Articles by Editorial comment from the October 2016 edition of ‘The Socialist’, journal of the Socialist Party (CWI Australia)

Meeting between organisations reveals important common ground

Ruth Coppinger and Paul Murphy giving a voice to mass pro-choice and anti-water charges movements in Dail

Dortmund demonstration against neo-Nazi-violence

What economic policies can end austerity and transform workers’ lives?

Landslide victory another step to transforming Labour

Battle lines drawn: build a real mass party of the 99%

Struggle for free education.  The second round in the struggle for free education is underway. Campuses across the country were shut-down on Tuesday as protests began against the ANC government’s announcement that universities would be […]

Review of “The Life and Death of Leon Trotsky”, published in the latest issue of Socialism Today

Imperialist intervention helped wreck revolutionary movement and ruin Libya

Defend the right to protest – Drop the charges!

Lively meeting prepares membership for next period

State criminalises right to protest

Tremendous opportunity to bring Labour back to power but on an entirely different, attractive basis

Protesters defy crackdown

Strike launched after years of wage restraint

Socialist Action’s Vanessa gave shelter to on-the-run Snowden

Organise mass working class resistance to austerity

Legco elections see record turnout and big swing towards ‘radical’ newcomers

Huge potential for a bold, socialist Labour party

West seeks “stability” under brutal dictatorship

Socialist industrial policy argued for in parilament by Paul Murphy, Ruth Coppinger and Mick Barry

Solidarity needed for struggle for a $15 minimum wage

Socialist, internationalist policies can rally both Leave and Remain voters

Time for the unions and social movements to push back

Solidarity protests needed

War, refugees and global economic disaster knocking on Germany's door

Temer out! General elections now! General strike to defend our rights!

Fight must go on for minimum wage and against labour law ‘reform’

Government supports Apple’s tax dodging

We must fight for a party for the 99%

For workers’ unity and struggle against racism, division and austerity

Article published in latest edition of Socialism Today

Published earlier this year before the Chilcot report was finally released, Blood Year by counter-insurgency strategist David Kilcullen is a damning indictment of the so-called war on terror unleased by US imperialism in 2001, with […]

A heroic and lasting inspiration to the oppressed everywhere

Lessons of indyref and need for active anti-cuts policies

Struggle achieves public contracts for 100s cleaning workers

Decades of ‘shock therapy capitalism’, wars and corruption

Solidarity protests needed!

General strike threatened for 4 November as protests grow

#KeepCorbyn

"Company totally underestimated workers’ determination"

Russia Today covers historic Liverpool battle, led by the CWI in Britain

Support Jill Stein

Imperialist solutions are no solution at all. Next month will mark the second anniversary of US-led “Operation Inherent Resolve” against ISIS/Daesh in Iraq and Syria. US President Barack Obama recently boasted about the successes of this […]

Attempted Stalinist counter-revolution speeds up capitalist counter-revolution

Political polarisation deepens

New president threatens martial law while leaning on ‘left’ parties for support

Now let’s finish the job

Socialist party media coverage amid accusations of Trotskyist "entryism"

Video shown at the CWI Summer school of some sections’ activities

Tens of thousands of activists from around the world gather WSF in Montreal, 9-14 August

Political motives behind ‘David versus Goliath’ trial

The fight for a Labour Party for the working class

ANC polls less than 60% for first time since end of apartheid

Abolish the charges now

Mass revolt shakes the regime to its foundations

A short history of the Olympics:

New cycle of struggle following right-wing parliamentary coup

Report of the discussion on world perspectives at the recent CWI Summer School

Capitalist crisis and anti-immigrant reaction

No security under capitalism

Reject the bosses’ EU! For a Europe of working people – a voluntary socialist federation

We need a new party of the 99% to defeat the billionaire class

100 protest outside the court demanding release of the 15

The straw that broke the camel’s back!

#Keep Corbyn

Walk out from the Democratic National Convention!

After student protests, working class returns to streets

Continent enters new phase of political and economic crises

Debate exposes Labour as two parties

Chinese methods against Marxists copied by Belgian authorities

No to military rule, no to Erdogan’s rule! For a workers’ alternative!

No to hatred, suspicion and racism : don’t let us be divided !

Only winner from tribunal’s ruling is arms industry

Time to back Green candidate Jill Stein

Opposition weak and divided

Mass mobilisation and struggle necessary for real change

Highest levels recorded against Eurozone and EU membership following Brexit

Has China’s economy turned a corner?

Rebuilding Workers’ and youth struggles

More piles of evidence against the blood-soaked war for oil

To fight anti-working class measures, we must build a socialist alternative

Court order to re-run elections sends shockwaves through establishment

Right populist Geert Wilders promises: “Our turn is next”

No compromise possible in Labour’s civil war

Socialist MPs – Ruth Coppinger and Paul Murphy – speak in support of Jeremy Corbyn against Blairite coup in Irish parliament

"No Pay, No Work!"

No to war and terror! Yes to workers’ unity and solidarity!

Iranian workers need solidarity

Still not with her

Fight the Blairite coup

Defend anti-austerity struggle

Working people in Mexico need fighting unions, an independent left party, and socialism

Capitalist establishment shattered

Leave vote higher than average in many working class areas

Tories Out! General election now! Fight for a 24 hour general strike

The digits change but reality remains a nightmare for most

Whatever the result, political turmoil is ahead

Education ministry retreats over increased tuition fees

Five Star mayors elected in Rome and Turin

Article by Paul Murphy, Irish MP and former MEP and CWI member

Gangster methods of China’s regime exposed

“The reality is that a small clique of hard-left, Trotskyite politicians, who are quite upfront about seeking to overthrow the current system, are now arguably setting the political agenda.” (Shane Coleman, Irish Independent 17 May […]

Lady Health Workers organisation protests at non-payment of wages

Whatever the result, political turmoil is ahead

Orlando – massive wave of solidarity with LGBTQ community

Territorial disputes resemble pieces on a ‘geopolitical chessboard’ as the US and China struggle for hegemony in Asia

Working classes, through bitterest of experiences, will take to road of mass struggle again

Workers march as Senate debates hated labour law reform

Surge in support for petition initiated by socialist councillor Kshama Sawant

Stand with our LGBTQ Sisters and Brothers! Fight back against Scapegoating & Islamophobia!

“The cup is full !”

Review of "The Egyptians: a radical story"

Progress in Portugal and Spain, confusion in Britain

50 years ago the ’Cultural Revolution’ began in China.

Fight for our future, starting with a Leave vote to smash the Tories

Establishment forced to incorporate his legend into re-writing of history

Review of ‘And The Weak Must Suffer What They Must?’ by Yanis Varoufakis

Video by CWI comrades in China and Hong Kong

Strike action wins major concessions from contractors and bus administration

Union and Labour leaders should join NIPSA and other combative unions in opposing bosses’ club

Counter-revolution gaining ground

SAV/CWI member Lucy Redler elected to national committee

Militant strike action blocks bosses attempts to undermine collective bargaining

Socialists say, ‘Vote Leave to get Cameron out!’

Gauche Revolutionnaire statement underlines vital need for political alternative

Establishment parties panic as Podemos and United Left agree joint election challenge

"Triple-oppressed workers – immigrants, women and low-paid – show way forward"

Soldarity actions take place internationally against Nazarbayev regime

LSR (CWI) forces participation highlighted

Protest and solidarity messages needed

‘Breathing space’ offers chance to build a fighting, democratic left alternative

New road can open up for labour movement if working class relies on its own forces

Nazarbayev regime faces mounting opposition

How should the labour and social movements respond?

‘Illegal’ protests planned for Saturday 21 May

The impeachment process and historic crisis of the PT (Workers’ Party)

Remain or Leave, workers must fight for socialist change

Determined leadership and clear strategy needed to succeed

Government loses battle on water charges but wages war on Left

Court declares strike ‘lawful’

Capitalism equals environmental destruction

Collapse of oil prices expose fragile foundations of oil Gulf monarchies

Hollande’s decision to over-rule parliament provokes another round of struggle

Phoney elections have not brought stability

Political foundations laid for new branches and growth in other Nordic countries

But positive moves against sectarian politics

Call for two national demonstrations, building towards general strikes

No to an all-class pro-independence alliance

Mobilise the anti-austerity mood into a mass, democratic movement to defeat the right

New openings for a socialist left alternative emerge

Minority government supported by two main parties and “Independents” formed

Socialist MP threatened with jail for protesting against water charges responds to attacks in Irish parliament

Build a socialist mass workers’ party for a government of the working class

What we cannot do: leave the dockers alone

When workers tasted power

Build a general strike movement!

Photo gallery of CWI's global May Day participation

Protest movement and boycott force huge Establishment parties climb down

Anti-Semitism charges a cynical campaign by right-wing to ditch Jeremy Corbyn

"The brilliant idea of May Day is the immediate stepping forward of the proletarian masses"

The necessity of a class approach and a socialist alternative

Against Hofer, the government and the system of the super-rich!

Workers resist inhuman working conditions and violation of working rights

A final stage before indefinite action against Hollande’s government?

For decisive unions’ action to stop bosses’ plans!

The bosses’ EU is no friend of workers

Second action plan needed to stop the Michel government

Why we need new party of the 99%

Build a socialist mass workers party for a government of the working class

Socialist Party TD (MP) exposes real nature of EU in Irish parliament

CWI’s programme explained

Eye-witness account of successful protest

Socialist Party General Secretary debates with author and journalist on revolutionary socialism today

The ERC, the national student campaign linked to the DSM (CWI in Nigeria) is displaying its support for the student movement in Sudan

Protests and a new spontaneous movement for abortion rights erupt

Free all arrested students now

Statement by Jafar Azimzadeh, a leader of the Free Union of Iranian Workers, and Esmail Abdi, a leader of the Iranian Teachers Trade Association

A new book, The Rise and Fall of American Growth, analyses the downward course of the US economy – and the limits of the whole capitalist system

Easing of embargo to promote US capitalist interests

But army remains powerful force

Inequality, war and insecurity show the urgency of the struggle for socialism

Lessons of Militant vital for anti-austerity struggles today

Build a party in the interests of the millions not the millionaires

Full-scale struggle with ‘Socialist’ government erupting

“Tax the rich” shout protesters at Mossack Fonseca’s Hong Kong office

Major blow against “endless austerity” Liberal/Labour government

Hired thugs beat rank and file trade union protesters

Protesters stay on streets after forcing PM’s resignation

Massive clampdown by state censors

‘They’re all in it together!’

Socialists demand immediate release

15,000 demonstrate

An expression of the recent advances and growing support for the SAV

Antiracists arrested while the far right can demonstrate

Hannah Sell, Socialist Party deputy general secretary, answers some common questions about the socialist case for exit.

For the unity of Turkish and Kurdish working classes

Bernie Sanders campaign – an opportunity to build a new party of the 99%

The world’s largest mangrove forest lies on the deltas of three rivers: the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal. It is here, in an area of outstanding natural beauty called the […]

Sold down the river by Tata

Action by far-right led hooligans last Sunday in Brussels

Extracts from a statement discussed at the Socialist Party’s recent congress

A revolt against imperial power and war

1956 ‘secret speech’ a devastating blow to Stalinist regimes

A serious, thoughtful, optimistic and lively national congress of the Socialist Party took place from 19-21 March.

Discussion on what is happening in China

Oppose terrorism, war and poverty

Dilma’s government brought to brink of collapse

DIE LINKE (Left Party) urgently needs to change course

Continuing the Political Revolution

Will there be a general strike against the Valls-Hollande government ?

Basic rights must be respected

Thousands march in Heilongjiang province opposing job cuts.

Political crisis looms

For a socialist, working class no campaign

Cruel capitalist regimes responsible

Crises for refugees – and the EU – continues

The situation in Germany

Working women’s fight for a world without oppression

Bernie’s political revolution will be strangled if it remains imprisoned within the corporate-controlled Democratic Party.

Left makes important gains

Two articles on the current situation in Turkey and Kurdistan

Establishment parties in crisis, as a new Left rises

Year of the Monkey opens with economy in worst situation for decades

Huge enthusiasm for Bernie Sanders’ call for a political revolution leads to serious challenge to Hillary Clinton

#OutsourcingMustFall campaign becomes point of reference for the working class

The referendum on 23 June is not just about the EU but is also an opportunity to pass verdict on Cameron and his rotten government

Below, videos of TD’s (members of Irish Parliament) Paul Murphy and Ruth Coppinger at a public meeting of the Anti-Austerity Alliance/People Before Profit, after a mass demonstration of tens of thousands against water charges in […]

The “Arab Spring” revolutionary wave brought dictators in Tunisia and Egypt crashing down. It swept through the Middle East, inspiring workers and youth the world over. It has since ebbed, however, leaving the region wracked […]

Five Star Movement can gain

Israeli and Palestinian activists discuss resisting Nentanyahu and urgent need to build socialist forces

Analysis of the present situation in India from an internationalist perspective

“All together, workers and poor farmers, at Syntagma Square, against austerity”

Looming civil war can only be countered by a united struggle of working people

Huge potential for workers’ struggles

Left must mobilise millions to militant anti-austerity banner & building of political organisation to give it voice

Build a #Movement4Bernie to Defeat the Billionaire Class and the Democratic Party Establishment.

A socialist approach

Union movement should step up call for nationalisation of threatened factories

Renewed economic crisis, wars, political polarisation & class struggle perspectives

Brutal policing must be condemned

Crisis for imperialism and a fight-back from below

All out in the struggle! Coordinate and develop the fight now!

Opportunities will arise for working class and poor to organise

Is ‘Modimania’ on the wane?

CWI 11th World Congress document

Bernie Sanders’ call for a political revolution against the billionaire class enthuses millions

Another healthcare system failure

Four workers killed, eight injured as security forces open fire on protesting workers

“It’s too late for establishment politics, establishment economics!”

Weakness of opposition is Prime Minister Abe’s only strength

Solidarity campaign needed!

Bosses strive to offload cost of crisis on working class – a struggle for system change is needed

Workers’ struggles continue despite repression

Solidarity message from the Committee for a Workers’ International

A volatile mix

A volatile mix

Five years after the fall of Ben Ali, demands of the revolution remain unsatisfied

“China is entering a dark night of repression and detentions under Xi Jinping”

First electoral defeat suffered by the Chavistas since Hugo Chávez was first elected president in 1998 In the first electoral defeat suffered by the Chavistas since Hugo Chávez was first elected president in 1998, the […]

900 days of siege in World War Two

Untold distress caused to women in relationships with undercover police officers

Kshama Sawant replies to Obama’s "State of the Union" speech

For the mobilisation and support of all students, permanent workers and communities across Tshwane

Potential for inclusive, anti-austerity trade union based movement with effective alliances in workplaces and communities

Implement Tory austerity or set no-cuts budgets

The EU’s nightmare continues

Union leader, Muhammad Hussain Bhatti, released on bail

Socialist alternative is essential

Determined battle for pension rights and an end to contract labour

Corruption, poor oversight and chase for profits, maim thousands

Edited extracts from an article by Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary, that will be published in the first 2016 issue of the Socialist (7 January).

A life of socialist struggle

Playing the underdog

No government majority as Podemos partially recovers

Human beings have radically altered the Earth, adapting nature in the struggle to survive and thrive…

Rally organised by Socialist Movement Sindh in Mir Pur Khas

Movement needed for women’s rights

Arrests in Guangdong province as workers’ struggles multiply

Book launch in London remembers the dead and injured and all political prisoners in Kazakhstan.

“It’s really a fraud, a fudge without action”

Good response for ideas of CWI

Fighting against the privatisation of public sector hospitals

Victory for the right wing reflects popular discontent

Revolutionary movement of the working class needs to finally defeat religious extremism and intolerance

International action needed

Dictatorship consolidating while opposition ridicules itself. Time to “turn the page”!

Massive workers’ showdown takes government by surprise

COP21 UN climate change conference in Paris underscores failure of capitalism to solve environmental crisis

The struggle must go on!

Governing ‘Socialist’ Party punished

Stop state repression and harassment of union leaders and members

25 years of hot air from establishment

This crisis has revealed that Labour is essentially two parties in one

Fight for a party that stands against war and austerity

Ruth Coppinger speaks in Irish parliament against austerity agreement

Sharp right-wing turn by “red-green” government

Biggest ever global mobilisation

Political crisis continues

Mass struggle and socialism will challenge capitalist austerity

The growing threat of climate change and a socialist programme for the environment

For general assemblies in all workplaces

"Not a fresh start, but a rotten continuation of austerity and sectarianism"

Syriza mobilises… against Syriza!

For workers’ unity against war, terrorism and racism

Socialist Action’s Sally Tang Mei-ching lifts opposition vote to 33 percent

Austerity and corporate welfare has failed! Fight for public investment!

Socialist Action candidate gets one third of the vote

It is time to build a new united left force

Socialist alternative to big business popular across the USA

Army holds on to powerful positions

CWI youth campaign "Resistenze Internazionali" takes the lead!

Only workers’ unity can end terrorism, division and war

We will not be intimidated !

Unions should keep independence to lead fight to defend Corbyn

Letter from Campaign Kazakhstan secretary

Kshama Sawant’s message to ’Socialism 2015’ event in London

Socialist Party’s Patrick Mulholland gains 44% – Broad Left emerges stronger throughout NIPSA

Best ever ‘Socialism’ weekend of discussion & debate

The established political order in the US has been shaken up by Bernie Sanders’ campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination…

A geopolitical weapon for US and Japanese capitalism against China

Dictatorship methods still reign in “democratic” Chile

Farcical election underlines need to build a mass workers’ party

"There has never been a better time to become a socialist and join Socialist Alternative." – Kshama Sawant

Solidarity needed

Paul Murphy MP – charged with false imprisonment – addresses solidarity gathering outside court

Struggle for worker’s unity, peace and social justice more important than ever

Parliament moves to the right

Economic crisis deepens in Russia as Ukraine military stand-off continues

Towards a ‘Left’ government?

’Momentum’ must mobilise for real and lasting change

New Democratic Party biggest loser

The crisis of “management of the conflict”

ROSA and Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) TD organise bus tour to defy anti-choice 8th amendement

Unpacking the ’rucksack’

Increased racist violence, but solidarity dominates

A new book offers important insights into the role played by Middle Eastern states in the rise of brutal reactionary forces such as Islamic State. What’s missing, however, is an assessment of the potential of […]

ANC leadership shaken by electrifying ten days

Struggle for a decent minimum wage reaches over border from US

Struggle for free education now!

Steel plant to close after a century of production, raw material prices collapsing, China’s economy slowing, the ongoing euro crisis…

An opportunity for socialist ideas

Discussions on perspectives for Hong Kong’s democracy struggle and the crisis in China

The fight against anti-Traveller racism

Anti-austerity struggles across southern Europe and the socialist alternative

What the Vienna elections show

‘Deals protect profits not jobs’ – for nationalisation under workers control

‘Normality’ is the scandal

Still no end in sight after four and a half years of civil war

Polarising situation, but 250,000 march against free trade agreements shows potential for mass resistance against establishment

What way forward for the Left and workers’ movement?

Trade unions’ 48 hour general strike must be first step to building mass, united movement against murderous regime of Erdoğan

Step up industrial action to defeat government plans

Independent working class political solution urgently needed

Plenty of money in economy –just in wrong hands or lying in big business bank accounts

’No time to lose’ to organise against austerity

The NDP represent as a left alternative?

A step towards independence?

Jobs threatened, pay cuts, increased workloads…public sector workers need fighting, democratic union

Copper giant denies suffering of its workers and victimisation of their representatives

We can end cuts, crisis and capitalism

Working class solidarity – a beacon of hope

Nationalism, repression and neoliberal economic ‘reform’ hallmarks of Xi’s rule

Seattle City Councillor Kshama Sawant co-signs protest letter to visiting Chinese President Xi

But enthusiastic support continues

Video of Ruth Coppinger, Socialist Party TD, speaking in the Irish Parliament: "I’m here to give you their vote of no confidence in you and your government"

Mass socialist alternative needs to be built

30,000 join Helsinki union demonstration

Jobstown is not guilty: drop the charges against the 27!

Jeremy Corbyn’s victory is a political earthquake that transforms the situation in Britain and poses stark questions for how a new mass socialist force can be built.

One year ago, the Scottish independence referendum delivered an electoral uprising against austerity and the political establishment

Now organise to fight for a socialist alternative

A lesser evil?

Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales), congratulates Jeremy Corbyn and examines the difficulties he now faces

New mass left party, uniting Catholics and Protestants, necessary to pose real alternative.

Mass revolutionary Left needed to find way out of crisis of capitalist system

Popularity of anti-austerity ideas confirmed – Now the battle to create an anti-austerity party begins

Gains of the revolution of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro under threat

Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) MP questions Ajai Chopra in banking crisis inquiry

Now build austerity fightback

Build a mass and united workers’ movement to stop the ongoing war!

Independent workers’ organisation needed to resist state repression and to fight for a socialist future

Unite against austerity and struggle for a better life for all

Modi government faces growing opposition

An important step in rebuilding the international workers’ movement during WW1

Build a united struggle of workers and youth – for a socialist alternative to communal divisions, poverty and war!

Over 200,000 people on protest for two days

No let-up of ’Corbynmania’ but Labour right plots

Clear 100% anti-austerity and socialist platform essential steps towards new mass workers’ party

Potential to resist if follow 80’s Liverpool Council example

Articles on Öcalan’s ideas and Rojava, originally published in sozialismus.info, the quaterly magazine of SAV (German section of the CWI)

New Left force launched following Tsipras’ betrayal

Working class struggle top priority for socialists

Whatever the outcome of the contest, Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign has already transformed the political situation in Britain

Interview with Tamer Mahdi, CWI member in Lebanon

More than $5 trillion wiped off global stock markets in two weeks since Chinese devaluation

Neo-liberal policies of UNP-led government will not satisfy demands of workers and poor.

’Unfinished business’ remains today

Coming mass revolts will see workers and youth look to Trotsky’s ideas

The response to Corbyn’s campaign has parallels with the outpouring of class anger that was seen during the independence referendum

Review of ‘PostCapitalism: a guide to our future’ by Paul Mason

Alexis Tsipras and the Syriza leadership have pushed through parliament the third bailout – and further deep cuts – although only with the help of right-wing parties. However, the crises in Greece, the eurozone and […]

The Labour Party’s right-wing leaders have been astonished and horrified at the over-flowing rallies for Jeremy Corbyn around the UK over the last few weeks

CWI member, Patrick Mulholland, leads Left campaign for leadership of NIPSA union

Socialist MP to be charged with false imprisonment for protesting against water charges

Technological developments, the threat to jobs, and perspectives for the struggle against capitalism and for the future of humanity

Report of discussion on New Workers’ Parties, Left Populism and the ideas and programme of PODEMOS, SYRIZA

Sudden reversal of Beijing’s exchange rate policy underlines seriousness of China’s economic woes

Power struggle in UMNO party

57% refuse to pay hated water charge

Tories have no solutions

No faith in authoritarian rulers and Western powers!

Can a future nuclear conflict be avoided?

Introductory video to the plenary session on ‘Building the CWI’ shown at the 2015 CWI Summer School, featuring the work of our International across the world

Large attendances at Corbyn rallies across country

Seattle socialist primary election success

After Syriza capitulates, taking first steps towards building a new mass Left alternative to austerity and capitalism

Report of World Perspectives discussion at the 2015 CWI Summer School

Life and death struggle with the process of counter-revolution.

Kshama Sawant, Seattle’s socialist councillor defending seat in primary elections on 4 August

Socialists play key role in rapidly changing situation

Militant Tendency held up as bogeyman by Labour right and media – What’s the real history?

Only workers’ unity can end terrorism and division

Ground prepared everywhere for new battles and rise of left formations

Blairites’ terror at popularity of left-wing ideas in Corbyn campaign

Message of support from the CWI and its sections

Kurdish and Turkish people pay price for Erdoğan’s support for ISIS

No to union discrimination and repression!