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Month: December 2020

Britain

Britain: Covid and Brexit expose crisis of capitalism and need for socialism

December 31, 2020 Hannah Sell, Socialist Party (CWI) general secretary

The world was united in misery in 2020. Too many deaths from the pandemic, job losses, pay cuts and poverty were the experience in virtually every country on the planet. Britain, as the year ends, […]

Britain

The anti-Poll Tax struggle in Britain and the crucial role of Militant

December 30, 2020 Clive Heemskerk, from  Socialism Today (Issue 241 September 2020)

Earlier this year, publishers Pluto Press released a new book looking back at the defeat of Margaret Thatcher’s poll tax – ‘Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay: The Fight to Stop the Poll Tax’ by Simon Hannah. […]

Britain

Britain: Undercover Policing Inquiry – spying on socialists

December 29, 2020 Hannah Sell

Almost six years after it was set up, the first phase of the Undercover Policing Inquiry – the Mitting Inquiry – finally took place for fourteen days from 2 November 2020. An opening statement to […]

CWI

socialistworld.net publishing during holidays

December 24, 2020 socialistworld.net

Over the holiday period, socialistworld.net will be publishing less regularly. Normal posting will resume on the week starting 4 January 2021.  

Britain

British Labour and the Starmer counter-revolution

December 24, 2020 Editorial from Socialism Today, monthly magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

In any battle, the tactical details and their timing always have an element of the accidental and unexpected in them. Keir Starmer’s suspension of Jeremy Corbyn from the Labour Party on October 29 and – […]

Science & Technology

Can green technology and AI save capitalism?

December 23, 2020 Mark Best, Socialist Party

The following article is an edited transcript of the speech by Mark Best in a workshop at the Socialism 2020 event organised online by the Socialist Party from 20-23 November (see ‘Socialism 2020: Growing search […]

Ireland Republic

Former Debenhams Ireland retail workers mark 250 days of struggle

December 21, 2020 Carah Daniels, Militant Left (CWI Ireland)

The trade union of former Debenhams workers in Ireland, Mandate, has been engaged in extensive talks with the liquidator, KPMG, and the Irish government, over the last number of weeks. The same day as the […]

Sri Lanka

Met police investigate British mercenary war crimes against Tamils

December 19, 2020 Piriyasha, Birmingham South West Socialist Party

The Metropolitan Police are investigating British mercenaries’ hand in the massacre of over 100,000 civilians and the brutal defeat of the LTTE (Tamil Tigers), who fought an armed struggle for an independent Tamil Eelam nation. […]

Turkey

Turkey: Metal workers fight low wages, poor conditions and union-busting

December 18, 2020 Berkay Kartav, Devrimci Sosyalist Sol - CWİ Türkiye

Metal workers employed by a factory in Corum, Turkey, joined the United Metal Workers union to improve low wages and bad working conditions in the factory. They have been sacked by the management on trumped-up […]

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2020 – A turning point: An explosive and uncertain decade has begun

December 18, 2020 Tony Saunois, CWI secretary

As the year 2020 comes to a close the turmoil and convulsions that have shaken global capitalism continue. The year has been a turning point in history, affecting every aspect of society. Commentators and historians […]

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