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[ June 2, 2023 ] Scotland: North Sea oil industry workers escalate strike action Scotland
[ June 1, 2023 ] A socialist charter for LGBTQ+ rights LGBT
[ May 31, 2023 ] Where now for Scottish independence? Scotland
[ May 30, 2023 ] The rise and fall of Corbynism, the Left and the fight for a party of the worker class Britain
[ May 27, 2023 ] Tory government’s anti-union ‘Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill’ set to become law Britain

Greece

‘Taking on the markets’ – Lessons of Greece’s austerity crisis and the failure of the SYRIZA government

May 20, 2023 Nick Hart

In response to the article: ‘What are ‘the markets’ anyway?’ published in the Socialist issue 1209 we received an email from Cathy in Nottingham asking: “Could [...]
Germany

Germany: Building Energy Act row shows failure of capitalism to deal with climate change

May 19, 2023 Sascha Staničić, Sol Federal spokesperson

A debate in Germany over the Building Energy Act, the so-called “heat transition”, has been boiling up for weeks. The conservative CDU has announced that [...]
Global capitalism poverty/inequality

‘Silent Coup – how corporations overthrew democracy’

May 18, 2023 Reviewed by Tony Saunois (CWI secretary)

‘Silent Coup – how corporations overthrew democracy’ is a devastating critique of the power and control wielded by major conglomerates and the secretive institutions and [...]
Malaysia

Malaysia: Six months-old coalition government fails to stem political crisis

May 17, 2023 Yuva Balan, Socialist Alternatif (CWI Malaysia)

Last November’s general election in Malaysia was expected by many people to solve the ongoing political crisis plaguing the country since the beginning of the [...]
Turkey

Turkey’s right-wing populist leader, Erdogan, secures highest votes in first round elections

May 16, 2023 Berkay Kartav

In a very tight presidential election held on Sunday 14 May, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s right-wing populist leader, managed to secure the highest votes for [...]
Israel / Palestine

Nakba 75 years on – fight for socialist change to end Palestinian oppression

May 15, 2023 Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) leaflet text

15 May is Nakba Day, marking the creation of the Israeli state in 1948, known also as the ‘Palestinian Catastrophe’. Protests are taking place internationally [...]

Ghana’s Debt Crisis – Failure of Capitalism

May 10, 2023

Trade Unions’ Federation Must Provide Platform for United Actions against IMF’s Dictated Attacks and High Cost of Living. Ghana is in a serious debt crisis. The country defaulted on its external debts in December 2022 […]

Can India replace China?

May 5, 2023

The ongoing tensions between the United States and China have continued to escalate as the global economic crisis deepens. While the US economy is still the most powerful in the world, its dominance is being […]

Banking crisis marks new phase of capitalist turmoil – bold socialist policies more urgent than ever!

March 23, 2023

The global and multi-faceted crisis of capitalism has entered a new phase with the turmoil in the financial markets and the collapse of banks in the US and Credit Suisse in Switzerland. It is likely […]