November 2019 |

Strike brings victory for postal workers in Finland

November 29, 2019 Edmund Schluessel, Sosialistinen Vaihtoehto (CWI in Finland)

Weeks of escalating strike action by Finland’s 10,000 postal workers came to an abrupt end on the morning of Wednesday, 27 November. The postal and logistics union, PAU, reached an agreement with the semi-privatised national […]

Sri Lanka: Election results shows sharp polarisation – united struggle needed

November 29, 2019 Siritunga Jayasuriya, General Secretary of the United Socialist Party

In the Sri Lanka presidential election held on 16 November 2019, Gotabaya Rajapaksa (GR) was able to defeat his rival Sajith Premadasa by 1,360,011 votes. Gotabaya mustered 6,924,255 votes and Sajith obtained only 5,594,239 votes. […]

Hong Kong’s revolution

November 28, 2019 Clare Doyle, CWI

Last Sunday’s massive vote for anti-government candidates in Hong Kong’s District Council elections, coming on top of the heroic struggle of the university students, has shaken the rotten Beijing dictatorship to the foundations. The results […]

Britain: Labour’s manifesto – Fight to transform hope into a socialist society

November 28, 2019 From The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

Corbyn’s manifesto offers a glimpse of jobs, homes and public services for the 99%, protection for our environment – and making the capitalist class pay. No wonder the boss class and their representatives in politics […]

South African Airways workers win wage increase after strike action

November 27, 2019 Weizmann Hamilton & Bongani Nkosi, Marxist Workers Party (CWI South Africa)

The outcome of the South African Airways (SAA) strike is a victory. The Cabin Crew Association of South Africa and National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) deserve the applause of all aviation […]

Northern Ireland: Strike action by NHS workers over pay and workload

November 27, 2019 CWI Reporter, Northern Ireland

For the first time in the Royal College of Nursing’s 103-year history, nurses have voted for strike action. They have been joined by the Unison union, and likely, the Nipsa and Unite unions, which are […]

Britain: How could a Corbyn-led Labour government deliver?

November 26, 2019 Editorial from December 2019 Socialism Today (monthly journal of the Socialist Party - CWI England & Wales)

“The only certain outcome of the general election”, argued the Socialism Today editorial published two weeks before the last contest (issue No.209, June 2017), “is that none of the contradictions besetting the political and social […]

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: Policies needed to end domestic violence and abuse

November 25, 2019 Helen Pattison, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) national committee

This year, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November) is taking place during the UK general election campaign. With the possibility of the election of a Corbyn-led Labour government, this […]

Fuel rise sparks nationwide anger across Iran

November 22, 2019 Robert Bechert, CWI

Iran has been shaken by a new nationwide wave of anger and protests after a sudden overnight government announcement that imposed 50% fuel price rise on the cost of fuel. This measure, accompanied by a […]

South Africa’s economic crisis: No way out for the working class under capitalism

November 21, 2019 Weizmann Hamilton, Marxist Workers Party (CWI SA)

South Africa is going through its most serious economic crisis of the democratic era. What this crisis shows, probably more than any other before it, is that there is no solution on a capitalist basis. […]