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Shootings in Wisconsin show need for anti-racist movement to step up pressure

August 29, 2020 Independent Socialist Group, US

On August 23rd Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven times by police in Wisconsin. The shooting has left him paralyzed. Why was Blake shot? Because he was walking away from a fight he […]

80th anniversary of Trotsky’s assassination: The revolutionary ideas of a Marxist giant

August 19, 2020 Tony Saunois, CWI Secretary

On 21 August 1940, the revolutionary socialist Leon Trotsky died after being attacked by a Stalinist agent the previous day. Along with Lenin, Trotsky was the foremost leader of the October 1917 socialist revolution in […]

Sri Lanka election: Rajapaksa’s dynasty consolidates power

August 12, 2020 TU Senan, CWI

The Rajapaksa family has consolidated more power following the election in Sri Lanka which concluded on 5 August. Despite the coronavirus crisis, and restrictions on social mobility, around a 70% voter turnout was registered. Overall […]

Iran: Continued international solidarity with protests necessary

July 17, 2020 Lukas Zöbelein, Sozialistische Organisation Solidarität (CWI Germany)

Small steps back by the regime is combined with continued repression Events are beginning to speed up in Iran again as protests increase. A brief attempt to intimidate the thousands of Haft Tappeh sugar cane […]

The U.S. Left After Sanders’ Retreat

July 16, 2020 Jeff Booth and Elisabeth Wichser

‘And so today, I am announcing the suspension of active campaigning and congratulate Joe Biden, a very decent man, on his victory’. Bernie Sanders (April 8, 2020) The Bernie Sanders campaign for the Democratic Party […]

Srebrenica massacre – 25 years on: How capitalist restoration led to war and ‘ethnic cleansing’ in the Balkans

July 15, 2020 Judy Beishon, Socialist Party executive committee

Twenty-five years ago, in July 1995, 8,000 Bosnian Muslim refugees were slaughtered in and around the Bosnian town of Srebrenica – one of the final atrocities in the 1992-95 Bosnian war. The designation of Srebrenica […]

Russia: Week-long vote, full of falsification

July 13, 2020 Alexander Dmitriev

On July 1 the vote for amendments to the Constitution of Russia ended. The real goal of voting was to extend Putin’s rule until 2036 and give the illusion of widespread support of the population. […]

Press release: Protest against Facebook censorship

March 24, 2020 CWI

Press release for immediate use 24/3/20 Protest against Facebook censorship The Socialist Party supports all measures necessary to protect all people from the threat of Coronavirus. Yet this must be done on a fully democratic […]

Coronavirus plunges capitalism into global turmoil -The need for a socialist alternative

March 23, 2020 Statement from International Secretariat of the CWI

Statement from International Secretariat of the CWI 23 March 2020 The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has plunged world capitalism and society into an entirely new era of turmoil and upheaval. In country after country, […]

Coronavirus – A workers’ charter to tackle the crisis

March 17, 2020 Socialist Party (England and Wales section of the CWI)

The following ‘workers’ charter’ to deal with the coronavirus crisis and workplace related issues, is produced by Socialist Party (England & Wales section of the CWI). The charter outlines a fighting programme for the current […]