New English edition of Seven Weeks That Shook the World with extra material published by ISA’s China, Hong Kong, Taiwan section
The following is the introduction to the new English edition of the book (176 pages, July 2023, €8.50) available from chi...
Short-lived Wagner revolt puts China-Russia partnership under spotlight
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
After the short-lived Wagner revolt in Russia on June 24, Xi Jinping’s regime reaffirmed its support for Putin, describing Russia as Ch...
Chinese universities are increasing tuition fees by up to 54 percent this year
Hong Liuxing, chinaworker.info
Continued cuts in education funding are pushing fees higher across multiple provinces. The increases will take effect from the start of th...
The Group of Seven (G7) major Western capitalist economies met in Japan on 19-21 May
As expected these governments used this opportunity to ramp up pressure on China and Russia. A guest appearance by Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky was staged...
40th anniversary of the election of Liverpool’s Militant-led Labour Council
Interview with ISA member Laurence Coates, who was a full-time organizer for Militant in Liverpool in the 1980s
It is 40 years since the legendary Militant-led ci...
How Amazon is fighting tooth-and-nail to stop workers from unionizing its biggest air hub
Chris Gray, Socialist Alternative (ISA in the United States)
To Amazon’s corporate suits at their headquarters in Seattle, the KCVG Air Hub in Northern Kentuc...
Guizhou province’s distress signal opens new front in country’s debt meltdown
Editorial, issue 70 of Socialist magazine (ISA's magazine in China)
China’s economy suffered a disastrous 2022. Xi Jinping, months into his unprecedented third term as ...
Anne Liu, Socialist Alternative (ISA in the United States)
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew came out on top after a March 23 Congressional hearing in which U.S. lawmakers demonstrated their zeal to “win” the U.S.-China Cold War and their embarrassing incompe...
US banking crisis spreading to Europe
Tom Crean
(Originally published 16 March)
The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank last week has opened up a significant financial crisis for U.S. capitalism which now appears to be spreading to Europe. It is t...
No compromise with the trampling of rights!
Secretariat of Socialist Struggle (ISA in Israel/Palestine)
(This article was first published on 31 March 2023)
The power of organized labor forced Netanyahu to postpone the legislation, but the partial ...
