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History & Anniversaries

Russian Revolution

105 years since the Bolsheviks-led Revolution – when the working class took power

November 7, 2022 Peter Taaffe

The 1917 ‘October Revolution’ in Russia, which took place on 5 November by the old Russian calendar, has spawned countless books and articles, many of the written from the point of view of defenders of […]

History & Anniversaries

The Black Panthers: Lessons for the fight against racism and capitalism

October 31, 2022 Piriyasha, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

After World War Two, the civil rights movement erupted in America. Black people in the US faced enormous racism and discrimination, especially in the south, a legacy of slavery. Large numbers of Black people moved […]

Britain

‘Black Wednesday’ 16 September 1992: The economic crisis that shattered Tory credibility

September 17, 2022 Dave Murray, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

On 9 April 1992, the Conservative Party won a general election with a record-breaking 14 million votes. On 2 May 1997, it lost the next general election, with its standing shattered by the events that […]

Soviet Union

Mikhail Gorbachev’s real record

September 4, 2022 Clare Doyle Committee for a Workers’ International

Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died at the age of 91, was the last president of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and was also general secretary of the 20 million-strong ruling Communist Party. Extensive […]

Soviet Union

Gorbachev: An accidental architect of world change

August 31, 2022 Peter Taaffe

The former Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, died yesterday. Eulogies have come from many sources, including reactionary defenders of the capitalist system, like Henry Kissinger. But what did Gorbachev really stand for? What was his real […]

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The 1978-79 ‘winter of discontent’ in Britain – when striking together shook capitalism

August 27, 2022 Alistair Tice, Socialist Party (CWI) national committee

With the rising tide of pay strikes and ballots, there is much talk of a ‘summer and autumn of discontent’, with comparisons to the 1978-79 so-called ‘winter of discontent’ being drawn in Britain. Due to […]

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1972 – A year of rising class struggles

August 26, 2022 Peter Taaffe from The Rise of Militant

Fifty years ago, the class struggle was on the rise internationally. In Britain, this was reflected by a big shift towards the left in the trade unions and Labour Party, especially in its youth wing, […]

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100 years since civil war erupted in Ireland

August 20, 2022 Niall Mulholland, CWI

This summer marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the ‘civil war’ in Ireland, which saw the final stages of an extraordinary decade of social and national revolutionary and counter-revolutionary movements. A split among […]

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77th anniversary of detonation of the second atomic bomb

August 9, 2022 Berkay Kartav, (first published in August 2020)

As figures from the world military powers raise the threat of the use of ‘tactical’ nuclear arms, with the war in Ukraine and tensions over Taiwan in the background, the 77th anniversary of the second […]

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1972 – When dock workers faced down the Tory government

August 5, 2022 Roger Thomas, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

“Arise Ye Workers” read the banner as five London dockers were carried shoulder high from Pentonville Prison in London. The date was 26 July 1972. Five days earlier, the ‘Pentonville Five’ – Con Clancy, Tony […]

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