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Month: September 2019

Saudi Arabia

Drone attacks on Saudi Arabia: Tensions in Middle East ratcheted up

September 30, 2019 niall

The drone missile attacks on two oil installations in Saudi Arabia, on 14 September, threw more incendiary material into the volatility and instability of the Middle East. The world’s biggest crude oil processing plant was […]

USA

Workers at US General Motors take strike action

September 26, 2019 CWI Reporters

Around 48,000 General Motors workers are on strike nationwide in the United States for the sixth day. The United Auto Workers union walked out of all 55 US plants on 15 September, for the first […]

Britain

Brexit crisis: Force a general election; elect Corbyn-led Labour government on socialist policies

September 25, 2019 Editorial from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist Party - CWI England & Wales)

The Supreme Court ruling that Johnson’s prorogation of parliament was unlawful has, for now, knocked the dramatic events preceding it at Labour Party conference off the top news spot. This swirling of events is the […]

South Africa

South Africa: Only workers’ unity can overcome xenophobia

September 24, 2019 Marxist Workers Party (CWI South Africa) statement

Over the past month, capitalism has once again bared its barbaric underbelly in South Africa in a wave of xenophobic violence. Thirteen have died, so far. Struggling small businesses, foreign national and South African alike, […]

World Economy

World Economy: Germany’s new ‘Chicago Boys’

September 23, 2019 Peter Taaffe, from Socialism Today (October 2019)

The deep crises in the world economy and political establishments are not only reflected in attempts to resurrect Keynesian-style policies. Other capitalist economists are proposing that an even harsher neoliberal model should be applied – […]

Climate Change

Socialist change not climate change!

September 19, 2019 CWI 

 “Even an entire society, a nation or all simultaneously existing societies taken together are not owners of the earth, they are simply its possessors, its beneficiaries, and have to bequeath it in an improved state […]

Britain

Britain: Trade union movement must put its stamp on swirling events

September 19, 2019 Editorial from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist Party - CWI England & Wales)

The routine is pretty well routine now. At Trade Union Congress, Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, attempts to break through the Brexit fog with a stance that has the potential to unite Leave and Remain […]

Climate Change

Climate change: What’s socialism got to do with it?

September 18, 2019 Ben Robinson, from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist Party – CWI England & Wales)

Recent images of the Amazon rainforest ablaze highlighted the scale of change currently underway. At the height of the fires, an area the size of a football pitch was destroyed every minute. Greenland’s ice sheet […]

Japan

South Korea and Japan trade dispute threatens ‘alliance’

September 17, 2019 Carl Simmons, Kokusai Rentai (CWI) Japan

On 22nd August South Korea gave Japan notice that it would not be extending the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA). The 2016 agreement allowed for the direct sharing of military intelligence between Japan, […]

Economy

Neoliberalism: Consequences and alternatives

September 16, 2019 Book review by Tony Saunois, from Socialism Today (monthly magazine of the Socialist Party - CWI England & Wales)

Brutal neoliberal policies and austerity has created growing mass anger. The growth in Trump-style populism is one consequence of this, as is an increased interest in ‘New Deal’ style reforms. A recent book contrasts different […]

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