Iraq
Iraq: The tragedy of Baghdad
The tragedy of Baghdad – with almost 1000 Shia pilgrims killed in Iraq’s bloodiest day on 31 August – competes with the catastrophe of New Orleans in a kind of “league of horrors”.
Around the world
USA
US: Hurricane Katrina
US socialists call for action programme after hurricane disaster
Ireland North
Northern Ireland: Dangerous rise in sectarianism over summer
How can the working class stop the bigots?
USA
US: Hurricane Katrina – biggest refugee crisis since the American Civil War
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. […]
Britain
Iraq: After the constitutional stitch-up…
The fragmentation of Iraq?
Nigeria
Nigeria: One fuel price hike too many
Marxists often state that counter-revolution invariably always act as the whiplash of revolution. This is the best way to interpret the easy manner with which some of the slogans which were raised by the DSM […]
Scotland
Scotland: After Scotland’s largest ever protest G8 leaders…
G8 fail to ‘Make Poverty History’
USA
US:: Hurricane Katrina – A Disaster Worsened by Capitalism
Hundreds of thousands are left homeless. Tens of thousands have been shipped to Texas as refugees. Buildings have collapsed. Entire communities have been reduced to rubble. The city of New Orleans, one of the centres […]
Taiwan
Taiwan: The national question in Taiwan and other countries
Recently, Peter Taaffe and Laurence Coates from the CWI wrote replies to Mikawasima Tookjo, who’s recent article, "Is Taiwan a nation?" raised a number of key issues on the cause of nationality and the approach […]
Britain
Britain: Gate Gourmet – solidarity action is vital
The Battle for the re-instatement of the 800 sacked Gate Gourmet workers is proving to be a defining moment in the class struggle in Britain.