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  South Africa

  South Africa: Only workers’ unity can overcome xenophobia

  September 24, 2019 Marxist Workers Party (CWI South Africa) statement

  Over the past month, capitalism has once again bared its barbaric underbelly in South Africa in a wave of xenophobic violence. Thirteen have died, so far. Struggling small businesses, foreign national and South African alike, [...]

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  World Economy

  World Economy: Germany’s new ‘Chicago Boys’

  September 23, 2019 Peter Taaffe, from Socialism Today (October 2019)

  The deep crises in the world economy and political establishments are not only reflected in attempts to resurrect Keynesian-style policies. Other capitalist economists are proposing that an even harsher neoliberal model should be applied – [...]

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  Climate Change & Environment

  Socialist change not climate change!

  September 19, 2019 CWI 

   “Even an entire society, a nation or all simultaneously existing societies taken together are not owners of the earth, they are simply its possessors, its beneficiaries, and have to bequeath it in an improved state [...]

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  Britain

  Britain: Trade union movement must put its stamp on swirling events

  September 19, 2019 Editorial from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist Party - CWI England & Wales)

  The routine is pretty well routine now. At Trade Union Congress, Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, attempts to break through the Brexit fog with a stance that has the potential to unite Leave and Remain [...]

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  Climate Change & Environment

  Climate change: What’s socialism got to do with it?

  September 18, 2019 Ben Robinson, from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist Party – CWI England & Wales)

  Recent images of the Amazon rainforest ablaze highlighted the scale of change currently underway. At the height of the fires, an area the size of a football pitch was destroyed every minute. Greenland’s ice sheet [...]