International

Mass struggle to end Israeli state terror Niall Mulholland, CWI A hail of death has roared down on Gaza for weeks. Working class people worldwide are shocked and angered at images of a Palestinian father carrying his dead children’s body parts ...

Taiwan’s ‘sunflower movement’ gave a glimpse of mass movement needed to defeat neo-liberal attacks and militarism James Langdon, CWI Taiwan The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which is still being negotiated, will be one of the largest trade d...

Only organised, united working class can end war and social misery Niall Mulholland, CWI The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) continues to make territorial gains, controlling much of western Iraq along the border with Syria. The Sunni ...

How Socialists Built a Winning Movement Socialist Alternative Seattle is the first major city to pass a $15/hr minimum wage. 100,000 workers will be lifted out of poverty, and millions will be inspired all over the country and around the world....

Against corruption, wasteful spending and police brutality Dave Hundorf, chinaworker.info On Friday 13 June supporters of Socialist Action (CWI) in Hong Kong protested at the city’s Brazilian consulate. The protest was one of many around the wo...

Gains for the far right but some successes for genuine Left Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist Party (CWI in England and Wales) The long-predicted ’earthquake’ - the electoral "triumph" of the far right and their allies - took pla...

Socialist Party wins a second TD and Anti Austerity Alliance 14 councillors Danny Byrne, CWI Ireland was no exception to the general rejection of pro-austerity governments in the European elections. Three sets of elections took place on 23 May:...

Neither old elites nor populists have answer for workers and poor Iyan, CWI Malaysia Indonesia had legislative elections on April 9th. Final results on May 9th showed that the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), which is lead by Meg...

Can a solution to the Boko Haram insurgency be found under capitalism? Hassan Taiwo Soweto, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI Nigeria), Lagos The abduction on 14 April by Boko Haram of over 200 girls from a public secondary school in Chibok – ...

Ruth Coppinger elected to the Irish parliament Socialistworld.net and staff reporters The Socialist Party (CWI) in Ireland has won a significant success with the election of Ruth Coppinger in a by-election to the Dáil, the Irish parliament. Rut...