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  • Spain: Ruling parties and federal government hammered in Catalan elections
  • US: Government turns the screws on WikiLeaks
  • Greece: Society paralysed by a week of major strikes and general strike
  • 10th CWI World Congress: Europe – Starkly changed economic, social and political landscape
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