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VE Day: Workers in Europe rise

May 8, 2025 Dave Carr

Commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of ‘victory in Europe’ (VE) are taking place today, with establishment dignitaries saluting veteran service men and women who liberated Europe from the clutches of fascism. However, the official ceremonies [...]
WW2

Marxism and the Second World War

May 8, 2025 Peter Taaffe, from Socialism Today (September 2009)

Today marks 80 years since VE Day – or Victory in Europe Day – when fighting against Nazi Germany in Europe came to an end. The Second World War saw modern capitalist technique guarantee death and [...]
Canada

‘Trump effect’ polarises Canadian election

May 7, 2025 Clare Hudson, Vancouver, Canada

Canada’s federal election results, on 28th of April, illustrated the polarisation of political ideologies that is continuing to unfold in society. The crisis of capitalism is creating an increased cost of living, a lack of [...]
Germany

Germany: Merz fails in first round parliament election to become Chancellor

May 6, 2025 Sascha Staničić, Sol federal spokesperson

In a historically unprecedented development, today the Christian Democratic candidate Friedrich Merz was unexpectedly not elected Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, in the first ballot for the position. This is the first time [...]
Turkey

Istanbul May Day – Mass action of workers and youth needed to defeat Erdogan!

May 6, 2025 Kenan Batu

Braving the rain – and despite all of the travel restrictions imposed in Istanbul – the May Day demonstration in Kadikoy, organised by trade union confederations DISK and KESK and professional associations, brought together tens [...]

Trump’s Tariff Turmoil

April 16, 2025

James Carville, the political advisor who coined the phrase ‘it’s the economy stupid’ as a campaigning slogan for Democrat Bill Clinton to win the 1992 presidential election, was once asked what he’d like to be […]

Trump’s “Liberation Day” – An international socialist response is needed!

April 8, 2025

Trump’s 2nd April “Liberation Day” speech was a turning point, as it launched an open offensive to break capitalist globalisation in its current form. This was not, as Trump falsely claims, in the interests of US […]

Fight Trump and the Right With a Mass Workers’ Movement

January 21, 2025

The election of Donald Trump, a right-wing populist with strong ties to the far-right, has prompted fear of what his agenda could have in store for the working class. Trump ran on an anti-immigrant platform […]

Trump’s Second Presidency Begins: Interview with a US socialist

January 20, 2025

Interview with Clare Bayler, from Independent Socialist Group. Donald Trump is being inaugurated on 20 January. Lots of people in Britain are repulsed by his reactionary rhetoric and find it hard to understand what led […]

Trumpism and its Limits

December 3, 2024

“It is time to study Caligula. That most notorious of Roman emperors killed what was left of the republic and centralised authority in himself. Donald Trump does not need to make his horse a senator; […]

Trump’s Ukraine Policy Rips Up the Western Military ‘Consensus’

March 7, 2025

If anyone had doubts about the second Donald Trump administration unravelling the so-called ‘world order’, they will have had a sobering experience over the last few weeks. Trump has ditched the normal niceties of international […]

White House/Kremlin Talks Start Over Ukraine

February 19, 2025

Starmer offers to act as a “bridge” between US and Europe as No trust in Trump, Starmer or any of the capitalist warmongers! Fight for a socialist alternative to capitalism and war! The British prime […]

The War in Ukraine, Trump’s Election and the Fall of Assad’s Regime

December 9, 2024

It is often a paradox of war that as the end begins to loom in the distance, the ground fighting intensifies. With the election of Donald Trump to the White House, the war in Ukraine, […]

Istanbul May Day – Mass action of workers and youth needed to defeat Erdogan!

May 6, 2025

Braving the rain – and despite all of the travel restrictions imposed in Istanbul – the May Day demonstration in Kadikoy, organised by trade union confederations DISK and KESK and professional associations, brought together tens [...]

Workers’ Protest Against Union Busting in Istanbul Joined by Students

April 9, 2025

On Saturday 5 April, members of Nakliyat-Is (affiliated to Revolutionary Workers’ Union Confederation, DISK) organised a protest outside McDonalds in Bakirkoy, Istanbul. Union members protested Havi Logistics, the multinational company that supplies products to McDonalds [...]

Mass Movement Against Erdogan – Interview with a Student in Istanbul

April 7, 2025

After the arrest of Istanbul’s popular mayor and President Erdogan’s main political rival, Ekrem Imamoglu from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), students have been organising mass protests and boycotts around the country, mainly in Istanbul [...]

Over a Million Attend Anti-Government Protest in Istanbul

March 31, 2025

On Saturday 29 March, a massive demonstration in Maltepe, Istanbul, saw over a million people take to the streets after days of protests and mass arrests. Even approaching the protest, determined anger was clear on [...]

Solidarity with protestors fighting Erdogan’s regime in Turkey

March 25, 2025

End the attacks on democratic rights! Fight the cost-of-living crisis and kick out Erdogan! Fight for a working-class socialist alternative! The following is the text of a leaflet distributed by Socialist Party (CWI England & [...]

Palestinians Bombed and Starved – Netanyahu’s Plans to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza

April 14, 2025

Once again, the people of Gaza are being bombed, shot and starved. Israel has imposed a complete blockade of water, food, electricity, and medical supplies. All humanitarian aid is withheld to Gaza. The World Food […]

Mass Protests Against Netanyahu as Gaza Slaughter Continues

March 28, 2025

Mass protests have erupted across Israel, with over 100,000 people demonstrating in Tel Aviv and other cities on 22 March. Protesters blocked highways, surrounded the Israeli parliament in a makeshift encampment and endured beatings by […]

Gaza “Ceasefire Deal” Announced

January 17, 2025

But how to end siege of Gaza and occupation of all Palestinian territories? Emotions ran high across the world at the news that a ceasefire deal was being agreed for Gaza. But alongside that wave […]

A Year of Israeli State Terror, Wars and Mass Slaughter

October 19, 2024

Brutal wars have repeatedly been carried out by Israeli military forces on Gaza since a ruthless blockade was imposed on that strip of land in 2007. Each one brought terrible death and destruction but the […]

Hamas and the Palestinian National Liberation Struggle

January 4, 2024

A printable version of this article can be downloaded here. The Israeli army is laying waste to Gaza. Whole communities are being destroyed and entire families wiped-out. The scale of displacement, as people are forced […]

The Roots of the Israel-Palestine Conflict and the War on Gaza

December 8, 2023

The world’s imperialist powers have always intervened in the Middle East for their own political, strategic and economic interests. On the one hand dishing out investment, aid, trade deals and promises of protection, and on […]

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Consolidates Authoritarian Rule

January 23, 2025

But faces huge economic problems and outside powers’ interference Jubilation among big sections of the population of Syria followed the quick demise of the Basha al Assad regime in early December 2024. After twelve years […]

Assad Dictatorship Gone

December 13, 2024

But independent workers’ organisation needed to struggle for socialist democracy Millions of Syrian people reacted with astonishment and joy at news that the Assad family’s five-decade long despotic regime had collapsed. President Bashir al-Assad, and […]

National People’s Power Wins General Election – Revolution, reform, or rhetoric?

November 18, 2024

Sri Lanka’s general election, held on 14 November, marked a breaking-point in the country’s political history. The National People’s Power (NPP) secured an extraordinary 159 seats, achieving a two-thirds majority in Parliament. This result shocked […]

A Marxist Alternative to Sri Lanka’s Crises

October 21, 2024

For the first time in Sri Lanka’s history, the country finds itself under the leadership of a president—Anura Kumara Dissanayake—who hails from a party with a left-leaning background. However, despite the media’s portrayal of him […]

Presidential Election – A shock result?

October 16, 2024

Though the establishment parties somehow survived the Aragalaya (The Struggle) in 2022, they were never able to win back the full trust of the masses. The ruling Rajapaksa family then stepped back from governmental positions […]

SERBIA | 800,000 Protest Against Vučić Government

March 26, 2025

The biggest protest in Serbian history happened on 15th March in the capital Belgrade. The upper estimate is 800,000 people; the entire population of Serbia is less than seven million. It was a culmination of […]

AUSTRIA | New Coalition of Social Democrats, Conservatives and Liberals Plans Cuts

March 20, 2025

On September 29 in 2024 parliamentary elections took place in Austria. But it was not until March 2025 that a new government was formed. It took three separate negotiating attempts before it could be formed: […]

GERMANY | Federal Election Disaster for Establishment Parties

February 26, 2025

The Left is the ray of hope against cuts and racism The result of the federal election is a slap in the face of the established, pro-capitalist parties. The only parties that won were those […]

NORWAY | Two Party Coalition Collapses as Living Costs Rise

February 5, 2025

Last week, the Norwegian two party minority coalition government collapsed, according to the Financial Times (London), “over whether Norway should keep more of its electricity for itself to lower prices or export it to the […]

BRITAIN | Bond Jitters Expose Economic Fragility

January 16, 2025

“This is not a Liz Truss moment”, declared a former director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), referring to the brief period of the Tory prime minister Liz Truss’s time in office, as the pound […]

IRELAND | General Election – Precarious ‘Stability’ Holds, For Now

December 14, 2024

Following the Dáil [parliament of the Irish republic] elections of 29 November, government formation talks continue. While there is no doubt that the two main traditional ruling parties of Irish capitalism, Fianna Fáil and Fine […]

Tinubu Elected President Amidst Mass Disenchantment

March 8, 2023

It is no news that the former governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the presidential election held on Saturday, February 25, 2023. […]

Nigeria’s 2012 Uprising

January 11, 2022

When Strikes and protests nearly swept a capitalist regime out of power Ten years ago, instead of the festivities that often herald the New Year, Nigerian working people and youth started the year 2012 at […]

Month of EndSARS Turmoil Shakes Buhari Regime

October 28, 2020

Nigeria has passed through nearly a month of turmoil. Video footage of the hated SARS police unit killing a man and driving off in his car was the spark for mass protests. Years of frustration, […]

MYANMAR | A Devastating Earthquake Amidst Civil War

April 19, 2025

On March 28th, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar. The epicenter was located in the border area between Sagaing Region and Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city. The earthquake was the strongest to hit Myanmar since 1912. […]

MOZAMBIQUE | “Revolutionary Atmosphere” as Mass Protests Challenge Ruling Elite

November 22, 2024

Protests have rocked Mozambique since ‘preliminary’ results of presidential and legislative elections held on 9 October declared the ruling Mozambican Liberation Front (Frelimo) the winner. Mozambique can be added to the growing rollcall of neocolonial […]

BANGLADESH | Mass Protests Topple Government – No Trust in Capitalist Elites

August 12, 2024

The revolutionary mass movement in Bangladesh is at a critical juncture. A 17-member interim government has been established, including in it a few young leaders who emerged from the mass protests which toppled the government. […]

KENYA | Mass Protests Force Government to Retreat

June 27, 2024

Mass protests in Kenya have forced the government to withdraw unpopular tax increases. These amounted to a massive attack on the living standards of the middle class, the working class, the poor and young people. […]

SUDAN| Revolutionary Masses Must End Generals’ Counter-Revolutionary Violence

April 25, 2023

A brutal power struggle is under way in Sudan. On 15 April, heavy fighting erupted between different factions of the armed forces. Civilians have abruptly found themselves in war zones, especially in the capital Khartoum. […]

CHILE | Lessons from ‘Chilean October’ Three Years On

October 18, 2022

Friday, October 18, 2019, is marked as the day on which a large-scale revolutionary process began in Chile. A massive mobilization, where millions of young people, workers, women, residents, and social organizations took to the […]

The Consequences of Maganomics

January 29, 2025

Trump is back in the White House. Much of the world is gripped by fear about what his second term will mean, as are millions in America – particularly migrants, LGBTQ+ people, and others likely […]

The Truth About the US Inflation Reduction Act

August 19, 2024

Originally published in Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales). This year is the thirtieth birthday of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). It is also the year China opened a WTO […]

The End of Golden Eras

September 1, 2023

The new lease of life that world capitalism experienced after the collapse of the Stalinist states of Russia and Eastern Europe from the late 1980s has definitively run its course. Whatever the immediate perspectives are […]

JAPAN | Liberal Democratic Party/Komeito Coalition Government Loses Majority

by Karl Simmons, CWI Japan in Japan

In the election for the Japanese House of Representatives, held on 27th of October, the Liberal Democratic Party/Komeito coalition government of Shigeru Ishiba lost its majority. The government was expecting to do badly in the election, but both the government and political pundits were surprised by the scale of the [...]

CHINA | China, Mao and the Markets

by Hannah Sell, CWI International Secretariat in Spotlight on China

Originally published in Socialism Today, monthly magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales). ‘Mao and Markets’ is an attempt to educate the US capitalist class about the peculiar character of China and to appeal to it to find a way to “productively live with it”. On one level it is an odd read because it attempts to ‘objectively’ explain Maoism in the past and today, [...]

The Collapsing Ecosystem

by Pete Dickenson, from Socialism Today (Issue 284) in Climate Change & Environment

One million species are threatened with extinction, soils are becoming infertile, and water sources are drying up, creating the possibility of a major breakdown of the ecosystem, with famines and droughts becoming more and more widespread. This was the finding of a document prepared for a recent UN conference [...]