Germany
Reviewing 2024: Crises, Wars and Fights
Things will be no different in 2025 Not only was 2024 a hotter year than previous years in terms of climate, the political situation in the world was also “hot” and marked by crises, wars […]
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USA
REVIEW | JD Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’
I’ve been sellin’ my soul, workin’ all day Overtime hours for bullshit pay So I can sit out here and waste my life away Drag back home and drown my troubles away It’s a damn […]
Obituary
Sughran Khaskheli – “Her whole life was a struggle for working class women”
The CWI was greatly saddened to learn of the passing of comrade Sughran Khaskheli, from Sindh, in Pakistan, who died unexpectedly on 21 December. We extend condolences to Sughran Khaskheli’s family and friends, and to […]
CWI
socialistworld.net holiday schedule
Over the holiday period socialistworld.net will be posting less frequently. The normal posting schedule will restart from 2 January 2025.
Scotland
Royal Mail handed over to billionaire boss – Communication Workers Union must demand nationalisation!
The Westminster Labour government has approved the takeover of Royal Mail by EP group whose majority shareholder is multi-billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, with a personal wealth said to be over £9 billion. The Communication Workers Union […]
Ireland North
Winter fuel campaign wrings concessions from Stormont Assembly
,The disgraceful decision by Keir Starmer’s UK Labour government to cut the £300 winter fuel allowance for pensioners, except for those on the state pension who are entitled to pension credits, provoked a storm of […]
Russia
Inside Putin’s Russia
In Goodbye to Russia, Sarah Rainsford covers her two decades based in Moscow as a reporter for the BBC as well as an earlier period in St Petersburg as a student and an English teacher. […]
Romania
Romania’s political chaos – court annuls presidential election, parliamentary parties struggle to form coalition
As we go to press, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) announced their withdrawal from the discussions to form a new government coalition in Romania, citing the lack of willingness of the neoliberal Save Romania Union […]
Serbia
Protests across Serbia following train station disaster
A roof at the train station collapsed in the city of Novi Sad in Serbia on a busy November morning, killing 15 people. It collapsed two months after a ‘reconstruction’ job where tonnes of new […]
South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA | Stilfontein Mine Crisis
In November, a crisis at the Stilfontein mine in the North West province of South Africa, 145 km from Johannesburg, began making international headlines. Up to 4,000 ‘zama zama’ mineworkers had been purposefully trapped underground by […]