Britain
The fog of Brexit
The UK is scheduled to formally withdraw from the structures and treaties of the European Union (EU) on 29 March 2019, less than six months’ time.But Brexit, a summary term for the renegotiation of British […]
Articles by Editorial of Socialism Today, monthly journal of the Socialist Party (England & Wales) (issue number 222, October 2018)
South Africa
South African workers reject ‘Ramaphoria’
The Workers and Socialist Party (WASP), the South African section of the CWI, held a National Committee meeting, in Johannesburg, at the beginning of September. Delegates discussed the working class responses to the attacks of […]
History & Anniversaries
80th anniversary of founding of Fourth International
This week saw the 80th anniversary of the founding conference of the Fourth International, on 3 September, 1938. To mark this historic event, we republish below a brief 2013 introduction to an article by Peter […]
Turkey
Turkey: Upcoming economic storm exposes fragility of Erdoğan’s rule
Turkey held snap elections on 24 June, out of which the ruling AKP and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arose seemingly triumphant. But at the heart of Erdoğan’s decision to call an earlier vote was his […]
Russia
Support for Putin’s regime slips over major attacks on pensions
The day Russia unexpectedly won its first game in the football world cup tournament the government announced a major attack on the pension system. For some time, leading figures in the government have spoken about […]
Germany
Germany: Violent far right demonstrations in Chemnitz
The pictures were shocking: Over five thousand rightists move through the city centre of Chemnitz, in the eastern German federal state of Saxony, last Monday, 27th August. Some of the crowd beat migrants, threw bottles […]
Australia
Australia: PM Turnbull deposed, but political crisis set to continue
Australia saw yet another change of prime minister in late August. After a week of high drama, the Liberal Party booted put prime minister Malcolm Turnbull from office and installed Scott Morrison in a ‘party […]
Britain
Britain: Jeremy Corbyn comes under renewed attack from Labour’s right
There is no rest for the wicked. British Prime Minister Theresa May had to cut short her Italian holiday to visit the French president, Emmanuel Macron, at his Mediterranean castle retreat.
Catalonia
500-strong Barcelona rally for a ‘socialist Catalan republic’
Over 500 people attended the international rally organised by Esquerra Revolucionaria (CWI in Catalonia), on 17 July, in defence of a Catalan Republic of workers and youth.
Portugal
Portuguese dockers strike against union busting
Portuguese dockers took strike action across all ports on Friday 27 July. They are fighting against widespread persecution and union busting in Portuguese ports, especially in Leixões and Caniçal (Madeira), where workers are being threatened […]