Covid
Britain: The Covid pandemic five years on
On March 23, 2020, Britain’s first lockdown in response to the global Covid pandemic began. By the end of the year, death figures in Britain were the worst in Europe. By the end of the […]
Articles by Nick Chaffey, from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)
Turkey
Workers’ Protest Against Union Busting in Istanbul Joined by Students
On Saturday 5 April, members of Nakliyat-Is (affiliated to Revolutionary Workers’ Union Confederation, DISK) organised a protest outside McDonalds in Bakirkoy, Istanbul. Union members protested Havi Logistics, the multinational company that supplies products to McDonalds […]
Features - New Trade Wars Era
Trump’s “Liberation Day” – An international socialist response is needed!
Trump’s 2nd April “Liberation Day” speech was a turning point, as it launched an open offensive to break capitalist globalisation in its current form. This was not, as Trump falsely claims, in the interests of US […]
Turkey
Mass Movement Against Erdogan – Interview with a Student in Istanbul
After the arrest of Istanbul’s popular mayor and President Erdogan’s main political rival, Ekrem Imamoglu from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), students have been organising mass protests and boycotts around the country, mainly in Istanbul […]
Britain
British Labour government wields axe against welfare social security
This is a government focused on serving its capitalist masters. That was one clear message from Labour’s Spring Statement. The second is that the working class must organise to defy the expectation that it will […]
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: “New generation can break political stagnation and push forward the struggle!” – Tamil Solidarity annual general meeting
“The National People’s Power (NPP) government coalition won an absolute majority in the recent parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka. The seats of the traditional parties in the regions of the north-east of the Tamil speaking […]
Malaysia
Successful Sosialis Alternatif (CWI Malaysia) national meeting
From March 14th to March 16th, Sosialis Alternatif (Socialist Alternative – CWI Malaysia) successfully held a national meeting. This meeting discussed global and local political perspectives, in depth, and will provide clarity of direction in […]
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: The emperor’s new clothes – National People’s Power government acts as capitalism’s defenders
A discussion has emerged in society about the nature of the National People’s Power (NPP) government, formed under the leadership of Anura Kumara Dissanayake. There was an old saying in Sri Lanka about how a […]
Features - Conflict in the Middle East
Mass Protests Against Netanyahu as Gaza Slaughter Continues
Mass protests have erupted across Israel, with over 100,000 people demonstrating in Tel Aviv and other cities on 22 March. Protesters blocked highways, surrounded the Israeli parliament in a makeshift encampment and endured beatings by […]
Britain
Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) congress: Building and strengthening Marxism in a ‘new era’
Taking place in a ‘new era’ of unprecedented political volatility and turmoil, epitomised by Trump’s second presidency, 290 attended the Socialist Party’s three-day congress in Coventry, 15-17 March 2025. “The most important meeting of the […]