Month: February 2017

Smear campaign against a prominent police whistleblower. Over the last number of weeks, the Irish government has been shaken by a controversy surrounding the outrageous smearing of a prominent Garda (police) whistleblower, Maurice McCabe.  At the […]

23 February 1917 (8 March in today’s calendar) marked the beginning of the socialist revolution in Russia, which sparked a revolutionary wave that would travel around the world. In the Socialist (paper of the Socialist Party) […]

Solidarity spreads for victims of wage robbery and killing by multinational corporations. On Friday, February 17, several sections and supporters of the CWI took part in protests against the French energy company TOTAL, for its role […]

Only a choice between the “regular” and far-right? Dutch voters go to the polls on on 15 March, with a record 28 parties on the ballot paper. Nearly half the parties have only been in […]

Support the international solidarity campaign. Below we publish the text of a statement of solidarity with the #JobstownNotGuilty campaign, signed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, European United Left Member of European Parliament, among many other prominent European public […]

Corbyn needs to stand up to Brexit rebels. During February many council budget-setting meetings are taking place across the country, slashing millions more pounds off vital services.

Time to build the class struggle on the streets. The attempt to remove Pablo Iglesias from the leadership of Podemos (the left party formed out of the 2011 Indignados movement) has been a complete and utter […]

Escalate the resistance toward shutdowns on March 8 and May 1! Donald Trump and his bigoted, billionaires-club administration have ignited a social explosion unlike any that has ever greeted an incoming US president.

The struggle continues! After many months of struggle, the redundant cleaners at OSY (Athens Bus Company) managed to get the bulk of their accrued money from the company. This is a very important victory which shows […]

TUSC council elections candidates put forward 100% anti-austerity programme. A Scottish National Party (SNP) government austerity budget passed in Scotland on 2 February with the support of the Scottish Greens.

Corruption, nepotism, and other crimes of ruling party exposed. The current crisis within the ruling party in Tamil Nadu, India,  AIADMK (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) is adding to the enormous mass discontent that exists […]

What approach should socialists take? The idea of welfare benefits being replaced by a ‘universal basic income’ (UBI) has resurfaced in recent years – a welcome discussion because it raises the fundamental right of everyone to […]

Security workers demand wages and arrest of colleagues’ killers. Yesterday, Monday 6 February, around one hundred workers demonstrated in front of the parliament buildings, in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen. They were demanding unpaid wages and […]

Joint declaration of the CWI’s IEC and Izquierda Revolucionaria’s IEC. In September 2016, we published a brief declaration after holding an initial meeting between our two organisations – a very fruitful meeting which revealed a […]

Space opening up to left of Socialist Party. The situation in the run-up to the presidential elections in France at the end of April is extremely volatile. Over the past week-end three candidates held election […]

New movements for change will need to arm themselves with the lessons of the Syrian tragedy. The military victory in Aleppo by Assad’s regime and its foreign backers was a turning point in the war […]