International

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...

Interview with CWI secretary, Tony Saunois This article first appeared in sozialismus.info, the theoretical magazine of the CWI in Germany (Sozialistische Alternative). This year is the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Committee for a Wo...

The ANC victory, WASP and the EFF. By Weizman Hamilton, General Secretary of WASP The African National Congress has been re-elected with 62% of the vote. This represents a marginal decline with the shedding of a few hundred thousand votes i...

Hong Kong and Indonesian governments should also stand trial over migrant workers’ rights Socialist Action reporters in Hong Kong The return of Erwiana Sulistyaningsih to Hong Kong is a major event for the city’s 330,000 migrant domestic worker...

Tensions between powers worsen Niall Mulholland, CWI Crimea’s 16 March referendum saw an overwhelming majority vote in favour of joining Russia. According to the claimed official result, 96.77% voted ‘for’ integration and turnout was 83.1%. Ten...

Thursday 18th September is referendum day in Scotland. Discussions are taking place in workplaces, colleges, schools and communities all across the country. The run-up to September will be dominated by debate on how to vote and what might an independ...