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US: Mitt Romney – Candidate for the 1%

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...

Quebec: Interview with an organiser of the student strike

"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...

International students in Australia

‘The Socialist’ speaks to international student Tran Nguyen Socialist Party (CWI in Australia) What are the costs involved if you’re living and studying as an international student in Australia? There are many different costs if you decide t...

Algeria: Legislative elections give near-majority to the FLN

Anger from below, manoeuvres from the top CWI Algeria’s 50-year governing party, the National Liberation Front (FLN), has strengthened its rule in the parliamentary elections on May 10 - probably the last to take place under the ailing, frail 7...

Myanmar: Two elections, 90% support but no power

Workers’ organisations must ensure real change Keith Dickinson, Socialist Party (CWI, England and Wales) The National League for Democracy, has overwhelmingly won the last two elections in Burma that it has fought. The first was in 1990 when it...

Spain: New epicentre of crisis in Europe

EU/IMF bank bailout only scrapes tip of iceberg Danny Byrne, CWI The crisis in Spain is such that developments come and go at lightning speed and are difficult to predict or anticipate exactly. What will happen next in Spain is intrinsically li...

US: Socialist candidate challenges corporate politics in Washington state

"During an election dominated by career politicians who are loyal to big business, I am running as a Socialist Alternative candidate to make sure there is at least one independent left-wing, pro-worker candidate in Washington State worth voting for."...

Venezuela: Where are Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution heading?

The Current Political Context Johan Rivas, Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Venezuela) The Venezuelan Bolivarian Revolution has once again reached a crossroads in the forthcoming Presidential elections. For the first time in a long time there ...

Ireland / China: Irish Prime Minister challenged over Chinese Vice-President’s visit

Human rights and workers’ rights little concern for Irish government representing profit interests Joe Higgins, TD (member of Irish Parliament), Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)

Scotland: ConDem government blunders independence referendum

Scottish National Party’s version of independence a nightmare for workers Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI in Scotland) The following article by a Scottish CWI comrade gives a good example of how Marxists approach the national questi...

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Stalin’s “Socialism In One Country”—A Century of Disaster

March 11, 2026 Leon Pinsky, Sociaist Alternative (ISA in the US) A century ago, from December 18-31 of 1925, the 14th Congress of the Communist Part...

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