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Articles by Laura Rafetseder, CWI member in Austria

Austria

Austria: Collapse of far right-conservative coalition poses need for political alternative

June 6, 2019 Laura Rafetseder, CWI member in Austria

At the end of May events moved fast in Austria after the then vice-Chancellor HC Strache was seen in the leaking of the “Ibiza Video”. He was seen and heard plotting to take over the […]

Ireland Republic

Southern Ireland elections: Big gains for Greens, little change for right wing parties but setbacks for Left

June 6, 2019 Niall Mulholland, CWI

For media commentators and pundits the big story of the local and European elections in Southern Ireland was the surge in support for the Green Party. The party tripled its percentage vote to 5.6% in […]

France

France: After the European elections, the fight goes on!

June 5, 2019 Leïla Messaoudi, Gauche Révolutionnaire (CWI in France)

The first elections since Macron came to power, the European elections were anything but exciting. Electing representatives who have no power, in an institution, the European Union, which primarily serves the interests of banks and […]

China

The Tiananmen massacre, 30 years on

June 3, 2019 Clare Doyle, CWI

Days before the 30th anniversary of the massacre, on 3-4 June 1989, of hundreds, possibly thousands, of unarmed demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, China’s Defence minister, General Wei Fenghe maintained that the crackdown was absolutely justified!

World Economy

What lies behind the US-China trade war?

May 24, 2019 Robin Clapp, Socialist Party (England & Wales CWI)

Last week, US President Donald Trump announced that under the rarely invoked International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and seventy of its affiliated companies are set to be added to the […]

Climate Change & Environment

Climate catastrophe looms – We need socialist change

May 24, 2019 CWI Reporters

Protests against climate change and capitalism’s degradation of our environment have been growing. Now the world’s leading scientists warn that human society is in jeopardy from the accelerating decline of Earth’s natural ‘life-support systems’.

Britain

EU elections in Britain; Warning lights flashing for Corbynism

May 23, 2019 Editorial of the June 2019 issue (no. 229) of Socialism Today (monthly magazine of the Socialist Party, CWI England & Wales)

The promise of the Corbyn insurgency that began in 2015 is in danger. The triumph of the left-wing backbench outsider in the Labour leadership election four years ago opened up the prospect of overturning Tony […]

USA

US: Bernie Sanders and the road to a mass workers’ party

May 22, 2019 Book review by Tony Saunois, from June 2019 issue of Socialism Today (monthly magazine of the Socialist Party, CWI England & Wales)

Bernie Sanders’ 2016 bid for the presidency shook up US politics. Attracting hundreds of thousands of people around a radical programme, it showed the potential for a working-class-based alternative to the two main parties. Tony […]

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US: Bernie Sanders and the road to a mass workers’ party

May 22, 2019 Book review by Tony Saunois, from June 2019 issue of Socialism Today (monthly magazine of the Socialist Party, CWI England & Wales)

Bernie Sanders’ 2016 bid for the presidency shook up US politics. Attracting hundreds of thousands of people around a radical programme, it showed the potential for a working-class-based alternative to the two main parties. Tony […]

Austria

Austria: Strache/Gudenus video tip of the iceberg of corrupt system

May 20, 2019 Sebastian Kugler and Sonja Grusch, SLP (Austrian section of the CWI)

When some time ago a commentator compared the pose of the far right Freedom Party (FPÖ) politicians, HC Strache and Harald Vilimsky, on posters for the EU elections with Frank Underwood from the TV drama […]

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