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[ June 4, 2025 ] Nigeria: President Tinubu’s two years of hunger, hardship and pain – what way forward? Nigeria
[ June 3, 2025 ] Nicușor-Daniel Dan defeats right wing populist candidate in Romania’s presidential elections – But the working class needs to build its own party! Romania
[ June 2, 2025 ] Building the Movement Against Trump: Stop the attacks on Women, LGBTQ, Protestors, and Immigrants! USA
[ May 30, 2025 ] British, French and Canadian governments criticise Israel…but without action Israel / Palestine
[ May 29, 2025 ] Call for International Solidarity with Striking Berlin Workers! Germany

CWI: World Perspectives

December 8, 2017 CWI International Executive Committee

We publish below the final, agreed and amended version of the World Perspectives document approved at the CWI International Executive Committee meeting in November.

CWI: Europe in crisis, revolutionary winds in Catalonia

November 9, 2017 socialistworld.net

We publish below a draft document on the situation in Europe which will be discussed, amended and voted on at a meeting of the CWI International Executive Committee. After the meeting, we will publish the […]

North Korea: Nuclear stand-off – dangerous escalation of Washington and Pyongyang conflict

September 8, 2017 Niall Mulholland, CWI

The North Korean bomb test on 3 September, the most powerful yet, and the bellicose reaction of the US, underlines the volatile and dangerous situation in the peninsula and entire region. The huge blast in […]

Venezuela: the capitalist offensive – has socialism failed?

September 8, 2017 Tony Saunois, CWI (this article will be published in the September 2017 issue of 'Socialism Today')

An international campaign by capitalist politicians and media has been unleashed against president Nicolás Maduro’s Venezuelan government. It has been used by Labour’s Blairista right wing to try to weaken Jeremy Corbyn. In Spain, the […]

Britain: The role of the RMT union in changing Labour

August 22, 2017 Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) general secretary

Reply to Rob Sewell

Marx’s Capital at 150: an unequalled analysis and critique of capitalism, still relevant today

August 14, 2017 Robin Clapp, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)

The Daily Mail reacted with predictable hysteria when, in May 2017, John McDonnell stated: “You can’t understand the capitalist system without reading Marx’s Das Kapital.” When asked to immediately condemn his shadow chancellor, Labour leader […]

“Finland Station” and the struggle for socialism today

August 4, 2017 Alan Jones

A Response to Bhaskar Sunkara

Yemen under siege

July 7, 2017 CWI contribution on the ongoing crisis in Yemen

Far away from mainstream media’s attention, a catalogue of calamities is falling on Yemen. A devastating war, copiously fuelled by the world’s most potent capitalist powers, is subjecting the Yemeni people to enhanced misery, […]