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WomenMarch 8, International Women’s Day, this year should be celebrated to the sound of the cacerolazo – empty pans and lids being clashed noisily together. [...]
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IndiaThe unabated communal carnage going on in the State of Gujarat in particular and the communal tension all over the country in general, is in [...]
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ItalyThe workers and young people of Italy are locked in a mighty battle with the Berlusconi government. 100,000 marched through the centre of Rome last [...]
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KashmirThe 13 December attack on the Indian parliament, alleged to be the work of the Islamic group, LET backed by the Pakistani military and security [...]
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BrazilThe southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre hosted for the second year running the World Social Forum – billed as an alternative to the World [...]
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Analysis’I went to the World Social Forum at the request of our international movement – the Committee for Workers’ International – to assist in raising [...]
Economy

World Economy
Are cryptocurrencies ground-breaking assets for capitalism?
Cryptocurrencies have been hailed as innovative and ground-breaking assets that can have a transformative effect on the world economy. In the second article in our series ‘busting economic myths’, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) […]

World Economy
Volatility in world supply chains
The recent acute shortages of energy, goods, and labour in some sectors in the UK stem in large part from UK-specific capitalist failings. But the volatile world situation is part of the background to those […]

World Economy
‘Casino capitalism’ reaches new levels as inequality grows
Across the globe, at least 2.4 million people have now died from contracting Covid-19. Livelihoods have been wrecked and economies have crashed, with the world economy shrinking by over 4% and the UK suffering a […]