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    Socialists and the democratic struggle

    Socialists fight for all, even limited democratic advances, but explain the need to overthrow capitalism Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The following is a reprint from September 2010 of our reply to criticisms on social media from a sectar...

    China: Tiananmen Square movement of 1989 reverberates today

    In 1989, Chinese students and workers shook the world Joshua Koritz, Socialist Alternative (US) Here we are publishing an article from our US comrades of Socialist Alternative looking back on the mass democracy struggle in China in 1989.&n...

    100 Years since the founding of the Communist International

    100 years ago, on March 2, 1919, 53 delegates from left and communist parties gathered at a congress in Moscow, with the goal of forming a new international By Per-Ake Westerlund, member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden) Within six mont...

    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...

    Common History Common Struggle by Peter Hadden

    Sectarianism or mass struggle? Book review by Per-Åke Westerlund   Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna(CWI Sweden) Northern Ireland is usually described by media and politicians as an eternal battle between Catholics and Protestants. Peter Hadden's...

    Marx’s Capital at 150

    An unequalled analysis and critique of capitalism, still relevant today Robin Clapp, Socialist Party (CWI in England and Wales) The Daily Mail reacted with predictable hysteria when, in May 2017, John McDonnell stated: "You can't understand the...

    Marxism and the democracy struggle

    The following article is the foreword to a new book from chinaworker.info on the democracy struggle in Hong Kong and China On July 1 2017, the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China, Xi Jinping effectively read the riot act – warning Ho...

    Film review: Joshua – Teenager vs. Superpower

    Prize-winning documentary of young democracy activist offers sympathy, but no solutions Reviewed by Adam N. Lee, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) This documentary by US screenwriter and director Joe Piscatella profiles 20-year old Hong K...

    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...

    Snowden movie: US ‘deep state’ in the spotlight

    Film review • Campaign for presidential pardon gains momentum Vincent Kolo, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) Film: Snowden Director: Oliver Stone Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rhys Ifans, Melissa Leo, Nicholas Cage “It’s not about...

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    Understanding China’s authoritarian state capitalism

    This is an edited version of a speech given by Peter Chan of chinaworker.info to the ISA's Virtual Marxist University in July 2020, which is now publ...

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