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Taiwan: Kuomintang’s landslide election defeat redraws the political map

Taiwan’s ‘Sunflower Movement’ and democracy protests in Hong Kong fuel massive rejection of ruling party Vincent Kolo and CWI Taiwan reporters The term “political earthquake” has been widely used to describe Taiwan’s mayoral and local elections...

Vital lessons of Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella Revolution’

Mass struggle needs genuine internal democracy and a fighting working class programme to defeat the CCP dictatorship chinaworker.info The epic ‘Umbrella Revolution’ has raged for seven weeks, now holding out for longer even than the historic Ti...

Inside Hong Kong’s ‘umbrella revolution’

The democracy movement in Hong Kong has shaken the Beijing regime and Socialist Action (CWI Hong Kong) has played an active role in this movement. The socialist weekly newspaper Offensiv in Sweden talked to Dikang of Socialist Action about these even...

Hong Kong: CY Leung must go! Relaunch school strikes!

Build a bottom-up democratically elected leadership for ‘umbrella movement’ The is the text of a new leaflet from Socialist Action (CWI) for the 10 October demonstrations in Hong Kong The Hong Kong political crisis has taken new dramatic turns....

“No to negotiations with brutal Hong Kong government!”

Reject fake ‘negotiations’ • Build democratic defence committees to repel attacks • Kick out CY Leung’s brutal government Leaflet issued by Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) for October 5 democracy demonstrations There is little doubt the gov...

Majority of Chinese expect a war with Japan

Warmongering governments are ratcheting up national tensions in a struggle for regional dominance Dikang, chinaworker.info 53 percent of Chinese respondents and 29 percent of Japanese believe their countries will fight a war in the years ahead....

Hong Kong: Massive anti-government protests after attempted police crackdown

Anger over police violence fuels spontaneous “umbrella revolution” and growing strike movement Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info This was the weekend that changed everything in Hong Kong. Mass popular resistance on the streets, by night and day, w...

Hong Kong’s democracy struggle faces major test

Sally Tang Mei-ching of Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) says only an all-China mass movement can defeat one-party dictatorship chinaworker.info interviewed Sally Tang Mei-ching about the latest dramatic events in Hong Kong. On 31 August the...

China’s NPC ‘closes the door’ on Hong Kong democracy

“NPC Doesn’t Represent Me!” – Mass resistance against one-party dictatorship is the only way forward! Statement by Socialist Action The National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee’s framework for upcoming elections in Hong Kong delivers...

China: The great slowdown

 Signs the mammoth property bubble is finally bursting belie Beijing’s upbeat GDP data Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info On July 16 the Chinese government released its GDP figures for the second quarter, causing global financial markets to heave a...

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The First Palestinian Intifada: Lessons For Today

December 29, 2025. Zuhair Al-Anhar, Socialist Alternative US In December 1987, after 20 years of horrific occupation, the movement for Palestinian li...

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