Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election early this morning (6 November). Once again, the Democratic Party’s pro-corporate agenda failed to win enough votes to stop Trump, the right, and far […]
The victory of Trump and his refashioned Republican party clearly opens new chapters in both US and world history. For many in a polarised US this victory of right populism will strike more than a […]
Below is the text of a press conference addressed by the #Endbadgovernance movement, Lagos State Chapter, on Wednesday 6 November 2024 at the International Press Centre (IPC), Ogba, to respond to the discontinuation of suit […]
On October 26th and 27th elections took place in Chile for regional governors and Cores (Deputies) for the regional governments and mayors and councilors for the municipal governments. The elections were held in the middle […]
On Friday, 1st November 2024, the Nigerian government arraigned 76 protesters, including 32 minors aged between 14 and 17, for ‘terrorism and treason’ at a Federal High Court in Abuja and January 24, 2025 was […]
Recently, DNB, a bank in Norway with both private and state ownership, reported quarterly earnings of NOK 15.2 billion (around £1 billion sterling), attributed largely to significant increases in mortgage repayments for workers and pensioners. […]
Months of power cuts and rising prices are undermining Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi. His government is under growing pressure from all sides. In July, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly complained, “No one expected the heatwaves […]
World relations between imperialist and capitalist powers are in an unprecedented state of flux and turmoil. The unipolar world dominated by US imperialism that briefly existed following the collapse of the former USSR in 1991 […]
In the election for the Japanese House of Representatives, held on 27th of October, the Liberal Democratic Party/Komeito coalition government of Shigeru Ishiba lost its majority. The government was expecting to do badly in the […]
The day after the article below by a leader of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) was published, the Nigeria Labour Congress finally issued a statement entitled ‘NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC MESS AND IMF’S DENIAL: “ESAU’S HANDS BUT […]
Working-class people have every reason to despise and oppose the US Democratic Party and its capitalist agenda, but Trump and Vance are no alternative for us. Many working-class people are rightly disgusted by Trump, both […]
After years of riding high in the polls, Sinn Féin [‘Ourselves Alone’ – a republican party historically linked to the Provisional Irish Republican Army] are mired in a deep crisis. Just a few weeks from […]
President Macron’s party was beaten in the European Elections in France. It was an anti-Macron referendum that resulted in a victory for the far right Le Pen’s party Rassemblement National (RN) in an election with […]
“Things will get worse before they get better.” “The Tories left an even bigger mess than we realised.” “There’s a £22 billion black hole” – or is that £40 billion now? How many more ways […]
Alan Hardman was the first printer of the Militant (the predecessor newspaper of Socialist – weekly of the Socialist Party England & Wales (CWI)) and produced hundreds of political cartoons for publication in our party […]
For the first time in Sri Lanka’s history, the country finds itself under the leadership of a president—Anura Kumara Dissanayake—who hails from a party with a left-leaning background. However, despite the media’s portrayal of him […]
Today, in the early afternoon, twenty two EndBadGovernance protesters arrested for marking the murder of EndSARS protesters were released by the police. The #EndSARS struggle of October 2020 is a watershed in the history of Nigeria. […]
Brutal wars have repeatedly been carried out by Israeli military forces on Gaza since a ruthless blockade was imposed on that strip of land in 2007. Each one brought terrible death and destruction but the […]
The New Popular Front (NPF) received the most seats in the recent parliamentary elections in France, 182 out of the 577 total in the National Assembly. Standing on a programme of reducing the pension age […]
The 2024 hurricane season in the United States and North America has entered the top five worst before it’s even over. Hurricane Milton ranks just behind the 2005 hurricane season which devastated New Orleans and […]
What do you make of Keir Starmer’s first 100 days in office, which came to an end on 12 October? His Labour Party had a +6 ‘net favourability’ rating upon taking office. 90 days in […]
Though the establishment parties somehow survived the Aragalaya (The Struggle) in 2022, they were never able to win back the full trust of the masses. The ruling Rajapaksa family then stepped back from governmental positions […]
For years now it has been apparent that Norwegian Air Shuttle has been using anti-union and union-busting tactics. In the pre-pandemic years the Air Shuttle bosses wanted a name list of Swedish pilots which the […]
The war in Ukraine catapulted to the top of the news on 6 August when Ukrainian forces launched an unexpected assault over the border into the Kursk region of Russia. They rapidly took over 400 […]
On Saturday 5 October 2024, the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) took part in the biggest anti-war demonstration since the first months of the onslaught on Gaza, marching on 10 Downing Street, the New […]
The Samson and Goliath cranes in Belfast shipyard continue to dominate the city’s skyline but workers in the shipbuilding sector once again face an insecure future. For more than 160 the Harland & Wolff has […]
Working-class people in the US need an alternative to the two pro-corporate political parties. We have to build opposition to the Biden/Harris and Trump administrations’ support for the war in Gaza, the cost-of-living-crisis, and attacks […]
Lough Neagh is a freshwater lake in Northern Ireland and is the largest lake on the island of Ireland and in the United Kingdom. According to Northern Ireland Water, it supplies 40.7% of Northern Ireland’s drinking water. Lough Neagh is also home […]
The right-wing Israeli government has set about turning parts of Lebanon into rubble, as it has already done in Gaza following its decision to escalate its war against Hezbollah to a much higher level. The […]
Steelworkers in Community and GMB unions in Wales are awaiting the results of a vote on whether to accept a settlement with Tata Steel. Unite the Union representatives decided that the terms were not good […]
The contrast between the insurgent mood that marked the run-up to September 18 2014 and the prospects for Scottish independence today, on the face of it, could not be more different. ‘Indyref 1’ was an […]
Election years in the United States are often intense. To make it seem like voting is the only way to make a difference, capitalists and the media create drama and attention-grabbing headlines. Slogans like “This […]
Resist racist propaganda and the restriction of democratic rights The terrorist attack that took place last week in Solingen, Germany, is shocking. Three people were killed at a town festival and eight were injured, some […]
On Tuesday 27 August 2024 the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) held a press conference at the International Press Centre (IPC) Ogba, Lagos, over the arrest and continued detention without trial of the YRC National Coordinator, […]
The Israeli state’s onslaught on Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip continues despite international condemnation, massive protests across the world and the unimaginable suffering of those trapped by the IDF’s siege. With the death toll […]
Despite two years of negotiations, nine rounds of talks, extended deadlines, last-minute pleas and much hand-wringing the World Health Assembly failed to agree a new pandemic treaty on 27 May. It was meant to ensure […]
In a dramatic twist to the Russia-Ukraine war, Kyiv ordered its armed forces into the Kursk region of Russia on the 6th of August. This marks the first serious incursion into Russian territory since the […]
After over a week of horrific violent racist and Islamophobic attacks, huge numbers took to the streets in counter-protests on 7 August. Millions of Black and Asian people, especially Muslims, have been living in fear. […]
Following the death of the former president of the Islamic Republic of Iran in a helicopter crash on May 19th, this year, the second round of voting to choose his successor took place in early […]
Egyptians expect intense summer heat in June and July but this year also had to endure daily three-hour power cuts. Fridges, air-conditioners, water pumping, lighting and electrical equipment stopped as indoor temperatures rose. People were […]
Tens of thousands of anti-racist counter-protesters took to the streets over the last week across Britain and the North of Ireland in response to a wave of attacks against immigrants by far right mobs. On […]
On August 8th, members of Sol (CWI Germany) in Berlin gathered in front of the Nigerian embassy to protest for the immediate release of Adaramoye Michael, Babatunde Oluajo and Mosiu Sodiq. During protests against the […]
Socialist activists in Ireland and Britain protested at Nigerian embassies in Dublin and London this week demanding the immediate release of local youth leaders and CWI comrades Babatunde Oluajo and Adaramoye Michael from police detention […]
For working class unity not division! Horrific scenes played out at the weekend (3-4 August) in Britain as hundreds of people gathered outside hotels housing asylum seekers in Rotherham and Hull, throwing bricks and bottles, […]
The workers at the Bundesanzeiger publishing house in Cologne have been on strike for more than 70 days. They are fighting for a collective agreement that has not yet been granted to them, and what’s […]
Adaramoye Michael (‘Michael Lenin’), National Coordinator of Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) and National Mobilisation Officer of Education Rights Campaign (ERC) has been abducted by the Nigerian state forces, the Department of State Services (DSS), in […]
The right wing populist regime of Javier Milei in Argentina is carrying out brutal neo-liberal attacks on the Argentinean working class and all oppressed peoples. It also unleashing brutal repression and in particular is targeting […]
Sir Keir Starmer’s New Labour spent the election campaign endlessly repeating that they would have to make ‘tough choices’ in office. Now they are doubling down, claiming to be surprised at the terrible £22 billion […]
The following text is from a leaflet being distributed by Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI Nigeria) and Youth Rights Campaign in Lagos and other areas in the nationwide protests scheduled to start on August 1. socialistworld.net […]
The disturbances in the Coolock area of Dublin earlier this month are the latest in an escalating trend of far Right and fascist violence in the country. The State has made clear it is happy to allow […]
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