China
70 years since the Chinese revolution
Capitalism and imperialism were driven out, but political power rested in the hands of a Stalinist communist party
This article by Vincent Kolo was first published on chinaworker.info in October 2009, on the 60th anniversary of the Chinese Re...
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June 1917: The Bolsheviks “become a power”
100 years since the Russian Revolution 1917-2017
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
A century ago this week, 500,000 workers and soldiers marched through the Russian capital Petrograd, with tens of thousands joining marches in Moscow, Kiev and othe...
China
25 years since the June 4 Tiananmen massacre
Can the Chinese dictatorship survive another quarter of a century?
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
June 4th marks the 25th anniversary of the bloody massacre in Beijing that ended the mass student-led democracy movement which came close to topp...
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Anniversary: Fourth International launched 75 years ago
3 September, 1938, marked the start of the Fourth International’s founding conference
socialistworld.net
Marxists in the 1930s were compelled to draw far-reaching political conclusions following huge defeats of the working class. For example, i...
China
China: The fall of Bo Xilai
For the first time in two decades an open power struggle erupts within China’s one-party state
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International Women’s Day
March 8th – a day to remember the struggles and the victories of women workers
Clare Doyle, CWI
For more than a century, March 8th has been the day to commemorate and celebrate the fight of working class and revolutionary women for a better dea...
China
Tiananmen 1989 and the working class
Nothing alarmed the CCP dictatorship more than the movement of the working class aroused to action by the student-led democracy protests
Vincent Kolo, from the book Tiananmen 1989: Seven Weeks That Shook the World
The great significance of the ...
History
The 1917 ’July days’ – rich in lessons for today
Revolution never develops in a straight line
Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary, London
Between February and October 1917 there were many sharp turns in the situation in Russia. In April, the government coalition of 'socialists' ...
History
Taiwan’s history: Every five years a rebellion
Taiwan was first incorporated into China by the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) in 1683. It first became a province of China in 1885, ten years before the Qing surrendered it to the Japanese in the Sino-Japanese war.
By Laurence CoatesHan Chinese settle...
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Sunflower movement transformed Taiwan’s political map
Important lessons from the mass struggle against the Ma government of March-April 2014
Vincent Kolo
Ten years ago, a mass movement erupted in Taiwan...
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