Comment & Analysis
The consequences of 9/11: A world turned upside down
The bloody terrorist outrages of 11 September 2001 in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington were one of the defining moments in recent history.
Comment & Analysis
World Economy
World economy: A new phase of the great recession
Capitalist strategists are filled with gloom at the prospect of a new economic downturn.
World Economy
World Economy: Capitalist leaders desperate to calm turmoil
Trying to control an anarchic and blind system, none of the measures taken stem the downward spiral
World Economy
Eurozone: Last-minute rescue package
The package does little or nothing to reduce the unsustainable debt mountain or stimulate economic growth
World Economy
CWI Summer School: World capitalist crisis
The economy and inter-imperialist relations
World Economy
Film review: ‘Inside Job’ exposes the corrupt world of finance capitalism
This film “cost $20,000,000,000,000 to make” – a reference to the economic losses, so far, from the global crisis
Comment & Analysis
Review: “How to Change the World”
Does Eric Hobsbawm provide a revolutionary perspective?
World Economy
Forbes’ rich list: The rich get richer – by another $1 trillion
The latest rich list produced by the Forbes magazine shows that the collective wealth of the world’s 1,210 billionaires has reached a new record high of $4.5 trillion – up nearly $1 trillion on last […]
10th CWI World Congress
WC10 | World Relations
Capitalism from a social and economic standpoint has faced in the last three years one of its greatest crises in its history. This has opened an era of class struggles and major developments in consciousness […]
World Economy
Food crisis: Massive food price hikes spell disaster for poorest people
THE FINANCIAL speculators and hedge funds that so spectacularly contributed to the financial crisis resulting in the ’Great Recession’ have now turned their attention to the international food market with devastating consequences.