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21 October 2009

When Britain's spies backed Mussolini

TO FURTHER their interests at home and abroad, Britain's government and secret services have always had secret deals with the most brutal dictators and anti-working-class organisations, writes Naomi Byron.

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23 September 2009

Workers' fightback grows in Italy

"Let's do an INNSE": "EVERYONE ON the roof", seems to be one of the slogans uniting workers in struggle in Italy. Another is "let's do an INNSE", referring to the marvellous victory of workers in the INNSE factory, near...

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Joe Higgins MEP, Socialist Party Ireland, speaking at the European CWI school, photo Bob Severn

Joe Higgins MEP, Socialist Party Ireland, speaking at the European CWI school, photo Bob Severn

29 July 2009

Building support for world socialism

Committee for a Workers' International: The annual summer school of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) took place in Belgium during the week 12 to 17 July. Over 350 CWI members - many of them young people - came together from CWI sections worldwide to discuss the world economic crisis, the political situation in many countries, and workers' struggles across the globe.

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29 July 2009

Futurism

Exhibition review: Brash, bold and belligerent, the artistic movement known as futurism hit the scene in early 1909. Later, it would give expression to political polar opposites: Italian fascist reaction and Russian socialist...

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9 June 2009

European parliament elections indicate a Europe on the edge

Last week's European elections gave a snapshot, albeit often distorted by low turnouts, of the continent's anxious mood and the distrust, if not hostility, to most governments...

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20 May 2009

Construction workers walk out

Stop press: In a continuation of the battle to stop large construction firms bringing in workers on lower than the trade union negotiated wages and conditions, workers at the South Hook liquefied natural gas site in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, walked out on 19 May...

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Lindsey refinery: workers show their strength, photo Yorkshire Socialist Party

Lindsey refinery: workers show their strength, photo Keith Gibson

4 February 2009

Lindsey refinery: workers show their strength

Strikes repel attacks on jobs and conditions
Shades of the miners' strike - mass protests, car park meetings, loud hailers that don't work.

Not so much flying pickets as flying texts and emails leading to spontaneous unofficial walkouts and 'illegal' strike action.
The anti-trade union laws have been brushed aside without a thought.

Alastair Tice, Yorkshire Socialist Party, reports on this important strike of oil refinery contruction workers.

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4 February 2009

Organising real trade unionism

History of the oil refinery action: A ninety day redundancy notice was issued around mid November 2008 at Lindsey Oil Refinery (LOR) to the workers employed by Shaw, writes Keith Gibson, GMB, personal capacity, elected onto the unofficial LOR strike committee..

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4 February 2009

Response from Italy

The strike is big news here in Italy. Inevitably the press and media are portraying it as an "anti-Italian strike" - a strike for "British jobs for British workers", writes Christine Thomas, Lotta, CWI Italy.

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19 November 2008

Eyewitness report: Italian students occupy

"Noi la crisi non la paghiamo" (We won't pay for your crisis) chanted hundreds of thousands of Italian students attending a mass demonstration in Rome on Friday 14 November against €1.5 billion cuts in the education sector, writes Sarah Wrack, Sussex Socialist Students.

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