A series of discussions with members of the International Secretariat (IS) of the CWI and the membership of the Independent Socialist Group (ISG) in the US has resulted in a unanimous vote of the ISG […]
Written on 09/03/2020 for The Socialist – Weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales). Sanders faces uphill struggle to win Democratic Party nomination. Working class must have an independent political voice. The […]
The attempt by bosses of Amazon and other companies to effectively buy control of Seattle city council was defeated by a city-wide reaction against their takeover attempt. Despite the big business dominated Seattle Chamber of […]
Around 48,000 General Motors workers are on strike nationwide in the United States for the sixth day. The United Auto Workers union walked out of all 55 US plants on 15 September, for the first […]
Bernie Sanders’ 2016 bid for the presidency shook up US politics. Attracting hundreds of thousands of people around a radical programme, it showed the potential for a working-class-based alternative to the two main parties. Tony […]
A new book, The Rise and Fall of American Growth, analyses the downward course of the US economy – and the limits of the whole capitalist system
Bernie Sanders campaign – an opportunity to build a new party of the 99%
What the 1% will do to defend their class interests
Growing regional destabilisation
Threat of capitalist restoration accelerates
The role of state intelligence
Beijing’s scare propaganda doesn’t stand up to examination
As battle for Kobane rages, IS forces make major gains in Iraq
Stop imperialist slaughter!
Socialist Alternative articulates political strategy to break from Democratic Party and capitalism
Second visit of US President in 50 years
The Haymarket Martyrs and coming revolt of American workers
Workers’ movements need determined opposition to Western imperialism and all Middle Eastern elites
Behind the Tories and UKIP, but ahead of the Lib Dems and Greens who both have the advantage of a national profile
Socialist challenges make history
Millions routinely spied upon by state agencies
New book charts economic, social and political decay of America
Vic Paananen, who died on 24 March, aged 75, was a veteran socialist activist.
Obama failed to delver improvements for working people
How to end a nightmare?
After months of vicious manoeuvring between Republican and Democratic factions, the US Congress and president Obama agreed on a budget deal only hours before the deadline to raise the Federal government’s borrowing limit.
Enthusiastic response to call for a public sector general strike
The concerted might of the strongest and largest military force in the world, that of the US, is failing to defeat the disparate and crudely equipped Taliban militias in one of the poorest countries of […]
Will it prevent a prolonged slump and revive growth?
Barack Obama won a sweeping victory on 5 November.
New struggles lie ahead
A Nigerian view on the US Presidential elections
Sign of deepening economic crisis
Anti-war activist challenges Nancy Pelosi, Democratic House Speaker, for Congress
Bush regime lurches from neo-liberalism to state intervention
Campaigning on the ‘left’ but preparing to rule on the right
Financial crisis – who suffers?
Students organize walkouts in 8 cities
The US economy slowed down sharply before the mid-term elections.
Working class says no to war and neo-liberalism
Bush exploits tragedy to promote imperialism and repression
The United States is the strongest power the world has ever seen.
Iraq war – lies and rising body count, Hurricane Katrina failures, conspiracy and cover-up
Socialist alternative needed to capitalist barbarism
The effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Mississippi could be the US’s worst natural disaster, with a projected 10,000 or more people dead and its biggest refugee crisis since the American Civil War. […]
From the ’Orange Revolution’ in Ukraine to the ’Cedar Revolution’ in Lebanon, the authoritarian regimes of the world are forced to reform in the face of US-sponsored "democratic revolts", or so says the Bush administration […]
"More than 50 million [U.S.] workers don’t have a union but want one. Few workers are able to join unions and their strength is divided … into separate unions instead of building their strength in […]
There is deep disappointment in Britain and worldwide at the victory of Bush in the US elections.
Elections show US workers need their own political voice
The results of the US elections have come as a big disappointment to all those in the US and worldwide hoping for a defeat for the hated Bush regime.
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