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Hong Kong migrant domestic workers speak out

Three women from the Philippines talk to Socialist magazine about their experiences of working abroad, economic hardship and discrimination Grace Pastorfide, migrant worker and supporter of Socialist Action There are 301,000 migrant workers livin...

Hong Kong: ‘Small circle’ election self-destructs

Mass struggle needed for genuine and fair elections and the end of tycoon rule Editorial from Socialist magazine (CWI in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan) Popular anger over scandals around the political figures – Donald Tsang Yam-kuen and Henry Tan...

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)

China’s top politicians more than ten times wealthier than their American counterparts

Beijing’s annual NPC meeting showcases ties between capitalists and authoritarian system (video clip) chinaworker.info reporters The 3,000 delegates to China’s nominally highest ruling organ, the National People’s Congress (NPC), began their ...

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...

CWI International Meeting: Upturn in class struggles across Europe

Euro-zone crisis deepensFinghín Kelly, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland)The International Executive Committee (IEC) of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) met from 17 to 22 January 2011, in Belgium, with over 33 countries represented from...

China: Socialist Zhang Shujie exposes state repression of left activists

TV news report highlights the case of CWI supporter Zhang Shujie chinaworker.info New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV) carried this report on the case of CWI supporter Zhang Shujie, who fled China in October 2011 with the help of CWI comrades an...

Europe: No to the debt! No to the austerity! No to the blackmail!

International struggle can end dictatorship of the markets Joint declaration by CWI sections in Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain In 2012, the markets and capitalist governments which serve them, have more misery in store. This will me...

Newsflash: 48-hour general strike tomorrow in Greece

Anger spilling over against troika austerity socialistworld.net After Tuesday’s 24-hour general strike in Greece, the situation has escalated rapidly. While the capitalist politicians, after some token hesitation, have signed up lock stock and ...

China: Guangxi pollution spill may be worst in decades

20 tonnes of poisonous metal dumped into tributary of Pearl River Vincent Kolo and Zhang Shujie, chinaworker.info Disaster has struck again. Water supplies to millions of city residents have been put in jeopardy by yet another pollution scandal...

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Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Spain—Lessons for Fighting the Far Right Today

Marcus Kollbrunner, Liberdade Socialismo e Revolucao (ISA in Brazil) This July we commemorate the 90th anniversary of the revolutionary workers’ u...

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