International

Hopes for a “miracle in Argentina” but great power tensions are rising Dikang, chinaworker.info All eyes are on the G20 meeting in Buenos Aires at the end of November. On the sidelines of the summit, China’s Xi Jinping will meet his US counterp...

Against Bolsonaro, defend democratic rights and smash the pension reform! Liberdad, Socialismo e Revolução (LSR - CWI in Brazil) The victory of Jair Bolsonaro in the second round of the Brazilian elections represents a huge political step backw...

Interview with Ahmed Ali Al-Qidani, on behalf of the Total Gas Labour Union of Yemen The interview below describes the conditions surrounding the recent decision, by over a hundred workers in Yemen, to set up a new trade union organisation. This f...

Setbacks in Malaysia and Pakistan chinaworker.info reporters China’s grandiose ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI) to construct a 70-nation economic sphere under its leadership is encountering big problems: a pushback by Western powers and resista...

Speech brands China as foremost threat to US power chinaworker.info reporters Mike Pence, Trump’s Vice President, is hardly regarded as an influential member of the US government. But his speech on 4 October to a right-wing US think tank marked...

Learning the lessons of how democratic rights were won internationally Adam N. Lee, Stop Repression in Hong Kong The Stop Repression in Hong Kong campaign was set up in 2017 to coordinate international protests against the worsening political...

The workers' movement needs to clear the right out of the Labour Party Claire Laker-Mansfield, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) executive committee There is no rest for the wicked. British Prime Minister Theresa May had to cut short he...

Banning of “separatist” group is part of a wider agenda to attack democratic rights Dikang, Socialist Action With his speech at the Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC) Andy Chan Ho-tin emerged as an attention seeker who just won the ‘jackpot’....

Trump’s tariffs raise international tensions and could derail global economic growth Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The trade war between Washington and Beijing looks set to escalate. The Trump administration is poised to impose tariffs – a punitiv...

‘Historic’ deal shows US power in decline and bigger storms ahead chinaworker.info reporters President Donald Trump met North Korea’s Kim Jong-un in Singapore on 12 June. The summit has been hailed as historic. Trump, true to form, also seems to ha...