Italy
Italy: Workers’ struggles set to grip Italy
Even over Christmas and on New Year’s Day, there have been demonstrations of protest, with blockades, in a number of factories of the Fiat group (like Termini Imerese and Mirafiori).
Articles by Fabrizio Cucchi, Lotta per il socialismo, Florence.
New Zealand
New Zealand: We need a new workers’ party
The recent decision by the New Zealand government to offer covert military support for a US-led assault on Iraq has provided the final confirmation of what many people in this country have known for a […]
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Support Karaganda worker-activists
Towards the end of December 2002, CWI comrades in the CIS heard that the case of well known worker activists in Karaganda, Kazakhstan facing serious court charges (see previous reports) is coming to a conclusion. […]
USA
US: The Transit workers’ fight is our fight
With the city plunging into fiscal crisis and facing the threat of bankruptcy, budget and services cuts are announced on an almost daily basis.
Germany
Germany: Crisis and workers struggle
Only two months after the swearing in of the Red-Green government, that had been re-elected to office only by the narrowest of margins, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD) threatened his resignation. Speaking to the Executive of […]
Nigeria
Nigeria: Registration of NCP – Another victory for the working people
The registration of the National Conscience Party (NCP) and twenty-one other political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) represents a major victory for the Nigerian working people in their struggle for democratic rights […]
India
India: Gujarat Elections, 2002 – Communalists profit from hate
Though hardly any of the political observers predicted a defeat for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), very few foresaw the huge victory that the protagonists of Hindu chauvinism managed to secure in the Gujarat elections […]
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: The peace process and the cost of the war
"The peace process is the most important issue in Sri Lanka today. The war shows the incapability of the capitalist class to develop society. It is extremely weak and dependent on reactionary elements to stay […]
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Mass privatisations and militant workers struggle
Mass privatisations started in 1994 and it took them four years to privatise allmost all main industries, oil and gas. More than 300 mines were taken over by transnational corporations from the West, more than […]
Our activity
cwi: 8th world congress – Introduction to section reports
The World Congress is a unique opportunity to discuss and clarify our ideas and perspectives. This week we have had excellent Congress sessions. They have shown an outstanding political level. Now we must turn to […]