Syria
Syria: State unleashes new terror
The death toll is rising from the Syrian army’s brutal assault on the mass uprising in the city of Hama and other areas.
Articles by Judy Beishon, first published in the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England &
USA
World economy: Stock market collapse – global economy shaking
US recovery strangled and European debt crisis deepening
USA
USA: Default averted
After months of vicious manoeuvring between Republican and Democratic factions, the US Congress and president Obama agreed on a budget deal only hours before the deadline to raise the Federal government’s borrowing limit.
China
CWI Summer School: China on the verge of social explosion
Inner-party struggles as repression tightened
Europe
CWI Summer School: Economic, social and political crisis maturing together in Europe
The CWI School, which took place in Leuven, Belgium between 24 and 29 July, was opened by Peter Taaffe of the CWI’s International Secretariat on ‘Europe in turmoil, the youth revolt and the current stage […]
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: “We are not begging – we are demanding our rights!”
Working class beginning to lose fear
World Economy
Eurozone: Last-minute rescue package
The package does little or nothing to reduce the unsustainable debt mountain or stimulate economic growth
Greece
CWI Summer School: Greece in turmoil
Lessons of the Movement of the ’Enraged’
World Economy
CWI Summer School: World capitalist crisis
The economy and inter-imperialist relations
USA
US: Debt ceiling debate provides cover for historic attacks on New Deal programs
This is not the “hope” or “change” millions of Americans voted for