Iraq after 30 June: Old occupation, new face
Thursday, June 03 @ 01:08:26 CDT

The occupation of Iraq has developed into a deepening crisis for US imperialism and President Bush. The present headache concerns the new Iraqi government due to take office from 30 June - an attempted fig leaf to cover Bush’s responsibility for the catastrophic developments.
By Per-Åke Westerlund, CWI Sweden

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Iraq: A colonial war of subjugation
Tuesday, May 25 @ 01:48:09 CDT

Saddam’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison is now a US-run centre for the subjugation of the Iraqi people.
Peter Taaffe's brilliant new article on the latest from Iraq, put in an historical context...

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Indian election: The awesome verdict
Sunday, May 23 @ 22:37:35 CDT

“Not only has the country been stunned by the awesome verdict, the entire free world must learn from the courage of the poor, illiterate, the voiceless and the underprivileged of the earth’s largest democracy as they punish rulers who thought their realm consisted of only 150 million for whom India was definitely ‘shining’.” Editorial of the Indian weekly, ‘Outlook’.
Jagadish Chandra, New Socialist Alternative (CWI-India)

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Sinking deeper into the Iraq quagmire
Tuesday, May 18 @ 23:13:20 CDT

"The photos that lost Bush the war". That was how one US commentator referred to the images of torture and sexual abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US troops. Beamed across the globe, these appalling photos have provoked international outrage.

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Iraq: Torture allegations turn to anger
Saturday, May 15 @ 05:12:56 CDT

From latest issue of UK SP paper, The Socialist. Click here

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Turning point in Iraq
Saturday, May 15 @ 05:09:20 CDT

Recent days have seen a turning point in the situation in Iraq. Peter Taaffe, General Secretary of the Socialist Party in England and Wales, reports...Click here

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Middle East: Hamas’ leader assassinated
Tuesday, March 23 @ 20:42:51 CST

Working people of the region will pay the price
Ariel Gottlieb, Maavak Sozialisti, CWI Israel

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Madrid bombings – ''The wars are yours – the deaths are ours''
Tuesday, March 16 @ 20:07:02 CST

Committee for a Workers’ International statement
By Tony Saunois
"The wars are yours – the deaths are ours," read one placard on a demonstration in Madrid in the early hours, last Sunday morning. It summed up the mood of millions throughout Spain just days after the horrific bombings in Madrid had left 200 dead and 1,400 injured.

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European Greens unite - but are they a radical alternative?
Monday, March 08 @ 23:28:08 CST

A critical analysis of the Greens in Europe, has lessons for Greens in Australia

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What is happening in Haiti?
Monday, March 01 @ 19:45:54 CST

Aristide flees country as US sends troops

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World Social Forum, Mumbai
Monday, February 16 @ 23:40:20 CST

The politics of the WSF and socialism
Intervening in the World Social Forum in Mumbai was very much like intervening in one six day-long demonstration. The activity was more or less constant from eight in the morning until nine or ten at night.
Per-eke Westerlund, CWI

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Sri Lanka: Going Back to War Again?
Sunday, February 08 @ 05:19:12 CST

By Sampath Perrera, Socialist Party Melbourne
Last November Sri Lanka President Chandrika Kumaratunga imposed a state of emergency while her rival, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, was overseas.

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Troops out of Iraq!
Sunday, February 08 @ 05:14:48 CST

By Gary Duffy, Socialist Party Sydney
The situation for the US and other coalition of the willing forces in Iraq is still fraught with danger. Bush and Co. may have had a brief psychological boost with the capture of Saddam Hussein but this will not change the fundamental situation in Iraq.

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World Social Forum, Mumbai
Wednesday, January 21 @ 21:15:37 CST

2 articles from CWI delegation at World Social Forum in India this month. SP (Australia) was represented by Jim O'Connor

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CWI on Capture of Saddam
Wednesday, December 17 @ 17:12:54 CST

17 December 2003
CWI Statement: Saddam’s capture will not end Iraq turmoil

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Capture of Saddam
Monday, December 15 @ 00:15:39 CST

A socialist response to the capture of Saddam. Plus vote on our new poll on the capture, bottom left of front page...

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Iraq occupation
Tuesday, November 04 @ 17:42:42 CST

Grim reality hits US leaders
US DEPUTY defence secretary and right-wing political hawk Paul Wolfowitz got a taste of Iraqi realities when rockets slammed into the supposedly secure al-Rashid hotel where he stayed in Baghdad last week.

Plus article on the massive anti-war demonstration in Washington DC on October 25

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Brazil: Lula fails the working class - Is it time for a new left party?
Sunday, October 26 @ 03:33:43 CST

"I am not saying that the dream is over, but I think I dreamed the wrong dream”. Those were the words of former PT (Workers’ Party) federal deputy from Rio de Janeiro, Fernando Gabeira, who has just announced his resignation from the PT in protest against the Lula government's environmental policy.

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Bolivia: Workers’ and poor peoples’ uprising forces out President
Saturday, October 25 @ 03:38:20 CDT

Over the last weeks, a powerful movement of workers, peasants and the indigenous peoples – the poorest people in the poorest country of Latin America – has checked the neo-liberal plans of the Bolivian government and, on 17 October, forced President Gonzalo Sánchez de Losada to resign.

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World Economy: Will be there be a recovery?
Wednesday, October 15 @ 23:27:09 CDT

CAN US capitalism pull the world economy out of its present stagnation? Lynn Walsh, editor of Socialism Today, looks at the world economy today.

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US: Revival of anti-war movement in Seattle
Saturday, October 11 @ 04:12:31 CDT

There was a 300-strong rally and march against the US military occupation of Iraq in Seattle on 6 October. The protest was primarily organised by the Seattle branch of ‘Not In Our Name (NION)’.
Ramy Khalil, Seattle, Socialist Alternative (US CWI section)

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Israel: Support the port workers' strike!
Monday, October 06 @ 19:04:07 CDT

Israeli port workers are fighting a crucial battle for their jobs, their conditions and the future of the Israeli working class, and have been on a full strike since Tuesday, September 30.

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Sri Lanka: Victory for Health Workers!
Tuesday, September 30 @ 20:04:42 CDT

The CWI-led union has won an important industrial battle in Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka: 15,000 health workers on mass picket in Colombo
Wednesday, September 24 @ 22:29:31 CDT

The CWI-led health workers' strike in Sri Lanka is now (21 September) in its 6th day.

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Swedish Euro Referendum
Sunday, September 21 @ 01:17:36 CDT

Workers firmly reject bosses’ Europe

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Sweden: Murder of Anna Lindh
Saturday, September 13 @ 19:11:12 CDT

Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna strongly condems the horrific murder of Sweden’s Foreign Minister Anna Lindh.
Executive Committee of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden)

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Chile - 9/11 1973: Heroism was not enough
Saturday, September 13 @ 19:08:03 CDT

The other "9/11". Tony Saunois, secretary of the CWI, explains how this tragedy unfolded and the lessons for today. Article from September 1998 edition of Socialism Today.

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World economic recovery that only looks good on paper
Thursday, September 04 @ 19:49:50 CDT

The Guardian's Larry Elliott deconstructs the optimism of the capitalist media re perspectives for the world economy

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Left Party in Sweden turns to the right in Euro campaign
Wednesday, September 03 @ 19:08:03 CDT

The "No" campaign has a clear lead with less than two weeks to go to the referendum on the euro in Sweden 14 September. Two-thirds of the members of the trade union federation, LO, are supporting a "No" vote, according to opinion polls. The support for the No campaign is high despite the profile of the official "No" leadership, as this article on the Left Party (former Communist Party), shows. The article is published in this week’s issue of Offensiv, the weekly paper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden).

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Why Nader Should Run in 2004
Wednesday, September 03 @ 19:00:10 CDT

By Ty Moore

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