Editorial from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales), Author at Socialist World Media

Britain: Workers’ politics won’t come from Labour – unions must prepare to build a political alternative

September 22, 2021 Editorial from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

In addressing TUC Congress, Sir Keir Starmer claimed that “Labour will always stand with the unions”, standing “shoulder to shoulder” with them over vicious attacks such as ‘fire and rehire’. But the reality is very […]

Berlin “Together on the street” demonstration sends important signal

September 21, 2021 Socialist Organisation Solidarity (CWI Germany) Reporters

More than thirty organisations and initiatives had called for the demonstration “Together on the street – public instead of private” in Berlin, last Saturday, 18 September. Representatives from almost all movements and campaigns currently taking […]

Norway: Election ends conservative rule

September 20, 2021 Robin Nilsen, CWI Norway

After the election in Norway on September 13th, a new ‘left’ coalition is set to replace the Conservative government of Erna Solberg. It will consist of the Workers’ Party (AP, Social Democrats), the Socialist Left […]

Helsinki tram and metro drivers’ strike against incorporation

September 19, 2021 CWI members in Finland

Two days of strike action were taken on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 September by drivers for Helsinki City Public Transport (HKL Helsingin kaupungin liikennelaitos) in protest against a city council proposal to spin the […]

Britain: Hundreds attend National Shop Stewards Network lobby of TUC Congress

September 17, 2021 Kevin Parslow, assistant secretary NSSN (personal capacity)

The National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) rallies and lobbies of the TUC Congress have been an annual fixture since the first in 2010. They have become the most important pre-Congress event, reflecting the demands of […]

Malaysia: Government loses majority, but same coalition maintains power

August 25, 2021 Yuva Balan, Socialist Alternatif (CWI Malaysia)

On Friday 20 August, Ismail Sabri was chosen by Malaysia’s king to be prime minister – the country’s third in three years. The 17 month-old government of the ‘National Coalition’ (PN – Perikatan Nasional) under […]

SNP and Scottish Greens governing deal will not deliver for workers

August 24, 2021 Statement from Socialist Party Scotland (CWI)

The ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) and Scottish Greens have agreed to form a de-facto coalition at Holyrood, the seat of the Scottish parliament. For the first time since the parliament was established in 1999, […]

Leon Trotsky – A Revolutionary Whose Ideas Couldn’t Be Killed

August 23, 2021 socialistworld.net

This year marks the 81st anniversary of the assassination of the outstanding socialist revolutionary, Leon Trotsky, by an agent of Stalin, on 21 August 1940. Last year, the CWI published a new book on his […]

Nigeria: Comrade Omomeewa, student leader and socialist campaigner, killed by armed assailants

August 20, 2021 Statement from Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI Nigeria) website

Tragically, a CWI comrade in Nigeria, Nurudeen Alowonle a.k.a Omomeewa, was murdered in Lagos, late on 18 August. It is not clear why comrade Omomeewa, along with a supporter who was wounded and is now […]

August 1991: Revolution and counter-revolution in the Soviet Union

August 19, 2021 From the CWI archives (September 1991)

“1991 marked a turning point…We have entered a more disturbed period in world history, marked by sharper inter-imperialist rivalries and a deepening capitalist crisis.” (The Collapse of Stalinism) In 1991, the world watched as the […]