland. For many working …
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Ireland: Government routed in general election
Establishment parties in crisis, as a new Left rises By Danny Byrne, CWI Ireland’s Fine Gael/Labour Party coalition government was routed in general elections …
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Womens’ and LGBTIQ liberation in revolutionary Russia
By Emma Quinn (Socialist Party, CWI in Ireland) Millions of people internationally are joining the fight against the oppression of women and LGBTIQ people, opening up debates as …
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Britain: Socialism is back!
Socialism is back. For decades the pro-capitalist establishment politicians that dominate parliament have told us that socialism is irrelevant and outmoded. By Hannah Sell, …
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Britain: Corbyn elected Labour leader
By Socialist Party (England & Wales) reporters This is a historic moment. Nothing will be the same again. For decades Westminster politics has meant …
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Corbyn's challenge a welcome upheaval in British politics
As the British Labour Party prepares to send out ballot papers to the over 610,000 people registered to vote in its leadership contest, The …
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The euro-crisis and prospects for class struggle
Report from the CWI Summer School in Belgium The recent events in Greece provided the backdrop to the discussion on Europe at the 2015 …
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UK: Huge protest against austerity
A vast mass of people compressed into the streets of London on Saturday June 20 eager to show their anger and opposition to the …
