US
American showdown
HANNAH SELL reviews one of the numerous recent books looking at the events in Washington DC on 6 January 2021 and their aftermath, examining the crisis in both the Republican and Democrat parties and the […]
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Ukraine
The war in Ukraine – a commentary on Paul Mason’s muddle
The brutal war in Ukraine following Putin’s invasion, like all wars, has posed crucial issues for the working class, in the sharpest way. War and revolution are the greatest tests for Marxists and the working […]
Sri Lanka
What are the causes of the economic crisis in Sri Lanka?
The economic crisis in Sri Lanka did not appear suddenly but has been in the making for some time. Covid-led destruction devastated the tourist industry and government policies have further accelerated the crisis. The recent […]
Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the new era of global capitalism
The world has been plunged into another catastrophe on top of the COVID-19 pandemic, following the murderous Putin regime’s invasion of Ukraine. The war, which has raged for more than two weeks, has brought with […]
Ukraine
Putin sends troops into Ukraine – For workers’ unity against war and capitalism!
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared on Thursday, 24 February, that he has ordered a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Socialists and the wider working-class movement must condemn Putin’s military invasion, which will bring the death […]
CWI 13th World Congress
European capitalism’s insoluble problems and the state of the workers’ movement
Europe is in the grip of a new wave of Covid, with the World Health Organisation predicting that, by next spring, two million will have died from the disease continent-wide. Whereas in the first wave […]
CWI 13th World Congress
Turmoil, revolution and counter-revolution in Asia, Africa and Latin America
“The Impending Catastrophe and How to Combat It”, the title of an action programme that Lenin wrote just before the 1917 October revolution in Russia, precisely describes the current situation in much of the world. […]
CWI 13th World Congress
World Relations: Capitalism confronted with multiple crises
The 13th congress of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) took place from 22-25 January 2022. International travel difficulties because of covid restrictions meant that most comrades participated via zoom. Nevertheless, the congress was […]
Russia
Ukraine crisis – workers’ unity needed to oppose warmongering, imperialism and poverty
The beating of war drums is getting ever louder. For weeks, Western media and politicians have raised the prospect of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine, and are threatening dire consequences for the Putin regime, […]
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Hundreds killed, thousands imprisoned, after state clampdown
One week after an unprecedented struggle by the country’s oppressed exploded onto the streets of Kazakhstan, an uneasy quiet has fallen in the commercial capital Almaty, where Kazakh state forces, backed by Russian paratroops, enforce […]