Bowing to weeks of mass protests and a deluge of workers’ strikes, Algeria’s senile and octogenarian President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, resigned on Tuesday 2 April. This news has been received with huge enthusiasm and scenes of […]
On Thursday, a reported 750,000 public sector workers went on a nationwide strike in Tunisia, called by the UGTT (General Union of Tunisian Workers, the main trade union organisation) against the pay freeze and other […]
Turkey held snap elections on 24 June, out of which the ruling AKP and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arose seemingly triumphant. But at the heart of Erdoğan’s decision to call an earlier vote was his […]
Below is the translation of an interview first published on www.sozialismus.info, the website of the SAV (German section of the CWI).
General elections in Turkey, originally scheduled for November 2019, are taking place on June 24. These will consist of both parliamentary and presidential contests, held together.
Donald Trump’s administration is gearing up for another possible round of missile strikes against regime targets in Syria. This could trigger an explosive chain of events potentially leading to a more serious military conflagration between […]
“If democracy is to be successfully fostered across the Muslim world, especially in Arab countries, it is vital to encourage this Turkish exemplar.” Fourteen years ago, these were the words of ‘The Economist’, referring to […]
The explosion of protests that broke out this week against the new Finances Law (budget law) 2018, a battery of measures against the working and middle classes, has again put into perspectives the liberal […]
The killing of former Yemeni President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, by Houthi fighters in the capital, Sana’a, earlier this month has led to an intensification of the war in that country, magnifying an already extreme humanitarian […]
On Sunday 16 April, Turkey went through the most controversial and questionable referendum in its history. The constitutional amendments which were to give President Erdogan dictatorial powers, including the authority to dissolve the parliament, were […]
Open letter to Reuters, on behalf of 115 security guards previously working for TOTAL and G4S in Yemen. Regarding: The article “Guards’ pay dispute with Total, G4S evokes Yemen’s economic misery” published by Reuters on […]
Vote ‘NO’ gains momentumIf the referendum called by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government results in a ‘NO’ (‘HAYIR’) vote, on 16 April, it will be a massive blow to the regime and a […]
New movements for change will need to arm themselves with the lessons of the Syrian tragedy. The military victory in Aleppo by Assad’s regime and its foreign backers was a turning point in the war […]
New revolts brewing. “How do you expect me to make a living?” was the reported cry of then 27 year-old Mohamed Bouazizi when he soaked himself with gasoline, before pouring himself on fire on December 17, […]
Escalation of the struggle needed to overthrow repressive regime. The streets and public squares of Sudan’s major cities have been left looking deserted from their usual traffic and pedestrian frenzy as the country was shaken […]
United workers’ struggle only antidote against Erdoğan’s rule
Urgent appeal to demand their immediate release
No to military rule, no to Erdogan’s rule! For a workers’ alternative!
No to war and terror! Yes to workers’ unity and solidarity!
Collapse of oil prices expose fragile foundations of oil Gulf monarchies
For the unity of Turkish and Kurdish working classes
Five years after the fall of Ben Ali, demands of the revolution remain unsatisfied
It is time to build a new united left force
Trade unions’ 48 hour general strike must be first step to building mass, united movement against murderous regime of Erdoğan
Build a mass and united workers’ movement to stop the ongoing war!
Kurdish and Turkish people pay price for Erdoğan’s support for ISIS
For a renewed mass movement against poverty and terror
What future for the HDP?
A year after ISIS captured Mosul, the jihadist group controls about half of Syria and a third of Iraq – more territory than ever before
The fire that Renault workers set alight at Bursa is unlikely to extinguish soon
New class battles loom
Down with terror! Down with capitalism!
Interview with Dali Malik, CWI supporter in Tunis
Defend the right to strike!
Pro-capitalist parties teaming up for more of the same – urgent need to rebuild a political voice for the working class and youth
Significant poll gains for the left coalition HDP
Down with Erdogan and his murderous regime!
Soma mine disaster deadliest in the country’s history
Hundreds rally to demand their release
Instability sets to grow
Justice for the martyrs!
Erdoğan regime provokes violence and division
New ‘technocratic’ government no response to workers’ demands
Urgent solidarity needed
Interview with Hidouri Abdessalem, member of the regional UGTT office for secondary education, Sidi Bouzid
A small but important victory in the ongoing struggle for freedom of speech
New wave of arrests of activists
Two rappers sentenced to prison for standing up against brutal police methods – solidarity needed
Popular Front’s alliance with ‘Nidaa Tounes’ provokes big turmoil on the left
The UGTT and the Popular Front must provide a strategy to finish with capitalism – no agreement with forces of the old regime! Towards a revolutionary socialist government of the workers, the youth, the unemployed […]
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