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Month: April 2022

May Day

May Day 2022: Capitalism in crisis means falling living standards and war – Build a workers’ socialist movement to defend living standards and end capitalist chaos

04/30/2022 CWI

May Day, historically the day on which the workers’ movement marks its internationalism and commitment to socialism, takes place this year with the world in turmoil: living standards falling in nearly all countries around the […]

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Erupts: Biggest ever workers’ protest in history 

04/29/2022 Srinath Perera

Tens of thousands of workers all over the country came out on strike on Thursday 28 April. They are demanding the resignation of the country’s corrupt president and his family-led government. They have created the […]

Chile

Chile  – The new government of Boric – high expectations dashed.

04/29/2022 Pedro Albornoz and Patricio Guzman (Revolutionary Socialism, CWI in Chile).

A month has passed since the installation of the new government in Chile and the new President, Gabriel Boric. Yet the political, economic and social instability continue to be the main characteristic of the current […]

Theory & Marxism

What is Marxism? An introduction

04/28/2022 Judy Beishon

In forthcoming issues, Socialism Today, the monthly journal of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) will be publishing the content of five new Introduction to Marxism pamphlets. They are based on a series first […]

France

Macron: We won’t let you have five more years in power!

04/27/2022 GR statement

Emmanuel Macron has won the presidential election against Marine Le Pen. The capitalists’ plans worked, just, forcing a replay of the 2017 second round. Incredibly, Macron was able to win again despite the vicious policies […]

World Economy

Are cryptocurrencies ground-breaking assets for capitalism?

04/27/2022 Robin Clapp

Cryptocurrencies have been hailed as innovative and ground-breaking assets that can have a transformative effect on the world economy. In the second article in our series ‘busting economic myths’, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) […]

Britain

Britain: Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) contests 5 May elections

04/26/2022 Jane Nellist

The Socialist Party (C WI England & Wales) is part of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC), an anti-austerity electoral alliance, including the RMT transport union. TUSC will be standing hundreds of candidates in […]

World Economy

The 1973 oil price shock: Are we headed for a new period of capitalist stagflation?

04/25/2022 Dave Reid

As we head towards double-digit inflation, the Tory government in Britain is trying to offload blame for the huge price rises in fuel and gas by pointing to the price shock that has taken place […]

Germany

Germany: Die Linke (Left Party) on the brink

04/23/2022 Sascha Staničić

In Germany the Left party DIE LINKE has been in a mounting crisis since the disastrous collapse in its vote in last September’s general election. The party saw a a fall in support since the […]

Ukraine

Interview with a socialist refugee from Ukraine

04/22/2022 Clare Doyle

It is now more than eight weeks since the Russian parliament voted for Luhansk and Donbas to be recognised as independent republics and Putin’s tanks began to roll into Ukraine from the North, East and […]

South Africa

South Africa: Organised xenophobia – how should the working class respond?

04/20/2022 Marxist Workers Party (CWI in South Africa) reporters

The majority of people have reacted with horror at the violent death of Elvis Nyathi, stoned and burned to death by a murderous mob in Diepsloot, South Africa. According to his wife, the mob had […]

Ireland North

Ireland North: Socialist councillor contests Legislative Assembly seat

04/19/2022 Ciaran Mulholland, Cross Community Labour Alternative

Militant Left supporter Cllr. Donal O’Cofaigh is contesting the Fermanagh-South Tyrone constituency in the 5 May elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Donal is running as a Cross Community Labour Alternative (CCLA) candidate. In an […]

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Tamil leaders fail to advocate vital united mass struggle 

04/16/2022 TU Senan

Tamil organisations and self-proclaimed leaders in Sri Lanka have so far refused to come out clearly in support of bringing down the Gotabaya Rajapaksa regime. With the position of ‘anybody but the Rajapaksas’ in the […]

Falklands/Malvinas War

The Falklands/Malvinas War – 40 years on

04/15/2022 Peter Taaffe

This month marks the fortieth anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas war. Below we republish a chapter on the war from the book, The Rise of Militant, by Peter Taaffe. Peter explains the approach taken by Marxists […]

Featured

The war in Ukraine – a commentary on Paul Mason’s muddle 

04/14/2022 Tony Saunois

The brutal war in Ukraine following Putin’s invasion, like all wars, has posed crucial issues for the working class, in the sharpest way.  War and revolution are the greatest tests for Marxists and the working […]

Featured

What are the causes of the economic crisis in Sri Lanka?

04/13/2022 TU Senan

The economic crisis in Sri Lanka did not appear suddenly but has been in the making for some time. Covid-led destruction devastated the tourist industry and government policies have further accelerated the crisis. The recent […]

Pakistan

Pakistan: Crisis erupts as Imran Khan ousted

04/13/2022 Tony Saunois (CWI secretary)

Pakistan is the latest south Asian country to be thrown into political, social, and economic turmoil. After a desperate attempt to cling to power, the coalition of opposition parties – Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) […]

France

Left candidate Mélenchon wins nearly 22% in first round of French presidential elections but run-off between Macron and Le Pen

04/12/2022 Statement by Gauche révolutionnaire (CWI in France)

France’s right-wing president, Emmanuel Macron, faces far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the second round of the French election on 24 April. They won 27.8% and 23.2% respectively in the first round on 10 April. […]

Nigeria

Horrific train attack by bandits indicative of Nigerian society’s deep social ills

04/11/2022 Abiodun Bamigboye

The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) condemns the tragic attack by terrorists on a Kaduna-bound train on Monday, March 28, 2022, and condoles with the families of the victims, as well as the leadership and […]

USA

Lessons of the Massachusetts St. Vincent nurses strike

04/08/2022 Jeff Booth, Massachusetts, AFSCME Local 3650 (personal capacity), originally published in Socialism Today, the paper of the Independent Socialist Group (US)

The longest strike in the U.S. in 2021 and the longest nurses’ strike in Massachusetts history ended in January 2022 when union nurses voted to ratify a new contract. 700 members of the Massachusetts Nurses […]

Britain

Tory government feels pressure of cost-of-living crisis

04/08/2022 Editorial

Two months ago, there was a rising pile of ‘no-confidence’ letters in Prime Minister Boris Johnson from Tory MPs. Shaken by the Downing Street ‘partygate’ revelations, those MPs felt they had to echo public disgust […]

Britain

Inflation and falling living standards – symptoms of the profit system in crisis

04/07/2022 Hannah Sell

This year, 2022, is predicted to see the biggest fall in living standards in the UK since 1956. Inflation, according to the Retail Price Index, is already at 8.2% and is expected to rise further […]

Yemen

Yemen – the other war zone hypocritically downplayed by Western powers

04/06/2022 Elaine Brunskill

For weeks, the horror of Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has dominated the news. Alongside this carnage, there has also been the ongoing civil war in Yemen. However, this merciless war in Yemen, and all […]

Scotland

Scotland: Working-class women force Glasgow council into major climbdown over equal pay

04/05/2022 Socialist Party Scotland (CWI) reporters

Working-class women in Glasgow have once again defeated the Scottish National Party (SNP) -led council over equal pay. Faced with a 48-hour strike on 29/30 March by 12,000 low-paid workers, the council leadership embarked on […]

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: People should not be made to pay for the crisis. 

04/04/2022 TU Senan

As we write protests continue to take place across Sri Lanka the day after protesters defied one of the strongest-ever curfews in place and gathered in many parts of the capital city and across the […]

Sri Lanka

Skyrocketing prices provokes spontaneous eruption of struggle in Sri Lanka

04/01/2022 Statement by Tamil Solidarity (UK)

A spontaneous and countrywide eruption of struggle is now taking place in Sri Lanka. Many youth and workers are gathering in parts of the country to express their anger against the government. Prices of essential […]

Sri Lanka

Thousands of protesters besiege residence of Sri Lanka’s president, Gotabaya Rajapakshe

04/01/2022 Siritunga Jayasuriya  

From about 7.30 on the night of Thursday, 31 March, thousands of angry protesters besieged the residence of Sri Lanka’s president, Gotabaya Rajapakshe. Buses and other vehicles were set on fire in what could be […]

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