History & Anniversaries
Anniversary: Britain’s Black Friday 15 April 1921
A warning for the workers’ movement
Articles by Andrew Price, from the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)
Jordan
Jordan: No illusions in regime’s promised ‘reforms’
Need to build united workers’ alternative as social and political tensions grow
China
China: Strike and blockade by Shanghai truck drivers
Blockade at world’s biggest container port • Mass arrests and police repression
Libya
War: What is it good for? Arms sales!
Arms manufacturers are excited by the Libyan conflict as it will lead to increased sales and profits.
Belarus
Belarus: Bomb attack on Minsk metro leaves 13 dead
President Lukashenko uses outrage to attack working class
Finland
Finland: Massive protest vote in elections
Right wing populist ‘True Finns’ third biggest party
France
France: Sarkozy instigates ban on veil to boost his political ratings
What attitude should socialists adopt in defending women’s rights?
Libya
Libya: The ‘no-fly zone’ and the Left
US overstretch and uncertainty
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Another rigged election
What is the way forward now?
Swaziland
Swaziland: King Mswati’s security forces suppress April protests
Desperate economic situation exacerbated by world capitalist crisis