Capitalism, both in Britain and worldwide, means increased poverty, unemployment and war for the peoples of the world. This is the unmistakeable message from the past year’s events.
The joint struggle of the Federal Union of Journalists and the Newspaper Hawkers Union forced the newspaper bosses to retreat from reducing the newspapers holidays from 8 to 6 days annually.
Troops were deployed throughout Bangladesh on Sunday 11 December supposedly to “maintain law and order”, according to a Presidential order.
Frankenstein kills out of control monster
For the second time in a year in Lagos State and for the umpteenth time in the country as a whole, another tragic fire has resulted from a burst fuel pipeline claiming the lives and […]
Today’s Fianna Fáil government also “in the pockets of speculators”
The 15 day long tea plantation strike – the longest in recent history – is supposed to have come to an end.
Los honores militares del Ejercito a Pinochet.
Capitalism creates grotesque inequalities
Build non-payment in working class communities
Extremely succesfull meeting of the Belgian left socialists
On the 10th December, at 14.15 hours, the greatest killer and thief that Chile has ever known, the former dictator, Augusto Pinochet, died.
Urgent solidarity appeal.
Sigue la amenaza de una contra revolución
Refugees to get either asylum or a stay permit
The British and Irish governments ended the three days of all party negotiations in Scotland by announcing the "St Andrews Agreement".
Solo los asesinos rinden honores a los asesinos
There is again heated debate going on around the veil worn by Muslim women.
Three days before the congress of the United Socialist Party (CWI, Sri Lanka) was convened in Colombo, a suicide bomb attack in the city targeted the minister of defence – the brother of the president, […]
Calderon government accused of state terrorism against the peoples of Oaxaca
Cypriot ministers promise to find solution for the 117 Kurdish refugees that faced life- threatening deportation to Syria.
El lunes, 27 de noviembre, varios cientos de manifestantes rodearon la entrada del edificio municipal en Cochabamba en lo que se transformó en un duro enfrentamiento con matones derechistas y la policía de Cochabamba.
En las últimas semanas, la oposición derechista hacia el presidente boliviano de centro-izquierda Evo morales ha subido dramáticamente al culminarse los conflictos que se estaban fraguando recientemente.
Three years after massive job cuts at Ford-Genk (the loss of 3,000) and nine years after the closure of Renault-Vilvoorde, the announcement of Volkswagen that it will cut 4,000 jobs in its plant in Vorst […]
No todos los muertos son buenos, siempre hay excepciones a la regla. En la madrugada del domingo 3 de diciembre millones de chilenos y mapuche, nos levantamos con una gran alegría, supuestamente el dictador Augusto […]
Continued threat of counter-revolution
CWI member, Lucy Redler, elected to National Committee
"The discussion this weekend is how we can change the world".
One and half million public and private sector workers in Italy went on strike on Friday 17 November.
Hizbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) have planned mass street demonstrations for this week in opposition to Prime Minister Siniora and his weakened, imperialist-supported, March 14th or Future movement government.
On Monday, November 27, several hundred protesters surrounded the entrance to Cochabamba’s municipal building in what turned out to be a sharp clash with right-wing thugs and provocateurs and the Cochabamba police.
Send urgent protests to stop demolitions and evictions!
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Workers’ anger forces TUC to call protests
Greens fail to make promised breakthrough
The leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, in his Heroes’ Day speech, has warned of an end to the cease-fire and of the ‘Tigers’ renewing their demand for independence.
Left course needed to build on Socialist Party’s polls breakthrough
More than 300 Trade Unionists in attendance
Largest SP poll from public housing voters
Right-wing opposition to left-leaning Bolivian president, Evo Morales, and his governing party, Movement towards Socialism (MAS), has increased dramatically in the last week as potential conflicts that have been brewing for months have recently come […]
Confrontations between police and demonstrators result in 48 wounded and 60 arrests
Up to 11,000 jobs threatened
Two day public services general strike
An explosion in Halemba mine in Poland has killed 23 miners.
For a bold socialist programme – No to a coalition with rightwing parties!
This Italian edition of "Marxism in today’s world" is published by the Italian publishing collective ‘Giovane Talpa’ that asked the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) for information about our ideas and policies on the […]
Pro-western Siniora government hangs on by its fingertips
Twenty three arrested and held while devastation wrought
Reinstate Ilsiyar Sherafutdiniva, victimised union leader!
Masses yearn for end to despotism, wars and poverty
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