Netherlands
Netherlands: Dutch Socialist Party troubles
’Committee for a Democratic SP’ founded
Articles by Bart Vandersteene, LSP/MAS (CWI in Belgium), Gent
Japan
Japan: Heavy defeat for government in elections
Scandals abound
ARCHIVE | the Socialist Party was the CWI section in Australia until 2019
Australia: Draconian anti-terror laws expose right-wing government
Australian Labor Party gives Howard full support
Mexico
Mexico: Conflict in Oaxaca rumbles on
State and federal police attack demonstration and arrest 31 people, leaving countless wounded
Italy
Italy: Upturn in economy not enough to guarantee stability
"The Prodi government has never been so weak"
Turkey
Turkey: Sweeping election victory for pro-Islamist AKP party
But divided elites, social tensions and Kurdish question herald new crises
China
China: Will China rescue world capitalism?
Will India and China, the new economic giants, rescue world capitalism?
Iraq
Iraq: ‘Strategic failure’ in Iraq and Afghanistan
Withdraw the troops now
Venezuela
Venezuela: RCTV and the question of the media
The non-renewal of the RCTV license has become the subject of worldwide debate.
Germany
Germany: The Left in Germany – new party, old mistakes
The merger between the two left-wing parties, Left Party.PDS and WASG (Electoral Alternative for Work and Social Justice), in Germany has taken place.