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  socialist economy

  Global fuel crisis underlines need for democratic, socialist planning of energy industries

  April 9, 2026 Editorial of the Socialist (issue 1362), paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

  For millions of workers, there are bitter memories of the depths of the cost-of-living crisis. For many, it never ended. And so projections for a new round of inflation coming down the track will be [...]

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  Germany

  Germany: ‘Socialism Days’ are back!

  April 8, 2026 Aleksandra Setsumei, Sol Aachen

  Three days, twenty-seven events, more than forty speakers – 2026 ‘Socialism Days’ After seven long years, a nationwide ‘Socialism Days’ event organised by Sol (Sozialistische Organisation Solidarität – CWI Germany) took place in Berlin once [...]

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  Japan

  Japan: Demonstration “Against war and xenophobia” in Osaka city

  April 7, 2026 CWI

  A demonstration “Against war and xenophobia” took place in late March in Osaka city, Japan. Supporters of the CWI in Japan took part, including CWI comrades active in the General Union, which mobilised workers for [...]

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  Easter Rising 1916

  The Easter 1916 rising and the real legacy of James Connolly

  April 6, 2026 Peter Hadden (first published in 2006)

  This April is the 110th anniversary of the 1916 Easter rising in Dublin and in other parts of Ireland. The defeat of the rebellion saw the summary trial and execution by the British state of [...]

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  Britain

  Hundreds of thousands take part in anti-far right ‘Together’ London demonstration

  April 2, 2026 Editorial of the Socialist issue 1361

  Hundreds of thousands of people took part in the anti-far right Together demonstration on 28 March in London. The driving force behind the mass turnout was a desire to show that far-right ideas and politics are [...]