International

Britain: A political earthquake

Jeremy Corbyn’s victory is a political earthquake that transforms the situation in Britain and poses stark questions for how a new mass socialist force can be built. Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wale...

USA: Kshama Sawant fights for re-election

Two years ago, Kshama Sawant won almost 100,000 votes to become the first socialist elected in Seattle for a century Socialist Alternative (US) reporters Since then she has put her stamp on the city, organising key struggles for working people ...

Beware the Trans-Pacific Partnership!

Neoliberalism on steroids – TPP is also a geopolitical weapon for US and Japanese capitalism against China David Hundorf, chinaworker.info At late night negotiations in Atlanta the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was finally agreed between the ...

Northern Ireland: socialist candidate in public sector union election

The biggest union in Northern Ireland, NIPSA (Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance), will elect a new General Secretary in November Socialist Party reporters Patrick Mulholland, a well know socialist, is standing with nominations from 40 ...

TPP: A big business pact against the Asia-Pacific working class

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) launched on 5 October is a secretive pro-big business pact The agreement reached on 5 October in Atlanta between the Obama administration and representatives of 11 other countries sees the launch of the Trans-Pacifi...

Protests as Xi Jinping visits Seattle

Socialist Kshama Sawant leads protest “in solidarity with Chinese workers” chinaworker.info reporters On 23 September, during the visit of president Xi Jinping, Seattle council member Kshama Sawant of Socialist Alternative (CWI), led a prot...

Xi Jinping’s first state visit to the US

Sino-US tensions increasing as China’s economy stumbles Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info China’s president Xi Jinping began his week-long visit to the United States, touching down in Seattle on Tuesday 22 September, where he met with top CEOs inc...

9.12 International Refugee Protest

Date: Sep 12 (Sat) Time: 15:00 Location: Chater Garden, Central The tragic death of the three year old Syrian refugee child on a Turkish beach has shocked the world, thousands of people around the world have come out in solidarity protests, ...

China crisis triggers panic on global markets

More than $5 trillion wiped off global stock markets in two weeks since Chinese devaluation Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info “Black Monday” exclaimed China’s official news agency Xinhua as China’s stock market slumped 8.5 percent on 24 August. Th...

Thailand: What’s behind the terror attack in Bangkok?

Country plagued by military junta and economic downturn Per-Ake Westerlund, Rattvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden) The horrific bombing in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Monday 17 August killed 20 people. 125 of those injured needed hospi...

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Trump and Netanyahu’s War on Iran

Build and escalate working-class antiwar resistance!  The Middle East is in flames once more, and again it is Trump who has lit the fire. The...

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