Committee for a workers international

  • Home
  • Around the world
    • Europe
      • Austria
      • Australia
      • Balkans
      • Belgium
      • Britain
      • Bosnia
      • Bulgaria
      • Belarus
      • Czech Republic
      • Chechenya
      • Cyprus
      • Denmark
      • France
      • Finland
      • Germany
      • Greece
      • Hungary
      • Ireland North
      • Ireland Republic
      • Italy
      • Iceland
      • Kosova/Kosovo
      • Latvia
      • Lithuania
      • Macedonia
      • Moldova
      • Montenegro
      • Netherlands
      • Norway
      • New Zealand
      • Oceania
      • Papua New Guinea
      • Portugal
      • Poland
      • Russia
      • Romania
      • Spain
      • Sweden
      • Scotland
      • Serbia
      • Slovakia
      • Ukraine
    • Africa
      • Algeria
      • Central African Republic
      • Cameroon
      • Congo
      • Burkina Faso
      • Chad
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Ivory Coast
      • Kenya
      • Liberia
      • Libya
      • Mali
      • Morocco
      • Nigeria
      • Rwanda
      • South Africa
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
      • Swaziland
      • Tunisia
      • Uganda
      • Zimbabwe
    • Americas
      • Argentina
      • Bolivia
      • Brazil
      • Canada
      • Chile
      • Costa Rica
      • Cuba
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Guadeloupe
      • Haiti
      • Honduras
      • Latin America
      • Mexico
      • Nicaragua
      • Peru
      • Paraguay
      • Quebec
      • US
      • Venezuela
    • Middle East
      • Bahrain
      • Egypt
      • Israel / Palestine
      • Iraq
      • Iran
      • Jordan
      • Kurdistan
      • Lebanon
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Syria
      • Turkey
      • Qatar
      • Yemen
    • Asia
      • Asia Pacific
      • Aceh
      • Afghanistan
      • Bangladesh
      • Burma
      • China
      • Cambodia
      • East Timor
      • Georgia
      • Hong Kong
      • India
      • Indonesia
      • Japan
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kyrgyzstan
      • Kashmir
      • Korea
      • Nepal
      • Malaysia
      • North Korea
      • Pakistan
      • Philippines
      • South Korea
      • Sri Lanka
      • Singapore
      • Taiwan
      • Thailand
      • Tibet
      • Uzbekistan
  • Comment & Analysis
    • Analysis
    • Economy
      • World economy
    • Theory
      • History
  • Publications
  • Site Related Links
    • Sign Up to become a supporter
    • Banners
    • FAQ Newsletter
    • Privacy Statement
    • About CWI
  • Become a supporter
  • Login
  • CWI-Worldwide
Latest:
  • [ January 27, 2023 ] Britain: 1 February – 500,000 workers taking national strike action across five unions Britain
  • [ January 27, 2023 ] 2022 was hottest year ever Environment
  • [ January 25, 2023 ] Busting the bosses’ “no money” lies Britain
  • [ January 23, 2023 ] Authoritarian Tories block Scottish parliament’s gender recognition reform Scotland
  • [ January 21, 2023 ] France: Two million demonstrate against Macron’s pension ‘reform’ France

Month: March 2021

Britain

Britain: Shrewsbury pickets exonerated after almost 50 years

March 31, 2021 Paul Heron, solicitor, Public Interest Law Centre

On 23 March, the Court of Appeal exonerated my clients Ricky Tomlinson, Arthur Murray and the ‘Shrewsbury 24.’ They were trade unionists arrested for their involvement in the 1972 national builders’ strike. In 1973, Ricky […]

Ireland North

Ireland North: Sectarian parties impose new hurdles to women’s abortion rights

March 30, 2021 Cllr Donal O'Cofaigh, Militant Left (CWI Ireland)

It took a vote in Westminster in 2019, initiated by right-wing backbench Labour MP Stella Creasy and backed by virtually all the right-wing parties in that chamber, to vindicate the rights of women in Northern […]

Scotland

Scotland: Pro-independence party launched by former SNP leader ahead of elections

March 30, 2021 Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI)

The launch of a new pro-independence political party – Alba – by former Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Alex Salmond has dominated the news agenda over the last few days. It comes in the immediate […]

Scotland

Scotland and the national question today

March 29, 2021 Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI),  first published in Socialism Today (Issue 246, March 2021)

The coming Scottish Parliament elections are poised to open up a new crisis for the Tory Boris Johnson government at Westminster, with the break-up of the United Kingdom a possible ultimate outcome. In edited extracts […]

Paris Commune

“Of worldwide significance” – The Paris Commune at 150

March 28, 2021 Theo Sharieff from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist Party - CWI England & Wales)

The birth of the Paris Commune marked the first time in history when the working class took political power directly into its own hands. Karl Marx at the time described it as a “new point […]

Paris Commune

Lessons of the Paris Commune by Leon Trotsky

March 28, 2021 Leon Trotsky, 1921

The following article by Leon Trotsky was written in 1921 on the 50th anniversary year of the Paris Commune. It is a brilliant analysis of the Commune which draws the most essential lesson from its […]

Uncategorized

Lessons of the Commune by V.I. Lenin

March 27, 2021 V. I. Lenin (1908)

The following article on the Paris Commune by V.I. Lenin  – a “verbatim report of a speech made by Lenin” – was published in the journal Zagranichnaya Gazeta, on 2 March 23, 1908. Lenin studied […]

Paris Commune

28 March CWI rally broadcast: 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune

March 26, 2021 socialistworld.net

The Paris Commune – ‘storming heaven’ The lessons for today Sunday 28th March 2021, 15-00 (GMT) Speakers: Cécile Rimboud, Gauche Revolutionnaire, France Peter Taaffe, CWI and Socialist Party England, and Wales Steve Hollasky, Sozialistische Organisation […]

Paris Commune

The first proletarian revolution – 150 years of the Paris Commune

March 26, 2021 Alex, Jophiel, Matthias, Rachel and Yohann from L’Égalité (No. 204) paper of Gauche Révolutionnaire (CWI France)

A hundred and fifty years ago, on 18 March 1871, the armed proletarians of Paris set out to “storm heaven” (as Marx put it) and created the very first embodiment of a state ‘by and […]

Australia

100,000 protest across Australia demanding end to sexual violence against women

March 25, 2021 Sasha Doyle, Militant Left (CWI Australia) Melbourne

Over 100,000 Australians recently demonstrated across the country on the March4Justice, demanding an end to sexual violence against women. The demonstrations took place in capital cities across the country, including a large rally at Parliament […]

Posts navigation

1 2 … 5 »

Help to Build the CWI

The CWI relies on the donations from working class people around the world to fund our campaigns.Please donate towards building the CWI.




Videos

1/6
Next»
Show more videos»

SEARCH

Categories

Archives

Calendar

March 2021
M T W T F S S
« Feb   Apr »
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031  

Latest Posts

  • Britain: 1 February – 500,000 workers taking national strike action across five unions
    January 27, 2023
  • 2022 was hottest year ever
    January 27, 2023
  • Busting the bosses’ “no money” lies
    January 25, 2023
  • Authoritarian Tories block Scottish parliament’s gender recognition reform
    January 23, 2023
  • France: Two million demonstrate against Macron’s pension ‘reform’
    January 21, 2023
  • Packed meeting in Derry city opposes BBC management plans to close Radio Foyle
    January 20, 2023
  • Britain: Hundreds of thousands of workers to strike together on 1 February
    January 19, 2023
  • Socialist Students groups campaign in solidarity with youth in Sri Lanka
    January 17, 2023
  • Upsurge of far-right activity in southern Ireland must be combatted by workers’ movement
    January 16, 2023
  • The role of the ‘markets’ in the capitalist system
    January 14, 2023

Trotsky
  • Leon Trotsky – A Revolutionary Whose Ideas Couldn’t Be Killed
    August 23, 2021
  • 8oth anniversary of Trotsky’s assassination: The revolutionary ideas of a Marxist giant
    August 19, 2020
  • 79 years since the death of revolutionary socialist Leon Trotsky
    August 21, 2019
History
  • The class struggle and the origins of Christmas
    December 28, 2022
  • The Black Panthers: Lessons for the fight against racism and capitalism
    October 31, 2022
  • ‘Black Wednesday’ 16 September 1992: The economic crisis that shattered Tory credibility
    September 17, 2022
  • The 1978-79 ‘winter of discontent’ in Britain – when striking together shook capitalism
    August 27, 2022
  • 1972 – A year of rising class struggles
    August 26, 2022
Science & Technology
  • Capitalist supermarket automation: Driving down wages, cutting jobs, boosting profits
    August 24, 2022
  • Can green technology and AI save capitalism?
    December 23, 2020
  • 50 years since Apollo 11 – ‘One giant leap’: how political conflict launched the moon landing
    July 20, 2019
  • The growth of artificial intelligence technology
    December 10, 2018
Follow us
  • facebook
  • twitter

CWI- Please inform us if you are reproducing any material from this site.