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Book review

‘Empire of Pain’ – The Sackler dynasty and the opioid crisis

December 31, 2022 Niall Mulholland

Visitors to museums and educational establishments, such as the V&A Museum in London and Oxford University, will be acquainted with the name of Sackler. This is the billionaire family from America which, for decades, has […]

Far Right

French socialists condemn heinous attack on Kurdish centre

December 24, 2022 Statement by Gauche Révolutionnaire (The Revolutionary Left - CWI France) in French and English

The Kurdish Cultural Democratic Center (CDKF), in Paris, was again the target of a deadly attack that killed at least three people. This attack took place a few days from the 10th anniversary of the […]

History & Anniversaries

As mass protests continue in Iran, what are the lessons of the 1979 revolution?

December 23, 2022 Chris Moore

The current mass movement in Iran by women and the working class is taking place against the regime that came to power in the revolution of 1979. What lessons are there for today’s revolutionaries from […]

Britain

Britain: The long demise of the Tory Party

December 22, 2022 Hannah Sell, first published in  Socialism Today (Issue 263 Dec-Jan 2022/23), monthly magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

Over recent months the Tory Party in Britain has teetered on the brink of collapse. First Boris Johnson was ousted as prime minister amidst an avalanche of scandals. His replacement, Liz Truss, lasted just 45 […]

USA

US: Democrats lead bipartisan assault on rail workers’ right to strike

December 20, 2022 Executive Committee of the Independent Socialist Group (US) and Nicholas Wurst (CSX Conductor, member of SMART-TD personal capacity)

The Independent Socialist Group opposes the decision by President Biden and Congress to force an unfair, unsafe, and unlivable contract on railroad workers who have already voted to reject it! With the bipartisan vote of […]

Ireland Republic

Ireland South: Leo Varadkar takes over as leader of unpopular Coalition government

December 19, 2022 Ciarán McKenna, Militant Left (CWI Ireland)

Leo Varadkar’s second term as Taoiseach [Irish prime minister] began on Saturday 17 December. Under the coalition government deal struck in 2020 between Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, and the Greens, Micheál Martin steps down as […]

Germany

Germany: Police carry out raids and arrests over far-right armed conspiracy

December 16, 2022 Steve Hollasky, Dresden, SoL (CWI in Germany)

“Danger recognised – danger averted” was the intended message of last week’s German television and newspaper pictures. In what was probably the largest anti-terrorist operation in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany, on […]

Peru

Declaration from the CWI in solidarity with the Peruvian workers

December 15, 2022 Declaration from the CWI in solidarity with the Peruvian workers (in English and Spanish)

Massive protests are developing by workers and the poor in Peru against the newly installed government of Dina Boluarte, which has postponed the calling of early elections and introduced a state of emergency. Boluarte’s government […]

Britain

Britain: An industrial ‘winter of discontent’ – Build for a 24-hour general strike!

December 15, 2022 Editorial from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

“The history of this time will ask: ‘Where were you in 22?’” To cheers from striking UCU members in higher education and Royal Mail workers from CWU, RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch called out Starmer […]

Ireland North

Thousands of health workers strike in Northern Ireland over pay and conditions

December 14, 2022 Militant Left (CWI Ireland) leaflet text

Thousands of members of the trade unions, Nipsa, Unison and the GMB, working in the NHS in Northern Ireland, took strike action on Monday 12 December over pay and conditions. Northern Ireland has the longest […]

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