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BritainBetween Wednesday 27 July and Monday 1st, August national strike action took place in Britain for four days, organised by three trade unions (RMT, Aslef, [...]
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BritainWith a 12.9% pay increase and Coventry council agreeing that the bogus charges against Unite the Union’s senior shop steward Pete Randle would not be [...]
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HousingAcross the United States, many Americans are increasingly concerned about affordable housing availability within their local communities. According to a Pew Research Center survey from [...]
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TheoryThe 21st century has not brought prosperity and security to the vast majority of people on planet earth. Capitalism, fuelled by the profit motive has [...]
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EngelsThis summer marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of the first instalment of what would become Friedrich Engels’ famous pamphlet, The Housing Question. Niall [...]
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NorwayIn Norway, we see three trade union conflicts that show what happens when workers are treated badly. Two years ago, at the beginning of the [...]
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 […]