Year: 2012
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Protests continue over union flag in Northern Ireland
Posted 20th December 2012 Widespread protests have taken place across Northern Ireland since Belfast council voted through restrictions on flying…
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Campaigns
Prepare to resist austerity in 2013
Editorial of the Socialist. Socialist Party England and Wales. 17th December 2012 Millionaire Tory Chancellor Osborne began his Autumn Statement…
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Middle East
Tunisia Cancellation of general strike provokes anger and indignation
CWI reporters. Posted 17th December 2012 In recent days, Tunisia has experienced a historic moment, the announcement on 13 December,…
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Middle East
General strike in Tunisia as workers confront Ennahda
CWI reporters Almost two years after the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, the eyes of many workers and young people are…
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Scotland
Socialist Party Scotland and the independence referendum
By Philip Stott. Posted 2nd December 2012 The fallout from the world economic crisis, which has brought savage austerity for…
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Trade Union
Scottish Unison backs one-day general strike call
By Socialist Party Scotland reporters. Posted 1st December 2012 Unison’s Scottish Council has voted to instruct the union to "immediately…
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News & Analysis
Media, Murdoch and Leveson
By Judy Beishon. Posted 29th November 2012 MPs' expenses, bankers' bonuses, corporate tax dodgers; this deep, long-term crisis of capitalism…
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Scotland
Radical Independence Conference a missed opportunity
By Matt Dobson. Posted 26th November 2012 Over 700 people attended the Radical Independence Conference (RIC) held in Glasgow on…
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Committee for a Workers International
Historic victory for witch-hunted Unison four
By Socialist Party England and Wales. Posted 26th November 2012 The white flag of surrender is currently flying over Unison…
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Ireland
Protests to demand legal abortion rights in Ireland
Posted 19th November 2012 The death of Savita Halappanavar in Ireland last week who was rushed to hospital but denied…
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