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This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. On the surface little seems to have changed as a result of the election to Portugal’s Legislative Assembly on the 6th October. But, beneath the surface, processes are developing which are likely in the next period to explode intoContinue reading “Portuguese elections – new class battles loom.”

This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Following a month long trial, the Supreme Court of the Spanish state pronounced brutal prison sentences on nine leaders of the Catalan independence movement. In total, prison sentences of over 100 years have been imposed on these former CatalanContinue reading “Catalonia: Draconian prison sentences of independence leaders provokes mass protests and strikes”

This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The decision by US president Donald Trump to give the green light to the Turkish army to launch a land and air invasion against Kurdish-held areas in north-east Syria is now spiralling into a wider conflict, involving the SyrianContinue reading “Assad regime and SDF broker deal, as Turkish army continues invasion of northern Syria”

This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The following leaflet text will be distributed by Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) members at a protest in central London, this coming weekend, against the Turkish invasion of northern Syria. socialistworld.net Scores of civilians, including children, slaughtered; overContinue reading “International working class solidarity to oppose Turkish army’s attacks on Kurds”

This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. A mass uprising including a general strike, protests of hundreds of thousands and the storming of the National Assembly has rocked Ecuador. It has forced the government of Lenin Moreno to flee the capital, Quito, and relocate the governmentContinue reading “Uprising in Ecuador: For a revolutionary socialist programme”

This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. In the face of massive protests in Ecuador, the government of Lenin Moreno has been driven to declare a “state of exception” throughout the country – a repressive step just short of a state of emergency. Now the governmentContinue reading “Revolt in Ecuador”

This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The September 29th Austrian elections saw a surge by the Greens and losses by both the far right Freedom Party (FPÖ) and the social democrats (SPÖ). The former Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, whose conservative people’s party (ÖVP) came first withContinue reading “Austrian elections: Greens gain, while far-right and social democrats lose”

This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The 1st of October marks the second anniversary of the independence referendum called by the Catalan government. This followed an upsurge in the demand for independence fuelled by the repressive, neo-liberal Partido Popular (PP) government of Mariano Rajoy. TheContinue reading “Catalonia: Two years on from the independence referendum”

This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Street protests in Cairo and several other Egyptian cities broke out on Friday and Saturday 20/21 September. Although only involving dozens or a few hundreds, at first, they grew in numbers and spread to other cities. Protesters chanted, “TheContinue reading “Street protests return to Egypt”