International

For a 48 hour general strike to bring down Rajoy government John Hird, CWI Spain Thousands of coal miners arrived in Madrid, last week, completing another march on the capital as part of the struggle to defend their jobs. They were greeted by t...

In struggle against brutal Assad regime, working class must oppose sectarianism and imperialist intervention Niall Mulholland, CWI The killing of 108 people near the Syrian town of Houla shocked and appalled people everywhere. Particularly abho...

Non-payment campaign against household tax: Preparation needed to organise a powerful, mass response to any court cases Cian Prendiville, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) According to the government, after their three threatening letters, they pla...

Protest to Russian Embassies! CWI Reporters, Moscow Nearly three months after the event, Russian police are continuing to arrest protesters who took part in a massive opposition demonstration of 6 May. The demonstration ended in clashes and the...

Clear socialist programme for struggle needed Nicos Anastasiades, Xekinima (CWI Greece) The relief of the capitalist world leaders attending the G20 summit in Mexico didn’t last long. Within hours following the narrow general election victory o...

Capitalist crisis and workers’ mass struggles take global dimensions Finghín Kelly, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) This week, up to 400 people are attending the Committee for a Workers International (CWI) annual Summer School in Belgium, from al...

Reinstate sacked striking workers,  Against global sweatshops chinawoker.info chinaworker.info is a campaign website for independent trade union and labour rights in China. We have heard from the union, Inicjatywa Pracownicza, that the factory ...

Challenging times for the left in Europe Robert Bechert, CWI, first published in Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) Review of "New Parties of the Left: experiences from Europe", by Daniel Bensaïd, Alain K...

There are now two corporate parties in the U.S. Why shouldn’t we, as working people, have one of our own? Kerry Finnan, Socialist Alternative (CWI US supporters) As the 2012 presidential election draws closer, Republican candidate Mitt Romney c...

"Students have been striking for over 110 days." Joshua Koritz, first published in "Justice", paper of Socialist Alternative (CWI supporters in the US) Joshua Koritz traveled to Montreal, Quebec to witness the student struggles firsthand and re...