Working-class people in the US need an alternative to the two pro-corporate political parties. We have to build opposition to the Biden/Harris and Trump administrations’ support for the war in Gaza, the cost-of-living-crisis, and attacks […]
From Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales). It has been a tale of woes and anguish in Nigeria as the government, led by Bola Tinubu, has continued to unleash multiple […]
Lough Neagh is a freshwater lake in Northern Ireland and is the largest lake on the island of Ireland and in the United Kingdom. According to Northern Ireland Water, it supplies 40.7% of Northern Ireland’s drinking water. Lough Neagh is also home […]
In the presidential election held on September 21, 2024, Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidency by receiving 5,740,179 votes, or 42.3 percent. He will go down in history as the president who failed to secure […]
Socialist change and planning needed to combat climate change After weeks of heatwaves with temperatures reaching up to 35°Celsius, a flood wave is currently moving through southern Poland. Regions in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, […]
Sri Lanka’s presidential election held last Saturday resulted in electing Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the ninth executive president of the country. He polled 5,634,915 votes as against his nearest rival Sajith Premadasa who polled 4,363,035 […]
The right-wing Israeli government has set about turning parts of Lebanon into rubble, as it has already done in Gaza following its decision to escalate its war against Hezbollah to a much higher level. The […]
The ninth presidential election that took place on 21 September 2024 is nothing like what has happened in the past. It is the first election since the 2022 mass movement (Aragalaya) that ousted the former […]
The statement below was issued by the Workers’ Party of Argentina (PO, Partido Obrero). The CWI gives its solidarity to the PO, the piquetero movement and the working class and poor masses struggling against the […]
Steelworkers in Community and GMB unions in Wales are awaiting the results of a vote on whether to accept a settlement with Tata Steel. Unite the Union representatives decided that the terms were not good […]
From Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales). Originally published under the title “Boy Trouble”. Recently there has been a proliferation of articles, books, reports and surveys looking at boys and young […]
The contrast between the insurgent mood that marked the run-up to September 18 2014 and the prospects for Scottish independence today, on the face of it, could not be more different. ‘Indyref 1’ was an […]
Election years in the United States are often intense. To make it seem like voting is the only way to make a difference, capitalists and the media create drama and attention-grabbing headlines. Slogans like “This […]
The author is also a DIE LINKE member. How can the Party’s left react to the decline? The crisis of the Left Party (Die Linke) has not come to an end even with the departure […]
Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) Condemns Conditions of Bail Granted to Adaramoye Michael Lenin and Nine Others Demands Dropping of Trumped-up Charges and Release of all Detainees We Call for Solidarity from NLC, TUC and Civil […]
Over 75 trade unionists and international visitors attended a conference organised by the Free Trade Union Centre in Sri Lanka, which debated the way forward for workers in that country following the protests of 2022, […]
A Response to Philip Plickert’s Attempt to Absolve Capitalism Especially since the publication of Eric Williams’ groundbreaking work Capitalism and Slavery, which first appeared in 1944 and sheds light on the contribution of slavery to […]
From Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales). What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom is described as the first major book on the 2022-23 uprising in Iran. Protests were sparked in […]
But Struggle Continues to drop all charges and free all jailed #EndBadGovernance activists On Wednesday September 11, Adaramoye Michael Lenin and nine others were granted bail by a Federal High Court at the Federal Capital […]
The Partido Obrero (PO – Workers’ Party) of Argentina stands in solidarity with the campaign for the release of hundreds of demonstrators detained in Nigeria, particularly in the days of last August, in the protest […]
Two months into the new Labour government, the Trades Union Congress (TUC – which brings together 5.5 million workers in trade unions across the public and private sector) held its annual Congress. At a time […]
Biden’s campaign was on track to crash and burn after his debate with Trump. Despite leading Democrats – including so-called progressive or “left” Democrats like Sanders and AOC – backing Biden to the bitter end. […]
Elections in Eastern federal states show massive dissatisfaction with national government The question was not whether the September 1 state elections Saxony and Thuringia (two of the so-called “new federal states” which formed part of […]
International appeal from the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) Economy collapsing and anger mounting Government moves to intimidate and punish opposition Drop ‘Treason’ and ‘Terrorism’ charges against protest organisers Defend the right to protest and free […]
Build mass working-class struggle to end war and win Palestinian national self-determination In the space of just a week, the reports from Israel-Palestine included yet more terrible atrocities carried out by Israeli military forces in […]
One month after Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party was ‘swept to power’ by a paltry 20% of the electorate – the lowest support base of any government since the introduction of universal male suffrage in […]
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