IWD 2021
Women fighters of the 1871 Paris Commune
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune when for a brief but heroic few weeks the working class took power for the first time. In the immortal words of Karl Marx, the […]
Articles by Cécile Rimboud, Gauche Révolutionnaire (CWI France)
World Economy
‘Casino capitalism’ reaches new levels as inequality grows
Across the globe, at least 2.4 million people have now died from contracting Covid-19. Livelihoods have been wrecked and economies have crashed, with the world economy shrinking by over 4% and the UK suffering a […]
Germany
Socialist Organisation Solidarity (CWI Germany) comrades and other lefts in court – Solidarity with anti-fascists!
Two members of the Socialist Organisation Solidarity (CWI Germany) and two other left activists are on trial in Lemgo, Germany. They are facing accusations by State Security (the police department for “fighting against politically motivated […]
IWD 2021
South African women and the struggle against gender based violence and covid-19
The announcement of the most vicious cuts in social spending since the fall of apartheid, while simultaneously cutting taxes on big business, is a declaration of war against the working class, especially women. The budget […]
IWD 2021
“I was, I am, I will be” – 150th anniversary of the birth of Rosa Luxemburg
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Rosa Luxemburg (5 March), one of the most famous political figures of the last century. For the international workers’ movement, she is renowned as a […]
Women's Struggle
IWD 2021: Women’s struggles in a time of covid crisis
A year has passed since the last celebration of working women’s struggle for a better deal in life. What a year of misery, death, and destruction! But what a groundswell of hostility to the system […]
Turkey
Economic crisis and attacks on labour conditions in Turkey – link workers’ industrial and political struggles!
Even before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the Turkish economy was on the brink of collapse as the country was grappling with currency depreciation and high inflation rates since the 2018 economic crisis. The […]
History & Anniversaries
How militant trade unionism in Britain defeated the 1971 Industrial Relations Act
Bill Mullins, a former senior shop steward in the auto industry and later industrial organiser of the Socialist Party in Britain, recounts the mighty struggle of shop-floor trade unionists in Britain 50 years ago in […]
Finland
Finland: New lockdown but no new ideas coming from government
Finland’s government made the surprise announcement of a new lockdown on 25 February in response to spiking rates of COVID infections in the capital region and the dominance in that part of the country of […]
Scotland
Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition election campaign launched
On Saturday 20 February, the Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) conference agreed on an election manifesto for the Scottish elections, set to be held in May 2021. More than 40 attendees from around […]