Scotland
Scotland: Voters far to the left of big parties
A survey of public opinion in Scotland carried out at the start of the election campaign found that 79% of people believed that wealth should be redistributed in society.
Month: April 2005
Middle East
Middle East: Oil rich Arab states are heaven for capitalists, but hell for workers
Immigrant workers forced to work without being paid for months
May Day
May Day: Make capitalism history — Fight for socialism!
On May Day, workers and socialists honour and celebrate past struggles as we commit ourselves again to the spirit and practice of international solidarity, struggle and socialism.
Archive | LSP/MAS was the CWI section in Belgium until 2019
Belgium: Active Left Students (ALS) under attack by university authorities
Relentless campaign sponsored by university Rector to ban ALS
Archive | the Socialist Party was the CWI section in the Republic of Ireland until 2019
Ireland: Protests force McDowell climbdown
CWI members in Ireland and Nigeria force Irish government to bring back deported Nigerian school student
World Economy
World Economy: Speculative activity surges in the global economy
One measure of the surge in speculative activity is the sharp rise in foreign exchange (FX) dealing. In September 2004 the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published its sixth triennial survey of foreign exchange and […]
Archive | the Socialist Party was the CWI section in the Republic of Ireland until 2019
Ireland: GAMA Workers fight slave wages
Hundreds OF Turkish workers employed by GAMA walked off building sites in unofficial industrial action despite threats and intimidation from the company.
Archive | ChinaWorker.info was the CWI section in China, Honk Kong and Taiwan until 2019
China: Beijing tries to cool anti-Japan protests
The protests by students and young people in China, and similar protests in South Korea, against Japan’s resurgent militarism, are causing growing apprehension among world political leaders, businessmen and now, it seems, the Chinese regime […]
Archive | ChinaWorker.info was the CWI section in China, Honk Kong and Taiwan until 2019
Taiwan: Telecom workers fight privatisation
The planned sell-off would place the majority (51 per cent) of the company’s equity in private hands – the official definition of a “privatised” company.
World Economy
World economy: Profits soar while wages fall
Seventy-three percent of those who were asked in a national opinion poll were in favour of increasing the top rate of income tax on incomes of greater than £100,000 from 40p in the pound to […]