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  Britain

  Cracks beginning to show for Starmer’s Labour

  February 24, 2025 Editorial of the Socialist (issue 1310), weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

  Keir Starmer’s New Labour government has only reached its eighth month in office but the cracks are beginning to show around numerous issues, including oil field licensing, foreign policy, and Starmer’s increasingly strident anti-migrant rhetoric. [...]

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  Germany

  Germany goes to the polls with racist populist AfD running second: What way forward for the working class?

  February 22, 2025 Brent Kennedy from the Socialist (issue 1310), weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

  Germany goes to the polls on 23 February for elections to the Bundestag (parliament) after the so-called ‘traffic light coalition’ (comprised of social democrats, Greens and liberals) collapsed in November. Germany is one of the [...]

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  Space Race

  Peaceful space travel for the benefit of all was ‘once upon a time’, now it’s all about profits

  February 22, 2025 Steve Hollasky, Sol - Sozialistische Organisation Solidarität (CWI Germany)

  When, in 1979, an all-powerful company put the crew of a spaceship in mortal danger to secure its own profits, ‘Alien’ seemed like a simple, action-packed B-movie. Even in 2024, the idea of capitalism in [...]

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  DR Congo

  DR CONGO | Major Escalation in Decades-Old Conflict

  February 21, 2025 Sean Figg, CWI

  On 27 January, the March 23 Movement, backed by the Rwandan government, announced the capture of the Congolese city of Goma and on 17 February of Bukavu. These cities, both provincial capitals, sit on the [...]

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  Turkey

  Turkey: Erdoğan crackdowns on trade unionists, socialists, journalists and Kurdish activists

  February 20, 2025 Berkay Kartav

  President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s regime in Turkey has stepped up their crackdown on all opposition activists, targeting trade unionists, socialists, journalists, and Kurdish activists. Between 14 and 18 February, over 282 people have been arrested. [...]