Tony Saunois, Secretary CWI, Author at Socialist World Media

Brazil’s hard-right government thrown into crisis with departure of heads of army, air force and navy

April 2, 2021 Tony Saunois, Secretary CWI

Ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, Brazil’s far-right government has been plunged into a deeper far-reaching political crisis. Jair Bolsonaro, the right-wing president and former military officer, sacked the Foreign Minister, Ernesto Araújo, along with other […]

Britain: Preparing for the revolts to come

April 1, 2021 Hannah Sell, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) general secretary

On 27 and 28 March, the Socialist Party’s national committee met to discuss political developments in Britain and the tasks of the Socialist Party in the coming months. While the Covid pandemic continues to ravage […]

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: 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: 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 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 […]

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]