International

Support Jill Stein Joshua Koritz, Socialist Alternative, USA Fueled by anger at massive inequality and a “recovery” that leaves the 99% behind, Bernie Sanders showed that it is possible to run a nationally viable campaign without taking corpora...

Report on Australia’s offshore camps answers the lies of Hong Kong’s racist politicians David Hundorf, Socialist Action There is extreme abuse in Australia’s privately run offshore refugee camps, especially on the Pacific island nation of Nauru...

A short history of the Olympics: Rather than the Olympic movement’s self-professed ideals of ‘internationalism’ and ‘fair play’, the Games are about two at first sight contradictory forces: nationalistic flag-waving and capitalist globalisation Vi...

Chinese methods against Marxists copied by Belgian authorities CWI reporters At this moment there is an international summer school organized by the Active Left Students in Leuven, Belgium. Socialists from all over Europe and from outside Europ...

The only winner from tribunal’s ruling is the arms industry On 12 July the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)* tribunal in The Hague delivered its verdict on the South China Sea, heavily favouring the Philippines which initiated the case. The ve...

Coordinated strikes break new ground for China’ s fledgling workers’ movement Wu Yandong (吴岩冬) and chinaworker.info reporters China has been hit by wildcat strikes at Walmart stores in at least four cities. The strikes are unprecedented and his...

Territorial disputes resemble pieces on a ‘geopolitical chessboard’ as the US and China struggle for hegemony in Asia Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info Tensions between the US and China over the South China Sea, which have been rising over the pas...

Tories Out! General election now! Fight for a 24 hour general strike Hannah Sell, Socialist Party deputy general secretary "The referendum result may well go down in history as the pitchfork moment", declared the Financial Times (FT), wailing t...

The impeachment process and historic crisis of the PT (Workers’ Party) André Ferrari, LSR (‘Freedom, Socialism and Revolution’ - CWI Brazil) Brazil is living through the deepest economic and social crisis in its history.Together with this, a ma...

Remain in EU or leave, workers must fight for socialist change Judy Beishon, Socialist Party England & Wales “Every household will lose £4,300 a year,” proclaim British PM Cameron and Finance Minister Osborne to spread fear and increase the...