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...
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...
'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 ...
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’ ...
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...
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...
