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Editorial from the Socialist - Paper of the Socialist Party (England and Wales) 15th February 2011  Mubarak is no more, relegated to "the dustbin of history". He was blown away by one of the greatest mass movements in history. The 18-day volcano was crowned by a colossal mobilisation of six million Egyptians on the streets. Mubarak was forced to flee.
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Written by Peter Taaffe 9th February 2011  "Lenin said of revolutions that they demonstrate two things. The first is that the people cannot go on being ruled in the old way. The second is that the rulers cannot go on ruling in the old way" (Guardian Editorial, 4 February 2011).
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Condemnation of IDF attacks from Israeli socialists and Joe Higgins socialist MEP Statement by of Tnua’t Maavak Sozialisti / Harakat Nidal Eshtaraki (Socialist Struggle Movement, CWI Israel)
Close to 20 protesters were killed and others wounded last night during a violent, right-wing government-initiated raid against the protestors on the international aid flotilla on Monday, bringing aid to the besieged Gaza Strip. Like previous protests, the demonstrators did not endanger [in any way] the security of Israeli residents. This time, helicopters were sent... missile boats, commando forces, and 200 officials were waiting for them, outside Israel’s official territory, to drive them from Gaza.
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 End UK and US led occupation of Afghanistan
In this month alone, eighteen British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan. Eight were killed in just 24 hours, three of them just 18 years old. In total 187 British troops have lost their lives since the invasion of Iraq in 2001. This senseless waste of young lives has aroused a new anger and questioning about the war in Afghanistan. People demand answers about the lack of equipment which has led to so many soldiers' deaths, and about why they are still there fighting an unwinnable war. |
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 Working class must decisively enter the struggle
THIRTY YEARS after the 1979 revolution, Iran has again erupted in revolutionary convulsions. Millions have taken to the streets to protest against the undoubted rigging of the presidential election, in which president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his cohorts in the theocratic dictatorship claimed a sweeping victory. Tony Saunois, Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) However this revolutionary crisis unfolds in the coming weeks, it is clear that Iran will never be the same again. This massive movement for change marks the beginning of the end of the existing dictatorship. |
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