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Philippines ‘economic miracle’ – a neo-liberal nightmare for the masses

Forced evictions, poverty wages and repression is the reality for millions By a CWI correspondent in Philippines There is a lot of hype about a Philippines ‘economic miracle’ and high GDP growth rates during the current Benigno Aquino presidenc...

Middle East: Repel Islamic State and imperialism

For democratic workers’ defence and Kurdish self-determination Paula Mitchell (edited version of an article in this week’s Socialist,paper of the Socialist Party – CWI England & Wales) The plight of Kurds and others living in Kobane, in the...

Scotland: The independence referendum and the struggle against capitalism

Lessons for the workers' movement internationally The independence referendum in Scotland on September 18 became a mass electoral revolt against the austerity policies of British capitalism and the right-wing Cameron government. The Committee for ...

Ireland: Byelection triumph marks turning point in anti-austerity struggle

Paul Murphy wins parliamentary seat as 100,000 march against water charges Eddie McCabe, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) 12 October 2014 will be a day that’s remembered for years to come in Ireland. An estimated 100,000 marched in Dublin again...

Britain: 100,000 attend TUC’s pay rise demo

Calls for local government strike action to be reinstated Socialist Party Reporters, London Trade union contingents from all the major unions - and smaller ones - lined up along the Embankment, in central London, to march as part of the TUC’s 1...

Is the US promoting a “colour revolution” in Hong Kong?

Beijing’s scare propaganda doesn’t stand up to examination Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) The CCP-run media claims Hong Kong’s mass democracy protests are in fact a plan masterminded by Western powers to split China and prevent its...

Majority of Chinese expect a war with Japan

Warmongering governments are ratcheting up national tensions in a struggle for regional dominance Dikang, chinaworker.info 53 percent of Chinese respondents and 29 percent of Japanese believe their countries will fight a war in the years ahead....

Ebola virus: Victims of a failed capitalist system

Infectious bodies rotting in the streets... health care facilities overwhelmed... health workers dying in shocking numbers… Jon Dale, Socialist Party (CWI in England and Wales) Infectious bodies rotting in the streets... health care facilities ...

Scottish referendum: Ten days that can shake British capitalism to its foundations

Opinion polls show independence vote is balancing on a knife edge Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI in Scotland) “In the past four weeks support for the union has drained away at an astonishing rate. The Yes campaign has not just in...

USA: Ferguson erupts in rage after police kill Michael Brown

Police crackdown turns Missouri community into “war zone” with mass arrests and rioting Eljeer Hawkins, Socialist Alternative, USA “YOU took my son away from me. YOU know how hard it was for me to get him to stay in school and graduate?! YOU kn...

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North Korea and China: What drives their “unbreakable friendship”? 

Xi Jinping’s June visit to Pyongyang revealed a CCP regime on the backfoot, needing to shore up China’s influence in its geopolitical “backyard” V...

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