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23 May 2012
We stand 100% with the Greek workers
In Britain, as in every country of Europe, millions of working people are following events in Greece with baited breath, inspired by the defiance of the Greek population
23 May 2012
Reject the EU fiscal compact treaty: Across Europe, in the face of growing resistance at the polls and on the streets, the capitalist class is ramping up its campaign to terrify people into accepting its ongoing austerity...
23 May 2012
Eurovision hosts are top of the charts for repression
BBC's Panorama investigation - 'Eurovision's Dirty Secret' - looked at the 2012 host country Azerbaijan, writes Clare Doyle, Committee for a Workers' International.
21 May 2012
Youth Fight for Jobs Northern Ireland launched
Saturday 12th May saw a launch rally and gig for Youth Fight for Jobs - Northern Ireland, in the heart of Belfast, writes See:.
18 May 2012
Russia: CWI supporters arrested during protests
Two members of the CWI in Moscow have today been arrested while participating in round-the-clock protests against Putin's rule which have taken place in Moscow since 6 May. Urgent protests needed!
16 May 2012
Voters - not only in Greece but also in the recent French presidential elections, the German regional elections, in Italy's local elections and indeed in the UK - have punished the ruling parties for making the working and middle classes pay for the failure of the capitalist profit system
9 May 2012
Greece: Political earthquake sees pro-austerity parties' support collapse
Following the recent elections in Greece, which saw two out of three voters vote against pro-austerity parties and a big swing to left parties, Niall Mulholland spoke to Andros Payiatsos, from Xekinima (CWI in Greece)
Demonstrations in France against attacks on pension rights, photo Judy Beishon
9 May 2012
France: A weekend that shocked Europe
Rejection of austerity in Eurozone's second biggest economy: Sarkozy's downfall, alongside the crushing defeat of the pro-austerity parties in Greece, was a real turning point, writes Robert Bechert, Committee for a Workers' International (CWI).
9 May 2012
Con-Dems battered in Scottish local elections
Step up the fight against SNP and Labour cutting councils: Both the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Labour declared victory in the Scottish local government elections, writes Matt Dobson, Socialist Party Scotland.
8 May 2012
The Scottish local government election result saw both the SNP and Labour declare victory. The SNP can point to their best ever local election result and now possess the largest number of councillors across...
2 May 2012
Capitalist crisis: 'Up to half of all Icelandic families are bankrupt'
Iceland's economy is growing again after the deep recession that struck in 2008. But the economic and political crisis is far from over, writes Per-Åke Westerlund. From Offensiv, newspaper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden).
25 April 2012
France: Left Front vote shows potential for new workers' party
In the first round of the French presidential elections, held on 22 April, François Hollande (28.6% vote) of the social democratic Socialist Party (PS) narrowly headed incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy (27.1%) of the right-wing Union for a Popular Movement (UMP)...
11 April 2012
Ireland: Mass movement against household tax and austerity
Widespread opposition to new tax as registration deadline passes: Saturday 31 March was the deadline set by the Irish government for 1.86 million households in the south of Ireland to register for their new household tax
11 April 2012
Open the books!: Nearly one-in-four books sold in Britain are bought from Amazon.co.uk - the company has made £7.6 billion of sales here in the last three years...
4 April 2012
Spain: Huge general strike as government enters deep crisis
Months of protest against the right-wing Spanish government's vicious austerity measures culminated in a massive general strike on 29 March
28 March 2012
Spain: Workers gear up for general strike
The right-wing People's Party prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, has provoked a 24-hour general strike on 29 March by Spain's trade unions, by making it easier for employers to sack workers...
28 March 2012
Rare sighting of Tories in Scotland
Protesters far outnumbered attendees at the Scottish Tory conference; considering there are more pandas in Scotland than Tory MPs, this shouldn't come as a surprise!, writes Jamie Cocozza, Youth Fight For Jobs Scotland.
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