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  • [ February 1, 2023 ] Europe – War, economic crisis and rising class struggle Analysis
  • [ January 31, 2023 ] Israel: Mass protests against far-right, ultra-nationalist government Israel / Palestine
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  • [ 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

Month: December 2022

Russia

One hundred years since foundation of USSR

December 31, 2022 Clare Doyle reviews PBS America ‘Commemoration’

It is a hundred years since the establishment of the Union of Soviet Republics of Europe and Asia – later known as the USSR – at the end of 1922. The first signatories represented the […]

Book review

‘Empire of Pain’ – The Sackler dynasty and the opioid crisis

December 31, 2022 Niall Mulholland

Visitors to museums and educational establishments, such as the V&A Museum in London and Oxford University, will be acquainted with the name of Sackler. This is the billionaire family from America which, for decades, has […]

Communist (Third) International

100 years since the Fourth Congress of the Communist International

December 29, 2022 Leon Trotsky, The Evolution of the Comintern (1936)

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Fourth Congress of the Communist (Third) International (also known as the Comintern), held from 30 November – 5 December 1922, in Moscow. Leon Trotsky, co-leader, along with […]

History

The class struggle and the origins of Christmas

December 28, 2022 Norman Hall, first published in Socialism Today (November 2021), monthly magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

To most socialists, it will come as no surprise to find that Christmas is the continuation of very ancient traditions of mid-winter festivals. However, it may be a surprise to learn just how relatively new […]

CWI

socialistworld.net holiday schedule

December 26, 2022 socialistworld.net

socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International, will over the Christmas holiday period publish less frequently. Daily postings will resume during the first week of the New Year 2023. Socialistworld.net sends holiday […]

France

French socialists condemn heinous attack on Kurdish centre

December 24, 2022 Statement by Gauche Révolutionnaire (The Revolutionary Left - CWI France) in French and English

The Kurdish Cultural Democratic Center (CDKF), in Paris, was again the target of a deadly attack that killed at least three people. This attack took place a few days from the 10th anniversary of the […]

Iran

As mass protests continue in Iran, what are the lessons of the 1979 revolution?

December 23, 2022 Chris Moore

The current mass movement in Iran by women and the working class is taking place against the regime that came to power in the revolution of 1979. What lessons are there for today’s revolutionaries from […]

Britain

Britain: The long demise of the Tory Party

December 22, 2022 Hannah Sell, first published in  Socialism Today (Issue 263 Dec-Jan 2022/23), monthly magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

Over recent months the Tory Party in Britain has teetered on the brink of collapse. First Boris Johnson was ousted as prime minister amidst an avalanche of scandals. His replacement, Liz Truss, lasted just 45 […]

Climate Change

COP27’s shambolic outcome

December 21, 2022 First published in  Socialism Today (Issue 263, Dec-Jan 2022/23), journal of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

In an interview with The Guardian (London) newspaper in the run-up to the twenty-seventh Conference of the Parties to the UN climate convention (COP27) – held in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh from November […]

US

US: Democrats lead bipartisan assault on rail workers’ right to strike

December 20, 2022 Executive Committee of the Independent Socialist Group (US) and Nicholas Wurst (CSX Conductor, member of SMART-TD personal capacity)

The Independent Socialist Group opposes the decision by President Biden and Congress to force an unfair, unsafe, and unlivable contract on railroad workers who have already voted to reject it! With the bipartisan vote of […]

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    January 30, 2023
  • Britain: 1 February – 500,000 workers taking national strike action across five unions
    January 27, 2023
  • 2022 was hottest year ever
    January 27, 2023
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    January 25, 2023
  • Authoritarian Tories block Scottish parliament’s gender recognition reform
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    January 20, 2023
  • Britain: Hundreds of thousands of workers to strike together on 1 February
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    August 23, 2021
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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
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