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  Turkey

  Turkey: Metal workers fight low wages, poor conditions and union-busting

  December 18, 2020 Berkay Kartav, Devrimci Sosyalist Sol - CWİ Türkiye

  Metal workers employed by a factory in Corum, Turkey, joined the United Metal Workers union to improve low wages and bad working conditions in the factory. They have been sacked by the management on trumped-up [...]

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  Comment & Analysis

  2020 – A turning point: An explosive and uncertain decade has begun

  December 18, 2020 Tony Saunois, CWI secretary

  As the year 2020 comes to a close the turmoil and convulsions that have shaken global capitalism continue. The year has been a turning point in history, affecting every aspect of society. Commentators and historians [...]

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  Engels

  Friedrich Engels on socialism – utopian and scientific

  December 17, 2020 Ross Saunders

  In a further article in our series marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Friedrich Engels, Ross Saunders looks at one of Engels’ best-known works, ‘Socialism: Utopian and Scientific’. Engels was very proud of [...]

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  Nagorno Karabakh

  What does the Nagorno Karabakh ‘peace deal’ mean for working people of the region?

  December 16, 2020 Clare Doyle, CWI

  The recent bloody war between Azerbaijan and Armenia has taken a savage toll in terms of lives, homes and livelihoods. The latest round of brutal fighting between these former republics of the USSR has seen [...]

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  World Economy

  Super-rich tax evasion costs equivalent of thirty four million nurses worldwide

  December 15, 2020 Dave Gorton

  Around £320 billion is lost annually to corporate tax abuse and private tax evasion, the equivalent of nearly 34 million nurses’ salaries, according to the Tax Justice Network. Poorer countries are most affected, with tax [...]