Belgium: Active Left Students (ALS) under attack by university authorities
Thursday, April 28 @ 20:11:40 CDT

Relentless campaign sponsored by university Rector to ban ALS.
Our student society in Belgium is under threat of exclusion from the University of Ghent for fighting racism.
Please take moment to sign the online petition to support Active Left Students.

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2005 CWI May Day Statement
Wednesday, April 27 @ 01:56:08 CDT

Make capitalism history - Fight for socialism!
On May Day, workers and socialists honour and celebrate past struggles and recommit ourselves to international solidarity, struggle and socialism.

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Ireland: Joe Higgins, Socialist Party MP fights for "real people"
Thursday, April 21 @ 16:29:47 CDT

Reproduced below is an article from the Irish Independent from Wednesday 13 April outlining the excellent role played by Joe Higgins in the Daíl (Parliament) as a representative of working class people fighting for their rights.
Following this is the latest press release of the Turkish Workers Action Group which explains that Gama Construction has been forced to start sending bank statements of the concealed bank accounts in the Netherlands held in the name of Gama employees to these workers.

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Ireland: Socialist Party MP profiled in mainstream media
Monday, April 18 @ 03:29:53 CDT

All that's left?
A profile of Joe Higgins TD (MP) and the Socialist Party in the Sunday Business Post (Ireland) 17 April 2005 By Alison O'Connor
When Joe Higgins rises to his feet in Dáil Eireann, there is usually an air of expectancy. The majority of his 165 colleagues would probably claim that the Socialist Party TD's politics are off the wall, but would surely also recognise him as the best parliamentary performer in their ranks.

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World Social Forum 2005
Sunday, January 30 @ 03:16:38 CST

CWI member quoted in British newspaper, ‘The Independent’
The Independent, a London-based newspaper, ran a story on the opening day of the World Social Forum, in which Andre Ferrari, a leading member of Socialismo Revolucionario, the Brazilian section of the CWI, is quoted. This shows how the question of Lula and his governments adoption of neo-liberal policies after coming to power is provoking interest internationally. Andre Ferrari is a member of the Executive Committee of the new party P-Sol (‘Party for Socialism and Liberty’) which was set up as a new party for workers and youth.

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World Social Forum 2005
Thursday, January 27 @ 22:12:06 CST

Demonstration of well over 100,000 people on first day
Well over 100,000 people turned out on a scorching afternoon in Porto Alegre, Brazil, to participate in a demonstration that marked the opening of the fifth World Social Forum
By Michael OBrien, Socialist Party, CWI Ireland

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World Social Forum 2005
Tuesday, January 25 @ 20:46:18 CST

CWI members campaign for socialism in Porte Allegre
Over 70 members and sympathisers of the committee for a workers' international will be making sure that the ideas of socialism are brought to the tens of thousands who will attend the meetings and demonstrations of the World Social Forum (WSF), from 26 - 31 January, in Porte Allegre.
Kevin Simpson in Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Report on Socialist Appeal on Tsunami
Tuesday, January 25 @ 20:42:54 CST

With the help of the thousands of donations that have been made in the last four weeks to the Campaign Sri Lanka, our comrades in the country second worst hit in the region have picked themselves up and started out on the campaigning road once more. Australian socialists have not let side down...
Report of the socialist relief effort followed by CWI overview of the crisis one month on: "tsunami disaster: A month later, poverty still kills in Aceh and Sri Lanka" by Clare Doyle

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Missing Comrade found alive!
Friday, January 14 @ 23:54:47 CST

The CWI can report with great relief, that after heroic efforts to establish the whereabouts of all its members, the United Socialist Party in Sri Lanka has found that it sustained no direct loss of life. The tsunami had crashed into areas where many USP members and their families lived and worked. One Central Committee member in Galle, comrade Piyatilake, was missing for days and the worst was feared. His workplace near the bus station was totally destroyed and two people beside him at the moment the wave struck were swept to their deaths. Piyatilake himself was found to have been severely injured and hospitalised but has now returned to his home to recover fully.

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Download socialist appeal on Tsunami
Sunday, January 02 @ 20:22:17 CST



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Australian report-back from international socialist meeting
Thursday, December 09 @ 05:25:26 CST

Last month socialists from around the world (members of the International Executive Committee of the Committee for a Workers International) met in Belgium to discuss world events and building a socialist alternative to capitalism. Australia was represented by SP's National Treasurer Anthony Main (who is also a shop steward in the metals division of the AMWU). Here is his report back...

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Ireland: Ireland: Socialist MP, Joe Higgins, challenges Kofi Annan, UN Secretary
Wednesday, October 20 @ 03:45:54 CDT

The Irish government has set up an organisation called the National Forum on Europe which is supposed to allow more public discussion on matters related to the European Union. On 14 October the Forum heard an address by the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan who had come to speak about planned reforms to the United Nations. All Party leaders were allowed to address comments to Kofi Annan. The following speech was made by Joe Higgins, the Socialist Party TD in the Irish Parliament. Joe’s speech shows that the public representatives of the cwi do not pull their punches whatever audience they are talking to. Primarily they use their public positions as a platform to give voice to the anger of the thousands of working class people they represent. Annan, reflecting the arrogance of all diplomats and members of the political elite these days, did not answer any of Joe’s questions or refer to any points made in his speech in the summation given to the Forum.
Socialist MP, Joe Higgins, challenges Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General

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Germany: Victory for Socialist Alternative!
Wednesday, September 29 @ 05:26:20 CDT

Socialist Alternative, the German section of the CWI, scored a great victory in Sunday’s local elections in North Rhine Westphalia, winning two more councillors.
By Tanja Niemeier, CWI

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CWI members launch new China website
Friday, September 17 @ 01:02:58 CDT

Defence campaign for imprisoned metalworkers in Liaoyang
Laurence Coates, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna, CWI Sweden
Chinaworker.org is a new website started by members and supporters of the CWI. The aim is to publicise and support workers’ struggles against capitalist ”reforms”, privatisation and job losses in China and to raise awareness over the political and economic processes there.

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2nd report from CWI Summer School 2004
Saturday, August 28 @ 04:03:10 CDT

The Socialist Party in Australia is affiliated to the Committee for a Workers' International. Here is the second report on its recent Summer School held in Belgium. Australia was represented by Denise Dudley.
This second report follows another article covering the main discussion on Latin America from the CWI Summer School that appeared a few days ago on our web page (see below). This report concentrates on Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa.

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International Socialist Summer School Report
Thursday, August 12 @ 08:40:58 CDT

Australia was represented by Denise Dudley at the recent CWI Summer School in Belgium. The CWI (Committee for a Workers' International) is the international organsiation of 35 socialist organisations that the SP in Australia is affiliated to.
Read the first reports of the event which concentrates on the report on the exciting developments in Latin America

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Local And Euro Elections: Important gains for Irish Socialist Party overlooked
Tuesday, June 22 @ 22:00:44 CDT

In the run-up to Irish SP MP Joe Higgins' August tour of Australia, here is an analysis of the excellent SP results in the recent local and Euro elections in the Irish Republic...

The disastrous slump in the Fianna Fáil vote and the gains for Sinn Féin in the Local and Euro Elections has led to very important gains for the Socialist Party being overlooked.

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Joe Higgins in Euro Election
Monday, June 14 @ 19:40:53 CDT

Joe Higgins TD received an excellent 23,218 first preference votes (5.5%) standing in the Dublin constituency for the European elections. Full report soon.

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CWI wins first Council seat in Germany - plus excellent Belgian results
Monday, June 14 @ 19:12:52 CDT

SAV (CWI in Germany) wins first Councillor in Rostock. Christine Lehnert will be the first directly elected Trotskyist Councillor in Germany for decades.
And in Belgium Linkse Socialistiche Partij(LSP)/Mouvement pour une Alternative Socialiste(MAS), the Belgian affiliate of the CWI, for the first time ever stood nationally in elections and won at least 19,841 votes.

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Euro and Council elections: Victory for CWI candidates!
Saturday, June 12 @ 19:27:48 CDT

Last Thursday millions of European voters went to the polls in Euro and Council elections. In Ireland the Socialist Party has doubled our number of Councillors and in Britain two SP Councillors have been re-elected and a third just missed out despite getting a higher vote than last time.
Read latest reports on the Socialist Party results from Ireland and Britain...

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Irish SP/Joe Higgins on TV for Euro election - see TV election broadcast
Monday, June 07 @ 18:01:55 CDT

In the run-up to Joe Higgins visit to Australia see the Irish Socialist Party's Election Broadcast, which went out on on television on Monday 31 May.
See also as on Monday 31 May, Joe Higgins appeared with other candidates for the Euopean Elections on RTE's political debate show Questions & Answers. Plus more information on the Irish Socialist Party's election challenge and the 'citizenship referendum'


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Ireland: ''One Joe Higgins more effective than 5 Sinn Fein TDs''
Tuesday, May 18 @ 23:23:56 CDT

With Joe Higgins set to visit Australia in August, we thought SP web page visitors would find this fascinating.
The following article is taken from the ‘Irish Examiner’ (12/05/04) newspaper. It shows that even the right wing, social democratic Labour Party in Ireland cannot fail but to be impressed with the role of Joe Higgins, the Socialist Party (cwi) TD (member of Irish parliament) for Dublin West. Joe is nationally known as a fighter of working class people and for standing for working class unity and socialism, in the South and North of the country.

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2004 CWI May Day Statement
Thursday, April 29 @ 23:03:39 CDT

The struggle against imperialist occupation and capitalism
For a socialist alternative

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Why I'm coming to Australia
Wednesday, April 28 @ 20:43:36 CDT

Joe Higgins TD explains why he's coming to Australia in August...

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Report from last weekend's British Socialist Party Conference
Monday, February 23 @ 03:42:53 CST

Growing support and influence for socialist alternative to New Labour
Exactly one year after 2 million people took to the streets of London to oppose the Iraq war the Socialist Party (CWI Section in England and Wales) held its national conference.

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Report back from Australian representative at international socialist meeting
Sunday, February 08 @ 05:17:14 CST

By Anthony Main, Socialist Party Melbourne
Where is the world going in 2004?

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Britain 20 years ago: When Liverpool beat Thatcher
Saturday, January 10 @ 01:26:00 CST

During the Spring of 1984 the UK Liverpool City Council took on Margaret Thatcher’s conservative government and won a famous victory. The leadership of the Council was in the hands of Militant members (now SP) and it was one of the greatest victories in the modern workers' movement...
Read a fascinating interview with Laurence Coates, then a fulltimer for Militant in Liverpool and integrally involved in the struggle, now a leading member of our Swedish section.

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Report of CWI International Meeting
Sunday, December 07 @ 22:06:18 CST

Nicki Jonas and Anthony Main represented Australia at the recent CWI International Executive Committee meeting in Belgium. Niall Mulholland reports on the key debates...

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Socialist Party wins second council seat in Lewisham, London
Sunday, December 07 @ 00:33:07 CST

Chris Flood, a Socialist Party member from Lewisham won a council by-election in his area yesterday winning a stunning 32% of the vote. He joins Ian Page, the other Socialist Party councillor on the local council.
The Socialist Party now has the same number of councillors as the Tories on the local council!

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Ireland: Aussies asked to email jailed activists!
Wednesday, November 12 @ 17:02:51 CST

On Tuesday last, a further 6 anti-bin tax protesters were jailed for their opposition to the bin tax and to the non-collection of tens of thousands of householders' rubbish in the South Dublin area. Among the 6 jailed was Fionn Ryder (25 years old), Socialist Party member and a member of the branch committee of the An Post branch of the CPSU and David Murphy (20), ISR/Socialist Youth member who was this year elected as a class rep on the University College Dublin (UCD) Student Council.
Matt Waine

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