International

US-China trade war: A long conflict?

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...

What’s behind Trump’s deal with Kim Jong-un?

‘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...

Landslide vote to repeal Ireland’s abortion laws

Statement by Solidarity / Socialist Party Members of Parliament, Ruth Coppinger, Paul Murphy and Mick Barry A massive 66.4 percent voted ‘Yes’ in the 25 May referendum, to overturn the ban on abortion (‘8th Amendment’). This is a political earthqu...

No peace with Kim and Trump

'Historic' agreement reached in Singapore is high on symbolism but low on substance Editorial from Offensiv, weekly newspaper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden) from 14 June 2018. Despite all the commotion, the actual outcome of ...

Trump’s trade war draws closer

Metal tariffs trigger angry reaction from US allies while talks in Beijing stall Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The world has moved closer to a trade war on multiple fronts as Trump’s administration rolls out its aggressive ‘America First’ ...

US and China positions harden in trade standoff

Escalation of tit-for-tat conflict between world’s largest economies By Vincent Kolo The trade conflict between China and the US has escalated in recent weeks. Beijing initially believed it could ‘manage’ relations with the unstable US admini...

International solidarity actions with Hong Kong democracy struggle

Protests in 25 cities around the world on May 4 against attacks on democratic rights By Stop Repression in Hong Kong May 4, 99 years after the historic 1919 movement for democracy and modernisation in China, was the date of international soli...

Italian elections create huge political shake-up

The 4th March general election has caused the biggest shake-up of the Italian political landscape in over 20 years Chris Thomas   Resistenze Internazionali (CWI Italy) Not since the ‘clean hands’ corruption scandal of the early ‘90s have the es...

Facebook makes money from your privacy

Zuckerberg apologises before US Congress Ville Karlsson   Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden) On April 10 and 11, Facebook’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the world’s fifth richest man, was questioned by the US Congress. The backgrou...

Bombing Syria – What is Trump’s real agenda?

With the bomb attack against Syria on April 14, US imperialism and its allies France and Britain significantly raised tensions in the Middle East and globally By Per-Åke Westerlund   Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden) Socialists oppose ...

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Trump’s Surrender – Will the Iran War Deal Hold?

June 15, 2026 Danny Byrne, ISA International Political Committee On 6 March, after only a week of war, Trump wrote that “there will be no dea...

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