Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, capitulated to oil pipe company Kinder Morgan’s blackmail. Texas-based Kinder Morgan wanted to expand a pipeline by an extra 1,000km, from Alberta’s oil sands to the Pacific coast. But Kinder […]
By Friday 24 May 1968, ten million workers were on strike. The greatest general strike in history. On the same day, the president of France, General Charles de Gaulle, tried to address the nation. Nobody […]
What was a severe crisis for Italian capitalism, following the rejection in March’s general election of the establishment parties, has now developed into what can be seen as a time-bomb also threatening the European Union […]
The legacy of the French revolution of 1848, the second time France overthrew a monarchy, played an important part in the escalation of the demonstrations and street fighting in Paris.
The following piece is an eyewitness report written by Gazan activist and author Rana Shubair, at the request of ‘Socialist Struggle Movement’ (SSM), the CWI section in Israel-Palestine. The article is followed by two videos. […]
On Wednesday, 6 June, our comrade, Tohil Delgado, former general secretary of the Sindicato de Estudiantes (SE) [Student Union] and member of the Izquierda Revolucionaria (Revolutionary Left – CWI in Spanish state), will sit in […]
Firma aquí la resolución de apoyo O si lo prefieres descárgala aquí y envíala tú mismo PINCHA AQUÍ PARA VER EL VIDEO DE LA REDADA El miércoles 6 de junio nuestro compañero Tohil Delgado, ex-secretario […]
La decisión de Pablo Iglesias e Irene Montero de comprar un chalet en la sierra norte de Madrid ha desatado una gran polémica en las filas de la izquierda. En un momento en que decenas […]
¡Ni los capitalistas ni la burocracia pueden resolver la crisis! Levantar una izquierda revolucionaria que defienda los intereses de los trabajadores y el pueblo El 20 de mayo se celebraban elecciones presidenciales en Venezuela. Tras […]
¡Basta de represión, continuar la lucha por la republica catalana de los trabajadores y la juventud! El lunes 14 de Mayo el Parlament de Catalunya elegía President de la Generalitat a Quim Torra. Tras impedir […]
El mundo contempla con horror la violencia perpetrada por el Estado israelí contra los palestinos en Gaza. Sólo el 14 de mayo fueron asesinados 14 manifestantes durante las protestas contra el traslado de la embajada […]
Euskal Herria: Necesitamos un programa de clase, socialista e internacionalista para conquistar el derecho de autodeterminación El día 3 de mayo de 2018, ETA hizo pública su decisión de disolverse. Tras un proceso de debate […]
The dramatic and clear-cut ‘Yes’ in the referendum is a political earthquake and turning point for Ireland. It is a huge victory, particularly for women in Ireland, who have thrown off the oppression of the […]
50 years since the greatest general strike in history Much has changed in the half century since the revolutionary events of May 1968 in France. At that time there was still a ‘cold war’ between […]
After almost three months of tortuous negotiations and horse-trading, an Italian government finally seems to have been agreed and now just needs parliamentary approval. The reaction of the markets – a fall in the stock […]
As the deadlock at the top of the Tory Party continues, Tory MPs are reported to be telling their constituency parties to prepare for another snap general election.
While in Jerusalem a messianic inauguration ceremony was held at American embassy, in the Gaza Strip the day of the embassy’s transfer was the deadliest day since the war in 2014. The Netanyahu government, hand-in-hand […]
In the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election of 12 May, India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got 8 seats short of the half way mark but won the “prize”. Its party leader, B.S.Yeddyurappa, who has previously […]
Down with repression! Continue with the struggle for a workers’ and young people’s Republic!
The battle over Kinder Morgan’s pipeline to Vancouver is getting nasty. Texas-based Kinder Morgan want to expand a pipeline by an extra 1,000km, from Alberta’s oil sands to the Pacific coast. But Kinder Morgan suspended […]
Six months after a huge trade union demonstration with 40,000 in Brussels, a new demonstration mobilised two times as many on Wednesday 16 May: 80,000. The anger against previously taken measures and new plans of […]
Upwards of 60,000 people hit the streets of Melbourne, on May 9, in the biggest union protest in over a decade. Some estimates put the figure in excess of 100,000. Seeing the streets flooded with […]
The Gaza Strip in recent weeks has seen one of the most important waves of Palestinian protests against the ongoing brutal siege enforced by Israel, in collaboration with Egypt, with unbearable consequences for living conditions.
On May 14, the Seattle City Council passed a historic tax on Amazon and other big corporations to fund permanently affordable, publicly owned housing. The driving force behind this victory was the strength of our […]
Around the world people have watched in horror at the unfolding violence perpetrated by the Israeli state against Palestinian protesters in Gaza. Sixty were killed on 14 May alone, during protests against the moving of […]
El gobierno represor y derechista israelí de Benjamin Netanyahu, a través de su ejército de ocupación, provocó el lunes 14 una brutal masacre de manifestantes en Gaza, el día en que se recordaba la Nakba […]
Brasil ha entrado en una nueva época de convulsiones políticas, sociales y económicas. El brutal asesinato de Marielle Franco, concejala del PSOL (Partido Socialismo y Libertad) en Río de Janeiro, muestra tanto la nueva era […]
There exists no reliable, empirical evidence to support the motion that there is a higher prevalence of anti-Semitic attitudes within the Labour Party than any other political party.” This is not from an editorial in […]
On the 9th of May, the country held its 14th general election which saw the humiliating defeat for one of the longest-serving ruling parties in the world – the BN (National Front). This outcome has […]
Socialists fight for Palestinian liberation and workers’ unity
Empty classrooms and over 100,000 on the streets in general student strike called by the Sindicato de Estudiantes (SE) and Libres y Combativas, the socialist feminist platform of SE and Izquierda Revolucionaria (CWI in Spanish […]
La huelga general estudiantil del 10M convocada contra la vergonzosa sentencia de La Manada ha sido un éxito sin paliativos. Más de 1 millón de estudiantes han vaciado las aulas y más de 100.000 han […]
The following is a statement on the issues of antisemitism and Jeremy Corbyn by Socialist Struggle Movement, (CWI in Israel/Palestine)
Kristofer Lundberg, a leading member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (Socialist Justice), was recently elected as leader of the Tenants’ Union in West Sweden. The union has 77,000 members, organised in 13 districts, in six cities, including […]
Protests in 25 cities around the world on May 4 against attacks on democratic rights
The third round of local elections since Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of the Labour Party took place on 3 May 2018. In their wake, inevitably, capitalist politicians of every hue are attempting to use […]
En su encuentro de enero, el Comité Político Nacional del DSA discutió las propuestas de “Refoundation”, corriente política surgida en el DSA, que habían sido perfiladas en su documento “Hacia una Estrategia Independiente Socialista para […]
The 200th anniversary of the birth of the great Karl Marx is on 5 May. Marx, together with Friedrich Engels, formulated the ideas of scientific socialism which were to shake the world in the nineteenth […]
¡Basta de medidas capitalistas contra el pueblo! ¡Luchar por una Nicaragua socialista!¡Basta de medidas capitalistas contra el pueblo! ¡Luchar por una Nicaragua socialista! El régimen de Daniel Ortega ha respondido a la mayor movilización de […]
Tony Saunois, CWI Secretary, recently visited Brazil to attend a congress of the LSR (CWI Brazil). He discusses the new era of political, social and economic convulsions that Brazil has entered and the need for […]
Crane drivers in China’s construction industry have taken strike action in dozens of cities across the country. That the strikes are coordinated is a stunning achievement for these workers.
After days of huge opposition protests, Armenia’s Prime Minister Serzh Sargysyan was forced to resign on 23 April. His resignation has been followed by a fierce contest among parliamentary blocs to elect a new prime […]
For the first time since independence from British rule, the Sri Lankan government had ruled that there would be no national holiday on 1st May because it was too close to a Buddhist religious festival. […]
International workers’ day – May Day – was marked by rallies and demonstrations around the world. Below is a selection of photos featuring members and sections of the CWI participating in May Day events, helping to […]
‘Long Hair’, Leung Kwok-hung, has long been a thorn in the side of Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing establishment. Since the authoritarian offensive began in earnest in 2016, ‘Long Hair’ and his League of Social Democrats (LSD) have […]
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