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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 [...]

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  Japan

  South Korea and Japan trade dispute threatens ‘alliance’

  September 17, 2019 Carl Simmons, Kokusai Rentai (CWI) Japan

  On 22nd August South Korea gave Japan notice that it would not be extending the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA). The 2016 agreement allowed for the direct sharing of military intelligence between Japan, [...]

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  World Economy

  Neoliberalism: Consequences and alternatives

  September 16, 2019 Book review by Tony Saunois, from Socialism Today (monthly magazine of the Socialist Party - CWI England & Wales)

  Brutal neoliberal policies and austerity has created growing mass anger. The growth in Trump-style populism is one consequence of this, as is an increased interest in ‘New Deal’ style reforms. A recent book contrasts different [...]

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  South Africa

  Violence against women in South Africa: How should organised workers respond?

  September 13, 2019 Marxist Workers Party (CWI South Africa) statement

  The rape and murder of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana was the final spark that lit a new wave of protests demanding an end to violence against women. She was killed by a Post Office [...]

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  Ireland North

  Campaign mounts over historic sexual-abuse allegations cover-up in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

  September 12, 2019 Councillor Donal O’Cofaigh, Cross Community Labour Alternative and CWI

  Northern Ireland is a society scarred by its history. The legacy of the conflict over the national question is everywhere apparent; painted flags, kerbstones and murals mark territories and promote narratives. But just as the [...]