Bolivian workers fight privatisation and imperialism
Saturday, June 11 @ 03:28:02 CDT

Bolivian workers have been battling the vicious neo-liberal policies of their government backed by Western imperialism. Over the last five years the struggle has overthrown one president and successfully defeated water privatisation. Now the incumbent president, Carlos Mesa, has tendered his resignation. Dave Carr reports on the current mass protest movement which is demanding nationalisation of the gas industry.

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G8 Anti Capitalist Protest - Scotland
Saturday, June 11 @ 03:20:56 CDT

TENS of thousands of people are making plans to travel to Scotland at the beginning of July to demonstrate against world poverty.
Sarah Sachs-Eldridge, International Socialist Resistance

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SP member elected President of Northern Ireland's largest union
Wednesday, June 08 @ 02:13:59 CDT

There was a further shift to the left at the annual conference of the Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA), the largest union in the North, held at the start of June. The outgoing General Council (Executive), which had a right wing majority, was defeated on a number of key issues and Socialist Party member Billy Lynn was elected to the position of President.
Report by Carol Barnett, Socialist Party, Belfast

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Dutch give overwhelming ‘No’ to EU Constitution
Friday, June 03 @ 01:55:25 CDT

Yesterday’s vote on the European Constitution was the first time in more than 200 years that Dutch people were given the chance to voice their opinion in a referendum. A high turnout of 62.8 per cent delivered a clear verdict; 61.6% voted against the constitution and only 38.4 % in favour.
Ron Blom, Offensief (CWI Netherlands),

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French workers say ‘NON’ to the European constitution and the establishment.
Tuesday, May 31 @ 01:25:26 CDT

Report By Karl Debbaut, CWI.
"We’re voting no. It is a constitution for the bourgeoisie, for multinationals, for bosses. It is only about the economy, competition, profits, the market and capitalism. We are against all that; we are communists. There isn’t any progress for workers. Most workers want to say "merde", to stick two fingers up at them. We are fed up with saying yes to politicians".
Thomas Meurnier, a 32 year old history teacher and sympathiser of the French Communist Party (quoted in the newspaper ‘the Guardian’, Saturday 28 May 2005)

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Manchester united fans protest at billionaire’s takeover
Sunday, May 22 @ 18:52:10 CDT

Manchester United fans reacted rapidly to US businessman Malcolm Glazer gaining 74% of Manchester United shares after the three biggest shareholders, racing tycoons JP McManus and John Magnier and a mining millionaire sold their shares to the Glazer family.
John Reid, author, Reclaim the Game.

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''McJobs'' a Dead End for Young Workers
Sunday, May 22 @ 18:38:40 CDT

You can find us throughout malls, fast food joints, retail stores, and phone centers across the country. We're the ones who pour the coffee, flip the burgers, and offer savings on long distance phone service. We are America's youth, and we are increasingly trapped in dead-end jobs that offer low wages and no future.
By Canyon Lalama, "Customer Service" Representative, Member of OPEIU Local 12, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

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HIV/Aids inequality
Sunday, May 22 @ 18:26:16 CDT

HIV, the virus that causes Aids, continues to spread. Over the last 30 years, attention has shifted from the gay scene in the US, where the disease first appeared, to the neo-colonial countries. In sub-Saharan Africa, Aids is causing havoc to whole peoples and already fragile economies. It is beginning to break into the general populations of China, India and Russia. MANNY THAIN reports on this global catastrophe.

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Uzbekistan: Troops massacre hundreds of protesters
Thursday, May 19 @ 01:54:49 CDT

US-backed Karimov dictatorship unleashes bloodbath.
Rob Jones, CWI, Moscow

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Defend expelled Nigerian students
Friday, May 13 @ 18:17:39 CDT

The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, have decided to expel seven students from university.
Send letters of protest to the university authorities.

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Israeli CWI members jailed on May Day
Wednesday, May 04 @ 20:39:58 CDT

Police attack CWI and other left activists at Tel Aviv May Day rally
CWI members were arrested for trying to go to Histadruth festival
By Daniel Dukarevich and Rotem Michaeli, Maavak Sotzialisti (CWI in Israel)

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Is Venezuela Heading Towards Socialism?
Wednesday, May 04 @ 20:14:38 CDT

With nationalisations and land distribution by Chavez
Is Venezuela heading towards socialism?
By Greg Bradshaw, SP Melbourne

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May Day in La Paz
Tuesday, May 03 @ 03:34:40 CDT

Currently SP member Denise Dudley is in Bolivia as part of a tour of Latin America.
Denise had the pleasure of celebrating May Day in La Paz. Read Denise's report on the protests over corporations’ exploitation of natural resources.

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Scotland: What's the alternative to the establishment parties?
Thursday, April 28 @ 20:37:46 CDT

The Scottish Socialist Party is standing in 58 of the 59 Scottish Westminster seats as part of the British general election on May 5th.

CWI members who work within the SSP will be standing in 6 of those seats.

Read this report from Philip Stott, Dundee, International Socialists about the election campaign so far.

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World Economy: Speculative activity surges in the global economy
Monday, April 25 @ 05:00:09 CDT

Intensified speculation a symptom of approaching crisis in the world capitalist economy.

Lynn Walsh, Senior Editor Socialism Today

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How Red are the Greens?
Saturday, April 23 @ 18:06:28 CDT

Last week the Green Party in the UK launched their election manifesto.
They put forward many policies that socialists also support - on the environment, against nuclear power and against the war in Iraq.
The Greens in Australia have many similar policies, but if they were implemented would they actually work?
Jon Dale (Socialist Party England and Wales) takes a closer look.

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World economy: Profits soar while wages fall
Saturday, April 23 @ 01:26:57 CDT

Against the backdrop of the general election campaign in Britain.
Peter Taaffe General Secretary of the Socialist Party (England and Wales) has written this article on the current state of the world economy.

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Northern Ireland: Republicanism in crisis
Friday, April 15 @ 19:11:51 CDT

Since this article was written, the leadership of Sinn Fein, showing the continued pressure they are under, especially since the local and general election campaign in Northern Ireland had been set, called a press conference on 6 April where Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams made the unprecedented call for the IRA to give up the strategy of armed struggle and instead build “political support for republican and democratic objectives”.
By Peter Hadden, Socialist Party, Northern Ireland

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Poland: The politics of Pope John Paul II
Friday, April 15 @ 19:02:51 CDT

Pope John Paul II died Saturday 2 April - the first ever Polish pope and first non-Italian since 1523.
By Karl Debbaut, CWI

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Iraq: End the Occupation!
Tuesday, April 05 @ 08:14:45 CDT

To ordinary working people in Iraq the situation seems to degenerate daily. While workers in Australia, the US and around the world have seen their governments go to amazing lengths to follow their corporate agenda.
By Erinn Sales, SP Melbourne City branch (article in latest issue of The Socialist)

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Germany: Four hundred meet to discuss resistance against social cuts and capital
Monday, April 04 @ 05:28:58 CDT

On Easter weekend about 400 people took part in the Socialism Days of the Sozialistische Alternative (SAV; German section of the CWI) in Berlin to discuss about the worldwide resistance against social cuts, war and capitalism.
By Nico Weinmann, Sozialistische Alternative, Germany

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Kyrgyzstan: Mass protests clear out corrupt neo-liberals
Friday, April 01 @ 21:33:27 CST

“I’m tired of this life. I just want to live quietly and well” was the comment of one pensioner taking part in the protests in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzia (Kyrgyzstan) last week.
Rob Jones, Sotsialisticheskoye Soprotivleniye, Moscow

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Iraq: 2 years since invasion
Sunday, March 20 @ 19:56:10 CST

Two years ago, the US regime promised a short war to 'liberate' Iraq - 'operation shock and awe'.
By Manny Thain, Socialist Party England and Wales

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Northern Ireland: Crisis for republicans - political alternative needed
Monday, March 14 @ 19:12:36 CST

From the Socialist Party in Northern Ireland
The Northern Bank robbery in Belfast, Robert McCartney's killing and the attempt to cover it up, and then the allegations about the multi-million pound criminal empire run by the IRA have put the leadership of the republican movement in Ireland under intense pressure.

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Lebanon: Hariri’s assassination triggers crisis
Saturday, March 12 @ 03:51:28 CST

Huge 8 March demonstration marks setback for US imperialism
By Robert Bechert, CWI comment and analysis

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Iraq elections sham
Friday, February 18 @ 17:44:03 CST

Imperialism’s continuing bloodshed threatens sectarian break-up
By Tony Saunois, CWI
After only a few days, the sham of the Iraqi ‘elections’ became evident as Iraq was shaken by a renewed wave of bombings and violent attacks on government officials and the occupation forces. As each day passes, it becomes clearer that the elections have resolved nothing for either the Iraqi peoples or the occupying imperialist powers.

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The Life and Legacy of Malcom X
Wednesday, February 09 @ 21:54:42 CST

The Life and Legacy of Malcom X
Today Malcom X is still an inspiration to millions of class fighters around the world and February marks the 40th anniversary of his assassination.
Here the Socialist Party reprints a CWI / Militant pamphlet, written in 1993 by Andrea Enisuoh, to commemorate this anniversary.

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Holocaust Anniversary: Who was responsible and what we should remember?
Wednesday, February 09 @ 04:08:27 CST

Robert Bechert, CWI statement
Deep emotions were aroused by January’s week-long ceremonies to mark the 60th anniversary of the Red Army liberating the Auschwitz extermination camp complex.

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Iraqi elections: Debacle facing US and British imperialism
Thursday, January 20 @ 18:58:41 CST

By Tony Saunois, Secretary of the CWI
The bloody war in Iraq led by US imperialism worsens every day as the death toll mounts and the country plunges deeper into civil war and ethnic and religious clashes. Only a few days after the ‘coronation’ of Bush for a second term ‘elections’ are set to take place on January 30th. Yet far from ushering in a new ‘democratic’ and peaceful Iraq as promised by the occupying imperialist powers the pantomime of a ‘democratic process’ is set to deepen the crisis facing the Iraqi people and Bush’s regime in Washington. Workers and young people around the world rightly demonstrated their sympathy and solidarity for the 250,000 or more who were killed by the Asian Tsunami. But it must not be forgotten that the Iraqi peoples have suffered their own military Tsunami since the invasion of Iraq was unleashed by US and British imperialism. Since the war began over 100,000 Iraqi people have been killed. Hundreds of thousands more have been injured or maimed. Others have suffered now well documented accounts of torture and humiliation in the prisons of the US and British military.

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Israel/Palestine: Fatah leaders 'unite' behind Abbas
Thursday, January 06 @ 23:52:41 CST

Following Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat's death, a new Palestinian Authority (PA) president is to be elected on 9 January.
By Jenny Brooks, Socialist Party, England and Wales

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