Unjustly sacked workers of a water company in Serbia have been in a legal battle with the management for many years, and now the situation has become so desperate that they are organising a hunger […]
A few weeks before the 4 March general election, the country is still dominated by a profound economic crisis and serious social consequences. On the political plain, the centre-right coalition of the Lega and Berlusconi’s […]
Limited readmittances, tenants’ ballots, “municipal socialism”
Helsinki was at a standstill on Friday, 2 February, as a strike by the transport union, AKT, quickly escalated into national action against the so-called “Active Model” of unemployment. Under the active model, unemployed people […]
Mass protests in December and January shook Iran’s reactionary regime to the core. Although facing severe repression, they signal a new confidence and preparedness by workers and young people to fight for their rights, in […]
Swiss press agency staff at SDA-ATS went on indefinite strike, starting on 30 January. This is very significant strike action given that it is the first in the Swiss press agency’s history and it is […]
CWI Sudanese comrade, Mohammed Satti, was released yesterday night, Thursday 2 February. He was detained by the state for over two weeks for his participation in an anti-regime demonstration in the capital, Khartoum. Mohamed was […]
Tim Hortons is a national chain of over 4,000 coffee and doughnuts shops across Canada. Founded by a famous hockey player, it has become a Canadian icon often, known as ‘Timmies’. It is also the […]
The abolition of ‘Clause IV Part IV’ – the socialist clause in the Labour Party’s constitution introduced in the aftermath of the Russian revolution – was carried out by Tony Blair in 1995. It symbolised […]
As widely feared the Chinese dictatorship has begun blocking pro-democracy candidates from standing in upcoming by-elections in Hong Kong to fill four of the seats left empty after the ousting of six opposition legislators last […]
The Turkish state is bombarding Kurds in Afrin, using bombing and a ground invasion. This follows devastating attacks on Kurdish areas in Turkey in 2016, when President Erdogan ended a ‘peace process’ and started a […]
Outsourcing, PFI, privatisation, as in Carillion, is ‘reverse socialism’. It is nothing other than a highly efficient wealth transfusion system. We need a movement to kick out these profiteers from public services with compensation only […]
Socialist Movement Sind (SMS) has come under attack recently by organised gangs. SMS member, Shabana Marri, was physically and sexually assaulted on her way to the office. The local police and authorities initially refusing to […]
CWI supporter Mohamed Diaeldin Mohamed Satti, 21, is among the protesters who have been arrested by the Sudanese State last week, as part of the brutal response of Al Bashir’s regime to the ensuing wave […]
The U6 tube line in Vienna resembled Saturday shopping a couple of weeks before Christmas, with tube carriages full of people. Yet it was January 13th and shopping was the last thing on most people’s […]
A wave of protests against massive price hikes and government austerity measures has engulfed Sudan over the course of the last two weeks. (see Sudan: Protests erupt against government austerity policies). Frightened that these protests […]
Government and army punish the women of the Tamimi family; awake a wave of international solidarity and support.
Demand action to save jobs and services
Ambulances queued upoutside A&Es. Trolleys carrying people in need of care stacked end-to-end in corridors. Long-awaited operations cancelled. Sick people lying on cold, hard floors because no beds are available. The winter NHS crisis has […]
Following very successful solidarity action by the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) in support of a postal workers’ strike in Serbia, we publish below a letter from the leader of the Independent Union of […]
On January 5th, independent trade unions in Iran issued a statement in support of the mass protests against austerity and dictatorship that began at the end of last year. The statement was issued in the […]
We publish below a new introduction by Peter Taaffe to his book ‘Marxism in Today’s World’ which will be published in Bengali, this year. This book gives explanations of some of the basic ideas of […]
Yesterday January 8, 2018, protests broke out in various cities across Sudan, including the capital Khartoum and the southern cities of Nyala, Geneina and al-Damazin, as well as in West Darfour.
Significantly Iran’s nationwide demonstrations began in Mashhad – the second biggest city – where many now bankrupt financial institutions were based and whose collapse already provoked protests across the country.
Sudden largescale nationwide protests have shaken Iran. Sections of the masses have shown utter defiance of the regime. Youth, facing unemployment estimated to be between 25% and 40%, have particularly been to the fore. The […]
“Biggest fall in living standards for a generation.” “Sharp rise in child poverty as cuts bite.” “700,000 young people and pensioners join ranks of Britain’s poor in four years.” “Stoke proposes £1000 fine for […]
After the most tumultuous run-up to any conference in ANC history, watched across the world, with over a thousand journalists in attendance, and the markets moving up in anticipation of the results, Cyril Ramaphosa has […]
On Monday, 18 December, the third ‘black’ (the conservative Peoples’ Party – ÖVP), ‘blue’ (the far-right Freedom Party – FPÖ) government in Austria’s post-1945 second republic, was sworn in (for more information on the elections: […]
Tensions in Kazakhstan were mounting in the run-up to Kazakhstan’s ‘Independence Day’ this year. It was the sixth anniversary of the massacre of striking oil-workers in Zhanaozen and thousands of miners in Karaganda were on […]
Mass protests confront Macri government
Around 1000 students took part in a school strike in Kassel, central Germany, on December 11, protesting against the deteriorating conditions in their schools and to fight for a better future. There were plenty of […]
Primary school teachers in the Netherlands recently took mass strike action. In 2017, there were three national strikes by teachers and 90% of the schools or more closed during each strike. On the 5th October, […]
Court orders SPN be allowed to stand in elections.
A dramatic strike struggle has broken out in the Karaganda coal mines of Kazakhstan which now come under ‘Arcellor Mittal Temirtau’. Within the first few hours of their strike action, the miners were offered 20% rises […]
After the Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH) government’s attempt to legitimise its electoral fraud failed spectacularly, the popular rebellion has expanded in Honduras. On Saturday 2 December, in various cities, the people defied the curfew, getting […]
Trump’s declaration of unilateral recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, while ignoring the right of the Palestinians for a state with a capital in Jerusalem, ignited a wave of protest around the world, and already […]
“If this Tory parody of a government is so shambolic, so chronically divided, so utterly directionless, then why no astronomical Labour lead in the polls?” Owen Jones askedin the Guardian on 29 November. He then […]
One of the most dramatic episodes of class struggle in Central America for years is currently unfolding in Honduras. Since 2009, when the people went on to the streets en masse to repudiate the coup […]
A week hardly passes without the Chinese dictatorship stepping up its pressure on Hong Kong.
The horrific killing of 305 people at Friday prayers in the al-Rawdah mosque, Bir al-Abd on Friday 24th November is the worst single attack in Egypt’s Sinai region. 27 children were among those killed. Over […]
Below we publish an interview with Zoran Pavlovic, President of the Independent Trade Union of Postal Workers. Postal workers in Serbia have been on strike since last week, over a variety of issues. The publicly-owned […]
The abrupt end to the series of exploratory talks to negotiate a ‘Jamaica coalition’ (so-named because the respective parties’ colours: CDU/CSU (conservatives), FDP (Liberals) and Greens match those of the Jamaican national flag) came as […]
The takeover of power by the Zimbabwe defence force is a military coup in all but name. It represents a turning point in post-independence Zimbabwe and the almost certain end of Mugabe’s reign. The military […]
On Saturday 11 November Mahmoud Salehi, a jailed and seriously ill Iranian trade unionist, was moved back to Saqqez prison from the Khomeini Hospital in Saqqez, despite the pleas of his family. Mahmoud Salehi, 55, […]
The world’s super-rich own vast sums of wealth and squirrel it away in whatever ways they can find. That’s nothing new.
Symptom of a rotten system
The victory of Abe Shinzo in the October 20 general election opens up the possibility of him becoming the longest serving post-war Japanese Prime Minister. However, appearances can be deceptive, and his overwhelming victory does […]
In just a few weeks the situation for Kurdish people in Iraqi Kurdistan has gone from euphoria to anger and fear.
The dramatic events that have shaken Catalonia and the Spanish state have national and international implications. The decision of the Spanish government – led by the right-wing PP government under Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy – […]
The results of the early Austrian general election seem to offer a bleak future for working class people and immigrants. The main parties of the ruling class won, including the openly racist and far right […]
Release Jordi Sánchez and Jordi Cuixart! Down the PP government! For a Catalan socialist republic! After the brutal police repression unleashed on 1 October against the people of Catalonia, the Spanish ruling class and its […]
Protesters gathered outside China’s embassies and consulates, as well as the Hong Kong government’s Economic and Trade Offices, in 22 cities across 20 countries on Thursday and Friday 12-13 October. The protests were part of […]
The Tories are on the ropes: publicly humiliated at their conference, precariously holding onto power, split over Europe and split on Theresa May’s leadership. Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn continues to further his position and policies in […]
On 12 October there will be international protests in 23 cities around the world against the worsening political repression in Hong Kong. The campaign is organised by Global Solidarity – Stop Repression in Hong Kong, […]
For a Catalan socialist republic – down with the PP government! The rebellion of the Catalan people on 1 October forced the Spanish capitalist regime and the right wing Partido Popular (People’s Party/PP) government onto […]
Fifty years after his death, the image of Che Guevara is familiar to most people. A fashion statement for some, for many others it is a political declaration. They identify with the legacy left by […]
On 19 and 20 September, Arak, an Iranian industrial city 170 miles from the capital, Tehran, was the scene of a strike, pickets and clashes between workers from two major factories in the city, Azarab […]
Continue the fight until we win a Catalan socialist republic! Catalonia experienced an historic day on 3 October. Millions of workers, young people and citizens paralysed companies, transport, education and administration. They took to the […]
Mick Barry, Solidarity TD (member of Irish Parliament) and a member of the Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), gives an eyewitness report on yesterday’s general strike and enormous demonstration in Barcelona against police repression and for […]
The following eyewitness report from Catalonia is by Mick Barry, Solidarity TD (member of Irish Parliament) and a member of the Socialist Party (CWI Ireland). Mick was invited to monitor the referendum in Catalonia as […]
Demand the immediate release of Asim Omar!
For a general strike on 3 October against repression and for the right to decide! Thousands of police and civil guards carried out savage repression in Catalonia to try to prevent the right to vote […]
Action against capitalist establishment sabotage still needed
The following eyewitness report from Barcelona is by Mick Barry TD (member of the Irish parliament) for Solidarity (and a member of the Socialist Party/CWI Ireland).
For the right to decide! No more Francoist repression!
In the end, a somewhat boring election campaign that ignored many of the issues ended in a political earthquake. For the first time in decades, a racist, right nationalist party, AfD (Alternative for Germany), entered […]
As the Labour Party goes into its third annual conference with Jeremy Corbyn as leader, are his anti-austerity policies closer to being realised? Is the party being transformed in a socialist direction?
Defeat the PP government’s ‘Francoist’ offensive against Catalonia! Every student fight to defend democratic rights! Organise meetings, strikes and demonstrations!
After another day of trade union protests across France, we carry an article on the growing mood of opposition to President Emmanuel Macron and his totally pro-business policies. Socialistworld
The Catalan people have the right to decide! After days of a police and judicial offensive, without quarter, in which democratic rights have been trampled on with fury, the Spanish Partido Popular (People’s Party/PP) government […]
The earthquake catastrophe reveals the reality of Mexican society. On one side, the incapacity of the state, and, on the other side, the greed of the capitalists, who are more worried about their profits that […]
On September 25, the Kurdistan region of Iraq (Southern Kurdistan) is set to hold a referendum on independence. Various regional and international powers have made clear their staunch objection to such a move, and Iraq’s […]
What was a slow-burning conflict between the government of Myanmar (Burma) and the Rohingya people of Rakhine, has escalated in the last three weeks into a major humanitarian crisis. More than 400,000 people fled the […]
Bus workers at the Slovenian company, Arriva, went on strike from 4 to 14 September for better working conditions, pay and safety standards. Arriva is owned by the German company, Deutsche Bahn, and is typical […]
Article first posted on the Socialist Party website
The assassination of Lesotho Defence Force Chief, Lt-General Khoantle Motsomotso, on 5 September, by two fellow-officers and former-allies, themselves, in turn, killed by Motsomotso’s bodyguards, is unfortunately not a shock in a country where assassination […]
Birmingham’s bin workers once again have had to strike to stop job losses and pay cuts, after the Labour council reneged on a previously agreed deal. Disgracefully the council has issued 113 redundancy notices to […]
A second reply to Rob Sewell of the IMT group Rob Sewell’s second article in answer to our reply to him on the question of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union’s position on affiliation […]
The dramatic rise of the Scottish National Party (SNP) has been thrown into a sharp reverse recently. The partial collapse in the electoral support for the SNP at the June 2017 general election – a […]
Theresa May’s four-week holiday is drawing to a close. She is returning to an autumn of watching her party tear itself apart over the EU. Following her humiliating general election campaign she is really is […]
The political situation in Pakistan has been tense since the Supreme Court disqualified Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister. In response to his disqualification, Nawaz Sharif organized a march from Islamabad/ Rawalpindi to Lahore which started […]
The massive August 20 demonstration called at just five days’ notice showed the depths of the popular backlash against the jailing of 16 young activists
The Bank workers of India are going on a one day strike at an all India level on 22 August. This collective action comes at a crucial juncture of India’s political, economic and social life. […]
A commission on ‘caste and class’ at this year’s CWI Summer School in Barcelona looked at an important issue which, in South Asia, can make or break an organisation that aims to win mass support […]
Decisive break with capitalism needed
In celebrating Zuma’s victory in the motion of no confidence vote, the majority of the ANC parliamentary caucus has confirmed the contempt in which they hold the majority of the people in SA, particularly the […]
The Supreme Court disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding public office in a decision on the Panama Papers case on July 28. Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan announced that the larger bench had unanimously deemed […]
“A zigzag that cannot be explained”. That’s how the right wing Israeli commentator Amit Segal summarized Netanyahu’s decisions regarding the change of the security and entrance arrangements to the Noble Sanctuary/Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem. […]
The Sri Lankan economy is declining further and the joint Sirisena-Wikeramasinghe administration is showing that they are incapable of developing the economy as promised during the 2015 election period. All their hopes of getting […]
The decision by Justice Thomas Au Hing-cheung on July 14 to expel four legislators from the Legislative Council (Legco), including veteran democracy campaigner, ‘Long Hair’ Leung Kwok-hung, is a massive blow against the democracy struggle […]
Who controls the Labour Party remains unresolved, with the pro-capitalist right wing using the structures established under the long years of Blairism to preserve its position while plotting its next move. The left-led trade unions […]
Police intimidation could not deter mass protests of 76,000 taking to the streets of Hamburg last Saturday, July 8, loudly protesting the G20 summit held in the city. A massive and colourful demonstration thronged through […]
All who attended the Tories Out demonstration on 1st July, in London, will have been given a huge boost of confidence that the anger and determination exists to bring down the weak and wobbly Tory […]
The South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITAM) has recently become a key focal point of protest in Sri Lanka. Students and workers who have been peacefully demonstrating their opposition to government policies are […]
July 1st marked 150 years of the founding of the Canadian state. The day was celebrated with ‘birthday events’ across the country and much official hype about “great” Canada. This is reinforced by the contrast […]
Four months before the general election takes place in Germany, Chancellor Merkel appears to have a safe race and might be in a position of having options as to who she chooses to be her […]
The Finnish government collapsed on Monday, June 12, as the traditional right-wing parties – Keskusta and Kokomus – announced there was no further basis for cooperation with the far-right True Finns Party (PS).
As more details emerge and the death toll rises, it becomes clearer and clearer what a terrible disaster this is. The fire spread with horrifying speed and witnesses describe heart-breaking scenes as people desperately tried […]
Iran’s presidential election on 19 May saw, as we predicted, Hassan Rouhani was re-elected with 22 million votes, according to the regime’s figures. His conservative rival won around 16 million, while more than 17 million […]
Time to build a fighting left force
Suriname, a former Dutch colony on the Latin-America coast, bordering Brazil in the south, has seen big upheavals in the last months. In April and May thousands of people took to the streets against the […]
The fire at Grenfell Tower in West London spread with horrific speed and witnesses have described heart-rending scenes as residents attempted to escape. This is a terrible tragedy and there has naturally been an outpouring […]
Amid the trumpeting about a massive vote for the party of the new President, Emmanuel Macron, in the first round of France’s parliamentary election last Sunday (11th June), a deep malaise pervades in French society. […]
Organise, strike, resist, to fight for Corbyn’s policies
In November 2015 the pro-democracy NLD (National League for Democracy) won a crushing majority in national elections held in Burma (Myanmar). The NLD, led by, the Nobel laureate and daughter of martyred independence leader Aung […]
May Must Go! – Build mass struggle to drive out the Tories
‘Theresa Dismay’, ‘Gamble backfired’. These are the headlines today in the scurrilous Sun and Daily Mail, right-wing rags that have spent the whole election campaign raining down vicious attacks on Corbyn in the vain hope […]
Leaflet being distributed in the run-up to the first round of the parliamentary elections in France this Sunday by Gauche Révolutionnaire (CWI in France)
The horrific 26 May attack on a coach carrying Coptic Christians, including many children, is the latest in a series of bloody attacks on Egypt’s Copts. The coach, and accompanying vehicles with workers going to […]
In the 117 months that Harper was Canadian Prime Minister, not a single major tars sands pipeline was approved. In just 13 months as Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau approved two major pipelines, Kinder Morgan’s line […]
The only certain outcome of the general election – two weeks away as we go to press – is that none of the contradictions besetting the political and social relations that sustain British capitalism will […]
Less than two weeks after the horrific Manchester bombing another atrocity has taken place, this time on London Bridge and in Borough Market. Seven people, out enjoying a summer Saturday night in London, were killed, […]
Rif region revolt must spread! The whole regime must be swept away!
The closing of the opinion polls, even after the horrific Manchester bombing, has confounded all wings of the capitalist establishment. The Blairites in Labour are a key part of this coalition and they are just […]
Why a socialist approach to the EU is the only way forward
An open-ended general strike all across Quebec began in the construction industry on Wednesday. The main issues in the dispute are about work schedules and overtime. Workers oppose the bosses’ demand to return to work, […]
On 2 April, presidential elections in Serbia were won by the current Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić. A hard-line nationalist in the past, who miraculously converted into a pro-EU fanatic, he is the latest in a […]
Young people out enjoying themselves were instead faced with one of the worst kinds of horror imaginable when a bomb was exploded in the foyer of the 21,000-capacity Manchester Arena. Twenty two people were killed […]
The constant smell of smoke from the burning wood fires in the townships, as residents attempt to keep warm from the freezing winter nights in their flimsy tin shacks, is just one of the reasons […]
An important step in the right direction – Mobilise to fight for socialist change
Lecturers in 20 colleges across Scotland have now taken four days of national strike action over the refusal of Colleges Scotland to honour a national bargaining deal on pay and conditions that was reached in […]
The results of the 4 May county council and metro mayor elections will have disappointed many supporters of Jeremy Corbyn. They must act to sound the alarm – Jeremy Corbyn can win this election but only with […]
The “Strike of Freedom and Honour” is the name given to a mass hunger strike of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, which started indefinitely on the Palestinian Prisoner Day, 17 April. The prisoners […]
Fight-back and socialist policies vital
3 May is designated ‘International Day of Freedom of the Press’. It will come as no surprise that Kazakhstan comes very near the bottom of the world’s press freedom league – 157th out of 180. The […]
Chief Executive-elect gets just 777 votes
Like every year, International Workers’ Day was marked by demonstrations and rallies in many countries around the world. Below is a collection of pictures featuring the CWI interventions in some of these countries. MALAYSIA […]
When Bob Crow died in March 2014 the trade union movement in Britain lost one of its best known and most determined fighters. He was far from being only an industrial militant, however. Bob was […]
“The dividing lines in this election could not be clearer”, declared Jeremy Corbyn as he launched Labour’s general election campaign. He went on: “It is the establishment that complains I don’t play by the rules: by […]
Right to organise denied by regime
The result of the first round of the presidential election in France has shown a massive rejection of the established parties and what they represent. It marks a watershed in France’s politics and opens up […]
In spite of Paris attack, Le Pen, Fillon and Macron could all be swept aside by a mass vote for Mélenchon
Theresa May has called a general election for one reason – not the reason she gave – but because of the government’s weakness in face of a rising tide of anger in British society. Workers […]
Peshraw Mohammed is a leading activist from the Socialist Review Centre in Iraqi-Kurdistan, and is currently a refugee in Germany. Sascha Staničić from the SAV spoke to him about the situation in Iraqi Kurdistan. Western […]
Fight for a socialist Brexit.Talk of Britain ‘going to war’ with Spain, European politicians telling each other not to ‘lose their cool’ – it could all seem rather surreal. But the Gibraltar tensions that have […]
Old political elite discredited.The presidential election in France is gathering pace and has become far more open. More than 40% of the electorate are said to be still undecided as to who to support and […]
Political situation demands the launch of a mass workers’ party. The cabinet reshuffle Jacob Zuma announced, like a thief in the night, at 12am, on 31 March, 2017, is the most audacious act of factional […]
Protests around the world on March 31 showed solidarity with Yemeni workers, victims of exploitation and gangsterism by TOTAL and G4S.
Government alarmed by “poor striking back!”Next Sunday, 2 April, presidential elections take place in Serbia. There are 11 candidates, including the current prime minister, who is increasingly hated by big parts of the population and […]
The IRA campaign, the ‘peace process’ and the working class. The death of Martin McGuinness has been marked by a genuine outpouring of grief in Catholic areas. His funeral became a celebration of a life of […]
Unite against terror, racism and war. A wave of shock has followed yet another horrific terrorist attack. This time in the centre of London, yesterday’s mowing down of people using a vehicle comes after atrocities using vehicles […]
Class struggle can build real left force. After the defeat of Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, in the referendum on constitutional reform on 4 December, the crisis of the political system in Italy has accelerated. In late […]
President Lukashenko must go! Former US Secretary of State, Condalezza Rice, first dubbed Belarus the, “last dictatorship in Europe”, over ten years ago, and ever since Western powers have treated the country like a pariah. Until, […]
SNP fire the starting gun but offer no solutions to austerity. The Scottish parliament will vote next week in favour of triggering a second independence referendum. With a pro-independence majority in the parliament among MSPs the […]
Capitalist politicians use xenophobia to divert attention from failures of profit system. Over the past two months a new ‘wave’ of xenophobic violence threatened to engulf South Africa. Isolated attacks against foreign residents and foreign businesses […]
Ng Chi-Fai sacked for organising union by multinational’s Hong Kong division – international solidarity needed. LSG Sky Chefs is the world’s largest provider of airline catering. On March 9, the company fired for no reason Ng […]
Rise of Islamophobia and right-wing reaction poses new challenges to the left. On Saturday March 4 in Montreal, the newly created Canadian Council of Concerned Citizens gathered in the bitter cold to protest a proposed federal […]
Most workers underemployed, 40% in poverty – situation demands new workers’ party. The year 2016 ended with the traditional demagogy of the ruling class parties of Pakistan. All the ruling class parties are accusing each other […]
Up to 250,000 march in national protest, organised from below. For hours they poured off coaches and out of Euston and other stations as over 100,000 people – some estimates were as high as 250,000 – […]
Falling support for dictator Sisi portends growing opposition. Egyptian workers and middle classes have been hit hard by prices almost 30 percent higher in January than a year earlier. But after a period of few strikes […]
Solidarity spreads for victims of wage robbery and killing by multinational corporations. On Friday, February 17, several sections and supporters of the CWI took part in protests against the French energy company TOTAL, for its role […]
Corbyn needs to stand up to Brexit rebels. During February many council budget-setting meetings are taking place across the country, slashing millions more pounds off vital services.
TUSC council elections candidates put forward 100% anti-austerity programme. A Scottish National Party (SNP) government austerity budget passed in Scotland on 2 February with the support of the Scottish Greens.
Corruption, nepotism, and other crimes of ruling party exposed. The current crisis within the ruling party in Tamil Nadu, India, AIADMK (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) is adding to the enormous mass discontent that exists […]
What approach should socialists take? The idea of welfare benefits being replaced by a ‘universal basic income’ (UBI) has resurfaced in recent years – a welcome discussion because it raises the fundamental right of everyone to […]
Security workers demand wages and arrest of colleagues’ killers. Yesterday, Monday 6 February, around one hundred workers demonstrated in front of the parliament buildings, in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen. They were demanding unpaid wages and […]
Space opening up to left of Socialist Party. The situation in the run-up to the presidential elections in France at the end of April is extremely volatile. Over the past week-end three candidates held election […]
Imperialism’s 15-year adventure a bloody catastrophe for millions. Fifteen years ago George W Bush and his fellow neo-cons were triumphant when their war on Afghanistan led to the collapse of the Taliban regime after just […]
Support the right to assemble and protest – release those arrested immediately!
Follows mass strike of garment workers in December
Citizens forced to register with police at all times
Build a socialist alternative to the ‘Orange’ versus ‘Green’ headcount
Socialists and villagers wage tireless battle
Towards a general strike against the Nieto government! In the past weeks, mass protests have erupted throughout Mexico following a hike in gas and electricity prices – dubbed the “gasolinazo” – decreed by the right-wing Pena […]
Novelisation of attempts to undermine and overthrow Wilson’s Labour government
Need for non-sectarian, socialist politics
Solidarity appeal for messages of protest
Now let’s change the whole corrupt system!
Review of play called 'The Island Nation'
Crisis continues; infighting escalates
During the second leadership campaign, Jeremy Corbyn spoke of his ambition to have ministers for peace and disarmament in a future Labour government…
Commiserations must not be exploited for racism
Presidential elections
Capitalist establishment in disarray
Letters to embassies worldwide demanding end to dictatorshi
Fight for a socialist Brexit
No party in Italy has solution for long-term problems of workers and youth
Political motive not ruled out
Fight for an anti-austerity, socialist party – readmit expelled socialists
Resignation opens opportunity for workers and youth to fight for a better future
Battle zone of proxy conflicts. United working class opposition needed
Castro's life and the Cuban Revolution
The struggle of Baluchi people
Modi unleashes war on poor
IMF led austerity budget has unveiled in Sri Lanka
“Nothing short of a coup”
Struggle, internationalism and socialism, these ideas – and how powerful they can be in action, electrified the magnificent rallies and workshops of the Socialism 2016 weekend.
An electrifying and powerful weekend which put socialism back on the agenda
High Court bombshell
A feeling of “déjà vu”. On the evening of Friday, 28 October, a poor fish vendor, Mohsen Fikri, was murdered in the town of Al Hoceima (in the Rif region) after being searched by police. […]
Interview with Ana Garcia, General Secretary of the Sindicato de Estudiantes (Spanish Students’ Union)
No to land privatisation – Release Max Bokayev and Talgat Ayanov!
Philippines leader seeks to play off superpowers to win economic concessions
State tries to crush worker-student unity in struggle for free education. Two leading activists of the #OutsourcingMustFall movement, both members of the Workers and Socialist Party (WASP), are facing legal harassment for their role in […]
Teachers fighting poverty wages and leaders’ imprisonment
Model resolution
Tens of thousands vote to strike in Student Union pre-strike assemblies
Hong Kong protesters assaulted at support action for Wednesday’s national school strike
Defend Corbyn and transform Labour into a party acting for working class
Which way forward for the Left?
Fight for a socialist, internationalist exit
Socialist mass workers party needed. The 3 August municipal elections and the student protests have confirmed our perspective following the Marikana massacre: “The battle lines [have been] drawn for colossal struggles to come … the […]
New period opens
A life spent strengthening big capital, militarism and national oppression of Palestinians
Solidarity with striking doctors needed! In the early hours of Thursday 6 October, Sudanese doctors began an open-ended strike at government hospitals. This strike comes as a result of the deterioration of the health sector in […]
Union movement must be transformed into one fit for battles we face
When London’s east end workers united and fought the fascist threat
Refound Labour as a democratic, socialist, anti-austerity party
Dortmund demonstration against neo-Nazi-violence
What economic policies can end austerity and transform workers’ lives?
Landslide victory another step to transforming Labour
Battle lines drawn: build a real mass party of the 99%
Struggle for free education. The second round in the struggle for free education is underway. Campuses across the country were shut-down on Tuesday as protests began against the ANC government’s announcement that universities would be […]
Imperialist intervention helped wreck revolutionary movement and ruin Libya
Lively meeting prepares membership for next period
Tremendous opportunity to bring Labour back to power but on an entirely different, attractive basis
Socialist Action’s Vanessa gave shelter to on-the-run Snowden
Organise mass working class resistance to austerity
Legco elections see record turnout and big swing towards ‘radical’ newcomers
Huge potential for a bold, socialist Labour party
West seeks “stability” under brutal dictatorship
Solidarity needed for struggle for a $15 minimum wage
Socialist, internationalist policies can rally both Leave and Remain voters
Solidarity protests needed
War, refugees and global economic disaster knocking on Germany's door
Fight must go on for minimum wage and against labour law ‘reform’
We must fight for a party for the 99%
For workers’ unity and struggle against racism, division and austerity
Published earlier this year before the Chilcot report was finally released, Blood Year by counter-insurgency strategist David Kilcullen is a damning indictment of the so-called war on terror unleased by US imperialism in 2001, with […]
A heroic and lasting inspiration to the oppressed everywhere
Lessons of indyref and need for active anti-cuts policies
Solidarity protests needed!
General strike threatened for 4 November as protests grow
#KeepCorbyn
"Company totally underestimated workers’ determination"
Imperialist solutions are no solution at all. Next month will mark the second anniversary of US-led “Operation Inherent Resolve” against ISIS/Daesh in Iraq and Syria. US President Barack Obama recently boasted about the successes of this […]
New president threatens martial law while leaning on ‘left’ parties for support
Now let’s finish the job
Tens of thousands of activists from around the world gather WSF in Montreal, 9-14 August
Political motives behind ‘David versus Goliath’ trial
The fight for a Labour Party for the working class
ANC polls less than 60% for first time since end of apartheid
Mass revolt shakes the regime to its foundations
No security under capitalism
Reject the bosses’ EU! For a Europe of working people – a voluntary socialist federation
100 protest outside the court demanding release of the 15
#Keep Corbyn
After student protests, working class returns to streets
Debate exposes Labour as two parties
No to hatred, suspicion and racism : don’t let us be divided !
Opposition weak and divided
Rebuilding Workers’ and youth struggles
More piles of evidence against the blood-soaked war for oil
Court order to re-run elections sends shockwaves through establishment
No compromise possible in Labour’s civil war
Socialist MPs – Ruth Coppinger and Paul Murphy – speak in support of Jeremy Corbyn against Blairite coup in Irish parliament
"No Pay, No Work!"
Iranian workers need solidarity
Fight the Blairite coup
Defend anti-austerity struggle
Working people in Mexico need fighting unions, an independent left party, and socialism
Capitalist establishment shattered
Leave vote higher than average in many working class areas
Tories Out! General election now! Fight for a 24 hour general strike
The digits change but reality remains a nightmare for most
Whatever the result, political turmoil is ahead
Five Star mayors elected in Rome and Turin
Lady Health Workers organisation protests at non-payment of wages
Whatever the result, political turmoil is ahead
Working classes, through bitterest of experiences, will take to road of mass struggle again
Workers march as Senate debates hated labour law reform
Review of "The Egyptians: a radical story"
Fight for our future, starting with a Leave vote to smash the Tories
Counter-revolution gaining ground
SAV/CWI member Lucy Redler elected to national committee
Socialists say, ‘Vote Leave to get Cameron out!’
Gauche Revolutionnaire statement underlines vital need for political alternative
Soldarity actions take place internationally against Nazarbayev regime
‘Breathing space’ offers chance to build a fighting, democratic left alternative
New road can open up for labour movement if working class relies on its own forces
Nazarbayev regime faces mounting opposition
‘Illegal’ protests planned for Saturday 21 May
Remain or Leave, workers must fight for socialist change
Determined leadership and clear strategy needed to succeed
Capitalism equals environmental destruction
Hollande’s decision to over-rule parliament provokes another round of struggle
Phoney elections have not brought stability
No to an all-class pro-independence alliance
Mobilise the anti-austerity mood into a mass, democratic movement to defeat the right
New openings for a socialist left alternative emerge
Build a socialist mass workers’ party for a government of the working class
When workers tasted power
Build a general strike movement!
Anti-Semitism charges a cynical campaign by right-wing to ditch Jeremy Corbyn
The necessity of a class approach and a socialist alternative
Against Hofer, the government and the system of the super-rich!
A final stage before indefinite action against Hollande’s government?
For decisive unions’ action to stop bosses’ plans!
The bosses’ EU is no friend of workers
Build a socialist mass workers party for a government of the working class
Eye-witness account of successful protest
Socialist Party General Secretary debates with author and journalist on revolutionary socialism today
The ERC, the national student campaign linked to the DSM (CWI in Nigeria) is displaying its support for the student movement in Sudan
Statement by Jafar Azimzadeh, a leader of the Free Union of Iranian Workers, and Esmail Abdi, a leader of the Iranian Teachers Trade Association
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
Easing of embargo to promote US capitalist interests
But army remains powerful force
Build a party in the interests of the millions not the millionaires
Full-scale struggle with ‘Socialist’ government erupting
“Tax the rich” shout protesters at Mossack Fonseca’s Hong Kong office
Major blow against “endless austerity” Liberal/Labour government
‘They’re all in it together!’
Socialists demand immediate release
An expression of the recent advances and growing support for the SAV
Hannah Sell, Socialist Party deputy general secretary, answers some common questions about the socialist case for exit.
Bernie Sanders campaign – an opportunity to build a new party of the 99%
The world’s largest mangrove forest lies on the deltas of three rivers: the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal. It is here, in an area of outstanding natural beauty called the […]
Sold down the river by Tata
Extracts from a statement discussed at the Socialist Party’s recent congress
A serious, thoughtful, optimistic and lively national congress of the Socialist Party took place from 19-21 March.
DIE LINKE (Left Party) urgently needs to change course
Will there be a general strike against the Valls-Hollande government ?
Basic rights must be respected
For a socialist, working class no campaign
Cruel capitalist regimes responsible
The situation in Germany
Two articles on the current situation in Turkey and Kurdistan
#OutsourcingMustFall campaign becomes point of reference for the working class
The referendum on 23 June is not just about the EU but is also an opportunity to pass verdict on Cameron and his rotten government
The “Arab Spring” revolutionary wave brought dictators in Tunisia and Egypt crashing down. It swept through the Middle East, inspiring workers and youth the world over. It has since ebbed, however, leaving the region wracked […]
Five Star Movement can gain
Israeli and Palestinian activists discuss resisting Nentanyahu and urgent need to build socialist forces
Analysis of the present situation in India from an internationalist perspective
Looming civil war can only be countered by a united struggle of working people
Left must mobilise millions to militant anti-austerity banner & building of political organisation to give it voice
Brutal policing must be condemned
Opportunities will arise for working class and poor to organise
Is ‘Modimania’ on the wane?
Four workers killed, eight injured as security forces open fire on protesting workers
Weakness of opposition is Prime Minister Abe’s only strength
Workers’ struggles continue despite repression
A volatile mix
A volatile mix
First electoral defeat suffered by the Chavistas since Hugo Chávez was first elected president in 1998 In the first electoral defeat suffered by the Chavistas since Hugo Chávez was first elected president in 1998, the […]
Untold distress caused to women in relationships with undercover police officers
For the mobilisation and support of all students, permanent workers and communities across Tshwane
Potential for inclusive, anti-austerity trade union based movement with effective alliances in workplaces and communities
Implement Tory austerity or set no-cuts budgets
Union leader, Muhammad Hussain Bhatti, released on bail
Edited extracts from an article by Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary, that will be published in the first 2016 issue of the Socialist (7 January).
Rally organised by Socialist Movement Sindh in Mir Pur Khas
Book launch in London remembers the dead and injured and all political prisoners in Kazakhstan.
Fighting against the privatisation of public sector hospitals
Victory for the right wing reflects popular discontent
Revolutionary movement of the working class needs to finally defeat religious extremism and intolerance
International action needed
Massive workers’ showdown takes government by surprise
COP21 UN climate change conference in Paris underscores failure of capitalism to solve environmental crisis
The struggle must go on!
Governing ‘Socialist’ Party punished
Stop state repression and harassment of union leaders and members
This crisis has revealed that Labour is essentially two parties in one
Fight for a party that stands against war and austerity
Ruth Coppinger speaks in Irish parliament against austerity agreement
Mass struggle and socialism will challenge capitalist austerity
For workers’ unity against war, terrorism and racism
Socialist Action candidate gets one third of the vote
Army holds on to powerful positions
CWI youth campaign "Resistenze Internazionali" takes the lead!
Only workers’ unity can end terrorism, division and war
We will not be intimidated !
Unions should keep independence to lead fight to defend Corbyn
Letter from Campaign Kazakhstan secretary
Best ever ‘Socialism’ weekend of discussion & debate
Dictatorship methods still reign in “democratic” Chile
Farcical election underlines need to build a mass workers’ party
Solidarity needed
’Momentum’ must mobilise for real and lasting change
New Democratic Party biggest loser
The crisis of “management of the conflict”
Unpacking the ’rucksack’
A new book offers important insights into the role played by Middle Eastern states in the rise of brutal reactionary forces such as Islamic State. What’s missing, however, is an assessment of the potential of […]
ANC leadership shaken by electrifying ten days
Struggle for a decent minimum wage reaches over border from US
Struggle for free education now!
An opportunity for socialist ideas
What the Vienna elections show
‘Deals protect profits not jobs’ – for nationalisation under workers control
‘Normality’ is the scandal
Still no end in sight after four and a half years of civil war
Polarising situation, but 250,000 march against free trade agreements shows potential for mass resistance against establishment
Step up industrial action to defeat government plans
Independent working class political solution urgently needed
Plenty of money in economy –just in wrong hands or lying in big business bank accounts
’No time to lose’ to organise against austerity
The NDP represent as a left alternative?
Jobs threatened, pay cuts, increased workloads…public sector workers need fighting, democratic union
Copper giant denies suffering of its workers and victimisation of their representatives
We can end cuts, crisis and capitalism
Working class solidarity – a beacon of hope
But enthusiastic support continues
Jeremy Corbyn’s victory is a political earthquake that transforms the situation in Britain and poses stark questions for how a new mass socialist force can be built.
One year ago, the Scottish independence referendum delivered an electoral uprising against austerity and the political establishment
Now organise to fight for a socialist alternative
Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales), congratulates Jeremy Corbyn and examines the difficulties he now faces
Popularity of anti-austerity ideas confirmed – Now the battle to create an anti-austerity party begins
Gains of the revolution of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro under threat
Now build austerity fightback
Independent workers’ organisation needed to resist state repression and to fight for a socialist future
Unite against austerity and struggle for a better life for all
Modi government faces growing opposition
Build a united struggle of workers and youth – for a socialist alternative to communal divisions, poverty and war!
Over 200,000 people on protest for two days
No let-up of ’Corbynmania’ but Labour right plots
Clear 100% anti-austerity and socialist platform essential steps towards new mass workers’ party
Potential to resist if follow 80’s Liverpool Council example
Articles on Öcalan’s ideas and Rojava, originally published in sozialismus.info, the quaterly magazine of SAV (German section of the CWI)
Working class struggle top priority for socialists
Whatever the outcome of the contest, Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign has already transformed the political situation in Britain
Interview with Tamer Mahdi, CWI member in Lebanon
Neo-liberal policies of UNP-led government will not satisfy demands of workers and poor.
’Unfinished business’ remains today
The response to Corbyn’s campaign has parallels with the outpouring of class anger that was seen during the independence referendum
Alexis Tsipras and the Syriza leadership have pushed through parliament the third bailout – and further deep cuts – although only with the help of right-wing parties. However, the crises in Greece, the eurozone and […]
The Labour Party’s right-wing leaders have been astonished and horrified at the over-flowing rallies for Jeremy Corbyn around the UK over the last few weeks
Power struggle in UMNO party
Tories have no solutions
No faith in authoritarian rulers and Western powers!
Can a future nuclear conflict be avoided?
Large attendances at Corbyn rallies across country
Life and death struggle with the process of counter-revolution.
Militant Tendency held up as bogeyman by Labour right and media – What’s the real history?
Ground prepared everywhere for new battles and rise of left formations
Blairites’ terror at popularity of left-wing ideas in Corbyn campaign
No to union discrimination and repression!
A socialist view on immigration crisis
National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) conference
After 13 weeks of all-out strike action the 117 Dundee hospital porters have won an inspiring victory
The Fragmentation of the Social Democracy in Austria
How should socialists approach the in-or-out EU debate?
Not a stone has been left unturned on the political landscape
A quarter-of-a-million people protested through London and Glasgow raising the need for trade union-led struggle
Berlin industrial dispute of national importance
Recent strikes show workers will resist
Ferry workers’ strike over jobs, pay, pensions and privatisation
Socialist Party says: "Organise! Strike! Resist! Build for a 24-hour general strike!"
Left candidate in Labour Party leadership contest
Government proposals end in fiasco as Beijing loyalists misjudge voting rules
Myth of Prime Minister’s invincibility exposed
Workers win thirty percent wage increase over three years
Strikes in numerous sectors as workers fail to benefit from “recovery”
Response to anti-worker measures in Pakistani budget
No to a capitalist EU, Yes to a socialist Europe!
NDP wins promising $15 minimum wage
Demand asylum for young torture victim, Janahan!
Student and youth revolt continues
Working People Must Prepare to Struggle for improvement and Real Change
No fundamental change to be expected from the Labour Party
Protesting cabin crew at Hong Kong airport explained their grievances to Socialist Action reporters
United working class movement needed to sweep away sectarian militias and reactionary politicians
The Labour leadership contest begs the question: what is the point of the Labour Party?
For massive union demonstrations, linked to a 24-hour general strike
Video of May Day Rally and concert in Lahore
New chapter opens in country’s political and ‘moral’ crisis
Potential for industrial response to cuts but needs determined leadership and campaigning
Labour leader’s ’responsible capitalism’ shows its bankruptcy
SNP sweeps to victory by posing as an anti-austerity alternative
Labour’s failure puts centre stage the need for new mass anti-austerity force
Russell Brand calls on people to elect a Labour government, saying Ed Miliband will ’listen’ and wants pressure from below
Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the south Asian region has been further devastated by the recent earthquake.
What the 1% will do to defend their class interests
Workers need to build mass opposition
From Mare Nostrum to Triton
Historic handshake between Barack Obama and Raúl Castro, turmoil in Venezuela, and stalled reforms in Bolivia – as well as crises in Brazil – symbolise a new turn in Latin America and the Caribbean
Finns Party second biggest in parliament
In aftermath of disastrous Iraq occupation, Obama administration balancing between region’s forces
The SNP, according to the polls, will win 53 of Scotland’s 59 Westminster MPs
Jawad Ahmed, Singer and central committee member of International Youth and Workers Movement (IYWM) from Pakistan spoke to CWI about the work of IYWM.
Build a country-wide socialist civic movement. Fight for jobs, houses and services for all
Broadcast goes out on all 5 national terrestrial channels
Oppose the ’logic of capitalism’
For unity of workers and poor against imperialism and sectarianism
Students take strike action against austerity
300, 000 people marched on demonstrations across France on Thursday 9 April
Workers’ unity to defend pay jobs and services
For an end to imperialism and capitalism, long live socialist and revolutionary united solidarity in our Americas!
Growing regional destabilisation
Build solidarity now!
But only mass struggle can guarantee the interests of workers and poor masses under buhari’s presidency
The SNP (Scottish National Party) looks set to win the majority of Scottish seats in the general election
Workers treated unfairly by council for years
Expulsion opens new chapter in working class struggle
Apologist for neo-liberalism and autocracy
Department results show need for fightback against austerity and racism
Urgent need for international solidarity
Big demo and blockade against the reopening of the Central Bank
South Africa’s metalworkers union in discussion with WASP and CWI
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) standing throughout Britain in May elections
New coalition will face unresolved crises and bitter struggles
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