Paul Heron, Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers and Socialist Party (England & Wales CWI), Author at Socialist World Media

War criminal Tony Blair knighted

January 15, 2022 Paul Heron, Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers and Socialist Party (England & Wales CWI)

On New Year’s Eve, Buckingham Palace announced that former Labour prime minister Tony Blair would be rewarded with the Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter by the Queen. Should we be […]

Kazakhstan: Hundreds killed, thousands imprisoned, after state clampdown

January 14, 2022 Clare Doyle, CWI

One week after an unprecedented struggle by the country’s oppressed exploded onto the streets of Kazakhstan, an uneasy quiet has fallen in the commercial capital Almaty, where Kazakh state forces, backed by Russian paratroops, enforce […]

Britain: Four cleared by court jury over role in toppling statue of slave-trader

January 13, 2022 Tom Baldwin, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) South West regional secretary

There were jubilant scenes outside Bristol Crown Court as four people were cleared for their role in the toppling of the statue of slave-trader Edward Colston. The statue was pulled down and subsequently dumped into […]

Egypt: ‘Investment clubs’ exploitation of young footballers

January 12, 2022 David Johnson, CWI

Football’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is currently taking place, with millions following the tournament in the continent and worldwide. Egypt is the most successful nation in the cup’s history, winning the tournament seven times (including […]

Nigeria’s 2012 Uprising

January 11, 2022 H.T Soweto, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI Nigeria)

When Strikes and protests nearly swept a capitalist regime out of power Ten years ago, instead of the festivities that often herald the New Year, Nigerian working people and youth started the year 2012 at […]

Tony Blair knighted for services to the rich and powerful

January 10, 2022 Peter Taaffe interviewed on LBC Radio

Tony Blair has joined current British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer in being knighted – rewarded for his services to the bosses’ establishment. The former Labour prime minister, who was in office between 1997 and […]

German socialists denounce state repression in Kazakhstan

January 8, 2022 CWI

Below are letters of protest (in German and English) sent to the Embassy of Kazakhstan and Embassy of the Russian Federation, in Berlin, from socialist activists in Germany. socialistworld.net An die Botschaft Kasachstans – per […]

Kazakhstan: Heroic uprising challenges regime

January 8, 2022 Mick Whale, Secretary Campaign Kazakhstan

Campaign Kazakhstan was set up in Britain and Europe to support the workers’ movement in Kazakhstan and oppose the repressive measures of the Nazarbayev regime. Mick Whale, Secretary of the campaign, visited Kazakhstan on two […]

Britain in 2022: Build a coordinated working-class fightback

December 29, 2021 Hannah Sell, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) general secretary

“One more strike and he’s out”, declared longstanding Tory MP Roger Gale in the wake of the kicking his party got from voters in the Shropshire North byelection, previously held by the Tories for almost […]

The worsening crises of Nigerian capitalism and prospect for class struggle

December 28, 2021 Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI Nigeria) National Executive Committee Statement

On Saturday 4 December 2021, 15 NEC members and organizers of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM – CWI Nigeria) from different states and areas of work gathered at a hybrid (in-person and zoom) NEC meeting […]