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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...

China: State repression and the prospects for workers’ struggle

Introduction to China Commission at CWI Summer School 2017 by Hayashi (CWI in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan) There are a number of questions we need to discuss. How serious is the economic crisis in China? Is Xi Jinping really the strongest leader s...

Death of Liu Xiaobo

China’s dictatorship guilty of “political murder” Chen Lizhi and Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The death of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, aged 61, from cancer on July 13 stands as a condemnation of China’s dictatorship and its shockingly cruel...

20 years since the Asian financial crisis

Capitalism is preparing new catastrophes chinaworker.info reporters Twenty years ago the so-called ‘tiger economies’ of East Asia went into meltdown. The 1997 Asian Crisis narrowly missed dragging the world financial system into crisis, whi...

China’s power struggle: How strong is Xi Jinping’s hand?

19th Congress and internal power struggle • We reply to a letter from a reader To chinaworker.info: In the CCP’s internal power struggle, to what extent has Xi Jinping got the upper hand over his enemies? Xi has been conducting a personnel reshuf...

China: Volkswagen workers’ struggle continues

Three worker representatives arrested as agency workers continue their struggle for equal pay chinaworker.info reporters Three worker representatives at Volkswagen’s joint venture in Changchun, Jilin province, have been detained by police. ...

China’s Ivanka Trump sweatshops – labour activists arrested

Is the Chinese regime’s relationship with the US ruling family a factor behind these arrests?  Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info Three Chinese activists have been detained and face criminal charges after an undercover investigation of working cond...

Hong Kong’s election: Ruled by the 0.02 percent

Chief Executive-elect Carrie Lam won with 777 votes Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) On 26 March the Chief Executive (CE) election charade completed its final act. Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was chosen by a grand total of 777 votes i...

Hong Kong women’s march against sexism and racism

International Women’s Day: “Solidarity with global mass protests and women’s strikes” Socialist Action reporters Over 70 attended the Socialist Action (CWI) candle-lit demonstration in Hong Kong for International Women’s Day, 8 March. Protester...

International Women’s Day protest in Hong Kong

Women strike in over 50 countries against oppression Socialist Action statement for this evening’s demonstration in Central International Women’s Day, March 8th, this year will be the biggest ever. Millions around the world will march and str...

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How Militant Intervened in Britain’s Labour Party

August 31, 2026 Interview with Mike Forster and Cormac Kelly This article was originally published in early June 2026, in issue #3 of International M...

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