Barely a month was enough for the ultra-right government to launch great attacks on the Chilean workers and their families. From the first day of taking office, systematic attacks against the working class began. In […]
This week’s fuel protests in southern Ireland are just the first shocks to land in the country after Trump and Netanyahu unleashed hell on Iran. Motorways across the country and O’Connell Street in Dublin city […]
For millions of workers, there are bitter memories of the depths of the cost-of-living crisis. For many, it never ended. And so projections for a new round of inflation coming down the track will be […]
Three days, twenty-seven events, more than forty speakers – 2026 ‘Socialism Days’ After seven long years, a nationwide ‘Socialism Days’ event organised by Sol (Sozialistische Organisation Solidarität – CWI Germany) took place in Berlin once […]
A demonstration “Against war and xenophobia” took place in late March in Osaka city, Japan. Supporters of the CWI in Japan took part, including CWI comrades active in the General Union, which mobilised workers for […]
This April is the 110th anniversary of the 1916 Easter rising in Dublin and in other parts of Ireland. The defeat of the rebellion saw the summary trial and execution by the British state of […]
Hundreds of thousands of people took part in the anti-far right Together demonstration on 28 March in London. The driving force behind the mass turnout was a desire to show that far-right ideas and politics are […]
The devastating war launched by the Netanyahu and Trump regimes continues to increasingly devastate Iran, Lebanon, the Gulf States, the world economy, and world relations. It is now also provoking turmoil in the domestic social […]
The second round of the municipal elections confirms and amplifies the trends observed in the first round (read our statement): deep social anger, a massive rejection of austerity policies, and a political polarisation that is […]
By late March 2026, the US and Israeli war against Iran had evolved into the most dangerous Middle Eastern conflict in decades. What began with the Israeli assassination of Iran’s supreme leader on 28 February […]
The conflict that has raged for over three weeks in the Gulf, and continues as we go to press, is the third US war in the region since the end of the Cold War more […]
Working class people, the world over, are paying the price of Trump’s Iranian adventure. More precisely we are paying for Netanyahu’s war, as it looks, in part at least, as though Trump’s ego was goaded […]
Trump and Netanyahu are inflaming the Middle East, shockwaves are striking the global economy. The imperialist war declared on Iran and Lebanon is a blow to the security of the masses throughout the region and […]
At the beginning of this year, the world economy seemed to develop in a promising direction, according to some analysists. The IMF revised its forecast from October 2025 upwards and cited a “resilient growth”. However, […]
The war launched by the Trump/Netanyahu axis has plunged the world into its deepest state of turmoil since the 1973 oil crisis. It is a war aimed at recalibrating the relations in the Middle East […]
The onslaught against Iran, soon followed by Israel’s renewed war in Lebanon, has witnessed another round of lying and hypocrisy from the imperialist powers. For a second time in less than a year, Netanyahu and […]
On March 11, 2026, Hassan Taiwo Soweto, member of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) and spokesperson of #EndBadGovernance Movement Lagos, and Dele Frank (Arole Fela) are expected to appear before a magistrate court in Yaba, […]
For a socialist alternative to imperialism and capitalist war! The unleashing of the dogs of war once again on Iran by the rogue regimes of Trump and Netanyahu has opened the ‘gates of hell’ for the […]
The governments of Israel and the U.S. launched military attacks on Iran last week. The Netanyahu and Trump regimes, including Republican and Democratic Party leaderships, have blood on their hands, killing innocent civilians in another […]
Cambridge and Oxford university unions cancelled debates scheduled for the end of March involving Namal Rajapaksa, the son of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa. Tamil Solidarity and various youth and student groups organised opposition […]
On 12th February, ten central trade unions announced one a day general strike in continuation of their struggle against new labour codes that completely undermine even the basic rights of workers. This is with the […]
The “Prince of Darkness” Peter Mandelson lobbied strongly to bring pollution to the Sperrin mountains of Co Tyrone, in Northern Ireland. This was Dalradian Gold’s proposed gold mine at Greencastle. There have been more objections […]
In another humiliating setback for dKeir Starmer’s Labour in Britain, High Court judges have ruled that the proscription of Palestine Action last year was ‘unlawful’. The proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation made […]
Keir Starmer started the new year with net approval ratings (-66 points) lower than any prime minister since polling records begun in the 1970s. The sordid revelations from the Epstein files, going to the heart […]
When she called a snap general election for the lower house parliament, Japan’s prime minister Takaichi Sanae said the voters had a choice, “a prime minister Takaichi, a prime minister Noda or even a prime […]
The first six of the Filton 24 to go on trial have walked free. The activists, who allegedly broke into and sabotaged an Elbit Systems factory near Bristol which produces weapons for the Israeli military, […]
Ugandan’s Yoweri Museveni had his 40-year rule extended in January 2026 through an election marred with irregularities, apathy and heavy repression of opposition, especially members of the National Unity Platform (NUP) led by activist Bobi […]
A national meeting of Sosialis Alternatif (SA) Malaysia, the CWI in Malaysia, was held from 16–18 January on Pangkor Island, off the coast of Perak in the Straits of Malacca. The discussions included several newly […]
‘Your Party Scotland’ was officially launched at a conference on 7/8 February in Dundee. Attended by around 250 members in person, with more taking part online, the conference was the first national opportunity for Your […]
Iran started the year with a mass uprising as its long-standing economic crisis collided with popular anger. While the scale of repression has intensified, the decisive question is whether resistance can develop the structures and […]
The escalating trade conflict between the United States and China is not simply a dispute between politicians or the result of misguided policies from the White House. It reflects deep strains inside global capitalism itself. […]
Amid the unrest following the recent mass protests in Iran, that were marked by brutal violence, a weeks’ long internet blackout, and ongoing arrest of those who spoke up, sections of the population have refused to […]
Once again, tens of thousands participated in a march through downtown Minneapolis on January 30th as part of a “shutdown” against ICE and state repression. Over 300 actions were planned across the country. This time, wrongly, there […]
Shi Yongqin is China’s foremost translator of the works of Leon Trotsky into Chinese. Not only has he translated many of Trotsky’s most important works, including Trotsky’s writings on the Chinese revolution of 1926/27 but […]
Hassan Taiwo Soweto, a leading member of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM, CWI in Nigeria) and spokesperson of #EndBadGovernance Movement Lagos, was arrested today at the Lagos State House of Assembly, probably with other protesters. […]
Rojava is under threat. The SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces), dominated by the Kurdish YPG (People’s Defence Units), have retreated behind the Euphrates. They have lost much of the territory they previously controlled, including important oil […]
The Scottish government’s pre-election budget – the 19th since the Scottish National Party (SNP) won power at Holyrood in 2007 – did nothing to alter the crisis of underfunded public services and deep-rooted poverty in […]
Once again Iran has seen a brave mass movement against hardship, oppression and a rotten elite. Thousands have been killed. The turn of the year saw a new upsurge of resistance against the impact of […]
On Friday, the 9th January 2026 a majority of representatives of the EU-countries finally agreed to a treaty with Mercosur, the Southern Common Market, a South American economic bloc. It seems that 25 years after […]
On January 1, 2026, Zohran Mamdani took office as mayor of New York City amid continued interest and anticipation for his “New Era” of affordability for working class New Yorkers. According to his transition website, 50,000 in the city applied to […]
Only the united action of the working people can end insecurity On Christmas Day 2025, the United States launched missiles that reportedly hit two terrorist camps in the Bauni forest axis of Tangaza Local Government […]
“A great New Yorker once said that while you campaign in poetry, you govern in prose.”– From Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech, quoting Mario Cuomo, a former Democratic Party Governor of New York State. “Socialist reform […]
Iran has been rocked by a new series of nationwide protests which have now entered a second week. Demonstrations began on 29 December as market traders and small business owners in Tehran closed down their […]
The latest round of cuts to Scotland’s colleges is yet another damning indictment of an education system suffocating under austerity and the failed priorities of both Holyrood and Westminster. For years, staff and students have […]
Fight US imperialist intervention with mass protests and the struggle for a democratic socialist alternative! Early today the Trump regime unleashed a bombing raid on Venezuela and used special forces to kidnap the President, Nicolas […]
The MESEM (Vocational Education Centers) system in Turkey has recently received attention both within the country and abroad after the unlawful arrest of 16 TİP (Türkiye Workers Party) youth members from several different universities. It […]
Last month marked 10,000 days since the re-establishment of local government at Stormont buildings, Belfast, following the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. Its failure to deliver social and economic improvements, let alone bridge the deep […]
On Sunday, December 14, 2025, the second round of presidential elections was held in Chile. The government candidate, Jeannette Jara, suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the far-right candidate, José Antonio Kast. Jara […]
The findings of the ‘Operation Kenova’ inquiry, released last week in Belfast, into some of the British state’s covert operations during the ‘Troubles’ in the north of Ireland (approximately from 1969 to 1998) are a […]
We are pleased to publish this extraordinary article by Trotsky’s former secretary, Rae Spiegel, later known as Raya Dunayevskaya. With thanks to CWI comrade, Wayne Scott, this is the first time the article has been […]
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