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Seattle, US: Socialist Kshama Sawant wins 33%

Seattle Gives Green Light to Oust Richard Conlin from City Hall Kshama Sawant Campaign for Seattle City Council / Socialist Alternative (CWI supporters in the US) Seattle voters sent a clear message to an out-of-touch political establishment ...

CWI Summer School: New uprisings hit Latin America

Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba and Latin America Laura Fitzgerald, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) Johan Rivas, CWI activist in Venezuela, introduced a discussion on Latin America at this year’s CWI Summer School. He noted the opening of a new perio...

Sweden: The reality of Swedish neo-liberalism

Sweden once had a reputation as some kind of ‘social-democratic model’ with far-reaching public services and social support. But that has been dismantled by two decades of attacks – what the Economist magazine calls a ‘silent revolution’ Per Olsso...

Egypt: One of the biggest mass movements in history prompts military take-over

The revolution must continue! For a government of workers and the poor! Aysha Zaki, CWI During the last week of tumultous events in Egypt, Aysha Zaki has discussed with socialist opposition activists in Cairo about the mass movement to the rule...

South Africa: Mass retrenchment threat in mining industry demands mass action

Workers and Socialist Party calls for one-day-general strike DSM (CWI South Africa) reporters The Workers and Socialist Party (WASP) denounces in the strongest terms Amplats’ cold-blooded plans to slash 6,000 jobs and stands in solidarity with ...

Brazil: A victory for the mass struggle

Governors of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and many other cities cut transport fares but the struggle must continue. Andre Ferrari, LSR (CWI Brazil) Following the tsunami of mass struggles during recent days, the state government of Sao Paulo, the...

Egypt: Morsi removed – No trust in the generals

For independent action by workers and poor Robert Bechert, CWI The removal and arrest of President Morsi by the military marks a new, challenging but potentially dangerous stage in the unfolding Egyptian revolution. Morsi’s end came quickly ...

Turkey: “Vandals” continue to fight back

Erdogan seeks trial of strength with mass protests Kai Stein, first published in the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) On Monday, 10 June, Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to talk and listen to protesters. Early Tuesd...

South Africa: Workers and Socialist Party – first steps toward uniting struggles

Following the launch of the WASP the work is ongoing to, on the one hand, complete the formal registration of the party and, on the other, sink its roots and establish its structures across South Africa. Liv Shange, DSM (CWI South Africa) The m...

Sweden: Riots in Stockholm working-class suburbs

Neo-liberalism and police violence have created social time-bomb Reporters of Offensiv, paper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden) Husby, a working class suburb of Stockholm, has in recent days been the focus of widespread unrest that ...

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Tibet-Nepal Mudslide: The shocking cost of climate destruction, imperialism and dictatorship

More than one thousand dead in Nepal – no credible death toll yet reported on the Chinese side chinaworker.info reporters The horror of the Hi...

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