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Iraqi Kurdistan: A socialist viewpoint on the coming independence referendum

September 22, 2017 Serge Jordan

Serge Jordan is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. On September 25, the Kurdistan region of Iraq (Southern Kurdistan) is set to hold a referendum on independence. Various regional and international powers have made clear their staunch objection to such a move, and Iraq’s Supreme Court has ruled for all preparations for […]

Sudan:Three day nationwide strike shuts down the country, in unique defiance of Al-Bashir’s rule

December 1, 2016 Serge Jordan

Serge Jordan is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Escalation of the struggle needed to overthrow repressive regime The streets and public squares of Sudan’s major cities have been left looking deserted from their usual traffic and pedestrian frenzy as the country was shaken by three days of “civil disobedience” from 27 […]

Five Years on from the Arab Spring

March 6, 2016 Serge Jordan

Serge Jordan is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The ‘Arab Spring’ revolutionary wave brought dictators in Tunisia and Egypt crashing down. It swept through the Middle East, inspiring workers and youth the world over. It has since ebbed, however, leaving the region wracked with war and sectarian conflict. Five years ago, […]

Lebanon: Mass protests against corrupt sectarian regime

September 4, 2015 Serge Jordan

Serge Jordan is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Build a united struggle of workers and youth – for a socialist alternative to communal divisions, poverty and war! Lebanon has been swept by mass protests for the last two weeks. These have been triggered by the unbearable accumulation of tons of garbage […]

Tunisia: Three years on since the fall of Ben Ali

February 3, 2014 Serge Jordan

Serge Jordan is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. New ‘technocratic’ government no response to workers’ demands Three years ago, on the 14 January 2011, a new chapter opened in world politics. The overthrow of longtime dictator Ben Ali in Tunisia by a sweeping revolutionary movement marked the trigger and inspiration for […]

Tunisia: Down with Ennahda, down with the ‘Troika’!

September 4, 2013 Serge Jordan

Serge Jordan is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Two and a half years after the fall of Ben Ali, the situation has gone from bad to worse for the Tunisian population, and anger is brewing as never before across the whole country. The famous slogan of the revolution – “bread, freedom, […]