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History & Anniversaries - Ireland

One-Hundred Years Since the Partition of Ireland

May 3, 2021 Niall Mulholland, from Socialism Today issue No.248, May 2021

“A carnival of reaction” Today, 3 May 2021, is officially marked as the hundredth anniversary of the creation of Northern Ireland. With sectarian tensions rising once again, the real history of the tumultuous decades leading […]

Chile

General strike in Chile over attacks on workers’ rights and poverty

April 30, 2021 Revolutionary Socialism (Committee for a Workers' International - CIT), Chile

More than a year after the start of the pandemic, the government and the business political caste in Chile have proven to be completely incapable of offering a response to the immediate needs of the […]

Russia

Protests across Russia as Putin gives annual ‘State of the Nation’ address

April 29, 2021 Clare Doyle, CWI

Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, made his ‘State of the Nation’ speech on 21st April as protest demonstrations were taking place across Russia. In April last year, his annual address had included an announcement about a […]

India

Covid: India’s health system in meltdown under Modi’s misrule

April 28, 2021 Yuvraj, New Socialist Alternative (CWI, India)

An unmitigated public health disaster is gripping India. The daily number of people infected with Covid-19 has exceeded 350,000 for a week – the highest of any country since the pandemic began. Health services have […]

Germany

Germany in the new world disorder

April 27, 2021 Tom Hoffmann, Sol (Socialist Organisation Solidarity - CWI Germany)

Capitalism is increasingly reminiscent of what is called a ‘Royal Rumble’ in professional wrestling. In this sport what is happening in the ring becomes more and more confusing due to the arrival of more and […]

Scotland

Scotland: Socialists and elections – a response to the SWP

April 26, 2021 Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI)

The importance of building a socialist alternative in elections has long been recognised by Socialist Party Scotland. We are currently helping to pioneer the Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition’s challenge for the Scottish parliamentary […]

Ireland Republic

Irish police aid strike breaking at Debenhams store in Dublin

April 24, 2021 Carah Daniel, Militant Left (CWI Ireland)

In the early hours of Friday, 23 April, Gardaí [Irish police] at the behest of big business, KPMG/Debenhams, forcibly removed former Debenhams retail workers and their supporters, including Militant Left (CWI Ireland) members, from a […]

Britain

Britain: Greensill scandal reveals corrupt politicians

April 23, 2021 From The Socialist (newspaper of the Socialist Party - CWI England & Wales)

Corrupt politicians with their snouts in the trough are nothing new. From ‘cash for questions’ under Tory prime minister John Major, to ‘honours’ for business people under New Labour leader Tony Blair, and then the […]

Chile

Chile: Dockers and copper miners declare strike action over pension attacks

April 22, 2021 Patricio Guzmán, Revolutionary Socialism (CWI in Chile)

Breaking news: Since the article below was written further protests have erupted in Chile. Congress had approved a proposal allowing workers to withdraw another 10% from their pension contributions. The government tried to block this. […]

USA

Chauvin convicted – The movement must continue for real change!

April 21, 2021 Independent Socialist Group (US)

Many people in the US and around the world are celebrating the conviction of Derek Chauvin, the police officer who murdered George Floyd, last May. The guilty verdict on all three charges—third-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter, […]

Germany

Federal court overturns Berlin’s housing rent cap

April 20, 2021 Tom Hoffmann, Sozialistische Organisation Solidarität (CWI Germany), Berlin

More than 1.5 million Berlin households have been dealt a blow by the Federal Constitutional Court. At the request of 284 Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) members of the […]

Russia

Military build up on Russian and Ukraine border

April 19, 2021 Clare Doyle, CWI

A massive build-up of Russian forces on the borders of Ukraine last week saw the US president, Joe Biden, move swiftly to suggest a summit meeting with Vladimir Putin in the coming months. This was […]

Finland

Finland: Spontaneous railway strikes over threats to jobs and working conditions

April 16, 2021 Edmund Schluessel, CWI-Finland

Rail strikes stopped travel in the Finnish capital area on 18-19 March and again on 9 April, as conductors stopped work in separate protests over potential job cuts and imposition of worse working conditions. Tero […]

USA

Amazon defeats Alabama union drive – What methods could have won?

April 15, 2021 Ashley Rogers ,ISG

For the last several months, the urgently needed union campaign to organize 5,800 workers at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse raised the hopes of many Amazon workers and working people across the U.S. The union drive […]

Ireland North

Rioting and escalating tensions in Northern Ireland

April 14, 2021 Councillor Donal O’Cofaigh Militant Left (CWI Ireland)

Images of young people rioting in Belfast and elsewhere, countered by police using water cannon, conjured up scenes from the period of the ‘Troubles’. From the point of view of international audiences, Northern Ireland appears […]

Peru

Left candidate, Pedro Castillo – surprise of Peruvian elections

April 13, 2021 Patricio Guzmán S. (Socialismo Revolucionario - CWI Chile)

The second round of the presidential elections in Peru, which takes place on Sunday 6 June, will see left candidate, Pedro Castillo, contest right-wing candidate, Keiko Fujimori. Last Sunday, April 12, 2021, Presidential, National Congress, […]

USA

USA: Striking nurses address Independent Socialist Group solidarity meeting

April 9, 2021 Independent Socialist Group reporters, Worcester (USA)

On March 22, Worcester Independent Socialist Group (ISG) organized a public meeting in solidarity with the nurses on strike against the Tenet Healthcare Corporation, owner of St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts. ISG supports the […]

Britain

Is the 1980s Liverpool mass struggle example still possible?

April 9, 2021 Editorial from Socialism Today (Issue 247 April 2021)

Labour Party leader, Keir Starmer, launched the party’s campaign for the May local and mayoral elections in England on March 11 by majoring on Boris Johnson’s plan for a 1% rise-but-real-terms-pay-cut for nurses and other […]

Britain

Britain: 1981 Brixton riots – anger explodes over racism and poverty

April 8, 2021 Clare Doyle, from The Socialist newspaper

April 2021 marks the 40th anniversary of the riots in Brixton, south London, against police racism, unemployment, and poverty. Today, the report from the Tory government’s Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities dismisses systemic racism […]

Britain

Outrage over ‘Race and Ethnic Disparities’ report that concludes UK “a model for other white-majority countries”

April 7, 2021 Isai Priya, from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist Party - CWI England & Wales)

The report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities has concluded that claims of institutional racism are “not borne out” and that the UK should be seen as “a model for other white-majority countries”. […]

Ireland Republic

Ireland: What does the RISE and People Before Profit merger represent?

April 6, 2021 Militant Left (CWI Ireland)

The recent Revolutionary Internationalist Socialist and Environmentalist (RISE) and People Before Profit (PBP) merger in Ireland attracted media attention. People Before Profit now has four TDs [members of Dail – the Irish parliament], one Member […]

Brazil

Brazil’s hard-right government thrown into crisis with departure of heads of army, air force and navy

April 2, 2021 Tony Saunois, Secretary CWI

Ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, Brazil’s far-right government has been plunged into a deeper far-reaching political crisis. Jair Bolsonaro, the right-wing president and former military officer, sacked the Foreign Minister, Ernesto Araújo, along with other […]

Britain

Britain: Preparing for the revolts to come

April 1, 2021 Hannah Sell, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) general secretary

On 27 and 28 March, the Socialist Party’s national committee met to discuss political developments in Britain and the tasks of the Socialist Party in the coming months. While the Covid pandemic continues to ravage […]

Britain

Britain: Shrewsbury pickets exonerated after almost 50 years

March 31, 2021 Paul Heron, solicitor, Public Interest Law Centre

On 23 March, the Court of Appeal exonerated my clients Ricky Tomlinson, Arthur Murray and the ‘Shrewsbury 24.’ They were trade unionists arrested for their involvement in the 1972 national builders’ strike. In 1973, Ricky […]

Ireland North

Ireland North: Sectarian parties impose new hurdles to women’s abortion rights

March 30, 2021 Cllr Donal O'Cofaigh, Militant Left (CWI Ireland)

It took a vote in Westminster in 2019, initiated by right-wing backbench Labour MP Stella Creasy and backed by virtually all the right-wing parties in that chamber, to vindicate the rights of women in Northern […]

Scotland

Scotland: Pro-independence party launched by former SNP leader ahead of elections

March 30, 2021 Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI)

The launch of a new pro-independence political party – Alba – by former Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Alex Salmond has dominated the news agenda over the last few days. It comes in the immediate […]

Scotland

Scotland and the national question today

March 29, 2021 Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI),  first published in Socialism Today (Issue 246, March 2021)

The coming Scottish Parliament elections are poised to open up a new crisis for the Tory Boris Johnson government at Westminster, with the break-up of the United Kingdom a possible ultimate outcome. In edited extracts […]

Australia

100,000 protest across Australia demanding end to sexual violence against women

March 25, 2021 Sasha Doyle, Militant Left (CWI Australia) Melbourne

Over 100,000 Australians recently demonstrated across the country on the March4Justice, demanding an end to sexual violence against women. The demonstrations took place in capital cities across the country, including a large rally at Parliament […]

Nigeria

Unemployment crisis in Nigeria – Time to build a fighting movement to demand jobs!

March 24, 2021 Adaramoye Michael Lenin, National Coordinator, Youth Rights Campaign (Nigeria)

The unemployment crisis in Nigeria has continued to worsen, together with the worrisome rate of poverty. According to a policy report by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms in 2018, the country needs to provide […]

Britain

Britain: Mass trade union action needed to defend the right to protest

March 24, 2021 From The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

The British Tory government’s ‘factsheet’ on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill explains that it will “strengthen police powers to tackle non-violent protests that have a significant disruptive effect on the public or on […]

South Africa

South Africa: Student protests follow months of lockdown frustration

March 22, 2021 Marxist Workers Party (CWI in South Africa) Reporters

Student protests have dominated headlines over the past two weeks in South Africa. The brutal and senseless killing of Mthokozisi Ntumba by police as he exited a clinic, unwittingly stepping into a confrontation between protesting […]

Australia

Australian economy entering choppy waters

March 20, 2021 John Gowland, Perth, Militant Left (CWI Australia)

Prior to the covid pandemic, the Australian economy entered its first recession in 30 years. Following this contraction, the economy bounced back out of recession. Based on a recent surge in mining exports the economy […]

China

China: Ruling party’s ‘debates’ confirm dictatorial policies

March 19, 2021 John McNeill, Kokusai Rentai (CWI Japan)

China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) took place for a week from 5 -11 March.  It snuffed out any prospect of democracy in Hong Kong and sounded the death knell for ‘One Country Two Systems’. Any […]

Lebanon

Mass protests re-emerge in Lebanon as government paralysis continues

March 17, 2021 Iain Dalton

Over the last week, protests have re-emerged onto the streets of Lebanon. The increasing collapse of society impels the masses to challenge the continuing misrule of the sectarian establishment. Blockades of roads with burning tires […]

Britain

Britain: Ban on vigils must be opposed – Defend the right to protest

March 15, 2021 Sarah Sachs-Eldridge, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

The challenge to the London Metropolitan Police’s ban on a vigil in the memory of Sarah Everard, who was abducted and murdered last week, was rejected in the high court on Friday 12 March. The […]

Australia

Australia: Hotel covid quarantine regime exposes effects of casualisation and cuts

March 13, 2021 Militant Left (CWI Australia) reporter, Melbourne

On 12 February 2021 news quickly spread that Victoria state, Australia, was once again heading into pandemic lockdown. Like Groundhog Day, the lockdown was required due to the failures of the Daniel Andrews’ (Labor Party […]

Britain

Britain: Outpouring of anger and grief over killing of Sarah Everard

March 12, 2021 A statement by Socialist Women in the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

Grief, shock and an outpouring of anger have been unleashed by the appalling abduction and murder of Sarah Everard, in London, earlier this week. Her killing has shone a spotlight on the extent of violence, […]

Argentina

Argentina: The struggle that won abortion rights

March 12, 2021 Patricio Guzmán, Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Chile)

On December 30, 2020, the Argentine Senate voted in favour of a law legalizing free abortion previously approved in the Chamber of Deputies. The approval was resolved with 38 votes in favour, 29 against and […]

Britain

Covid crisis one year on

March 12, 2021 Jon Dale, first published in Socialism Today, monthly magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

The first UK death from Covid-19 was recorded on 2 March 2020. Twelve months and over 120,000 deaths later, most people have been through greater upheavals than since the second world war. The UK has […]

Catalonia

Catalonia – the struggle against repression and need for a socialist alternative

March 11, 2021 Ross Saunders (England and Wales Socialist Party/CWI))

Weeks of protests against the jailing of rapper Pablo Hasél have rocked Catalonia and other parts of the Spanish state, becoming a lightning rod for the anger of a generation whose lives have hit a […]

Scotland

Scottish National Party descends into civil war

March 10, 2021 Socialist Party Scotland (CWI) statement

The Scotland National Party’s (SNP) internal warfare has dominated the political and press agenda in Scotland over recent days. A parliamentary committee of enquiry into the Scottish government’s handling of sexual harassment allegations against former […]

Japan

Japan: 10 years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster

March 10, 2021 Carl Simmons Kokusai Rentai (CWI in Japan)

On 11 March 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake hit north eastern Japan. It was followed 50 minutes later by a 14-metre tsunami, devastating coastal areas. Nearly 20,000 people died in the most costly natural disaster […]

Myanmar-Burma

Myanmar movement against military coup faces critical moment

March 9, 2021 TU Senan, CWI

The call for a second general strike in Myanmar, on Monday 8 March, was confronted with a brutal clampdown by the military. According to reports, at least two protesters were shot dead by the military, […]

IWD 2021

Sri Lanka: Plantation female workers face covid and appalling conditions

March 6, 2021 Dhammika Silva, United Socialist Party (CWI in Sri Lanka)

Women workers constitute the vast majority toiling in Sri Lanka’s main export industries – clothing and tea. They are the two main groups facing the biggest risks from the current Covid 19 crisis. Every day […]

China

Book review: The war on the Uighurs

March 6, 2021 Clare Doyle

The struggle against oppression by the Muslim Uighurs of Xinjiang, China’s westernmost province, is nothing new. Their homeland has been fought over for centuries and the particular suppression of national rights by Han Chinese regimes […]

Germany

Socialist Organisation Solidarity (CWI Germany) comrades and other lefts in court – Solidarity with anti-fascists!

March 3, 2021 Socialist Organisation Solidarity (CWI Germany) reporter, Lemgo

Two members of the Socialist Organisation Solidarity (CWI Germany) and two other left activists are on trial in Lemgo, Germany. They are facing accusations by State Security (the police department for “fighting against politically motivated […]

Turkey

Economic crisis and attacks on labour conditions in Turkey – link workers’ industrial and political struggles!

March 1, 2021 Berkay Kartav, Devrimci Sosyalist Sol - CWİ Türkiye

Even before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the Turkish economy was on the brink of collapse as the country was grappling with currency depreciation and high inflation rates since the 2018 economic crisis. The […]

Finland

Finland: New lockdown but no new ideas coming from government

February 26, 2021 Edmund Schluessel, CWI-Finland

Finland’s government made the surprise announcement of a new lockdown on 25 February in response to spiking rates of COVID infections in the capital region and the dominance in that part of the country of […]

Scotland

Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition election campaign launched

February 25, 2021 CWI

On Saturday 20 February, the Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) conference agreed on an election manifesto for the Scottish elections, set to be held in May 2021. More than 40 attendees from around […]

Britain

Keir Starmer’s ‘big speech’ marks a clear return to New Labour

February 24, 2021 Editorial from The Socialist (Issue 1122), weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer’s speech, supposedly setting out his vision for Britain, did nothing to counter the criticism that he is dull. It contained virtually no policy proposals. Nonetheless, it played another role, more […]

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