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Ireland: Jobstown – A rotten stitch up exposed

Cillian Gillespie, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) “The news has just come through from the Central Criminal Court and I am the first to report it to the House. Deputy Paul Murphy, not guilty; Councillor Michael Murphy, not guilty; Councillor...

CWI/IR unification: An historic strengthening of the forces of Marxism

22 July unification congress unanimously approves unification document and incorporation of IR into CWI As has been reported on socialistworld.net, the CWI and Izquierda Revolucionaria held a special unification congress on 22 July in Barcelona. T...

Venezuela: The Constituent Assembly and tasks for revolutionaries

Venezuela 02 June 2017 Izquierda Revolucionaria and Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Venezuela) Combat the counter-revolution with socialist, not capitalist policies On 1 May, President Nicolas Maduro announced the calling of a Constituen...

Hong Kong: For a mass campaign of resistance against the Legco coup

Judge’s disqualification of legislators a massive threat to democracy struggle Socialist Action statement The decision by Justice Thomas Au Hing-cheung on July 14 to expel four legislators from the Legislative Council (Legco) including vete...

Death of Liu Xiaobo

China’s dictatorship guilty of “political murder” Chen Lizhi and Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The death of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, aged 61, from cancer on July 13 stands as a condemnation of China’s dictatorship and its shockingly cruel...

Film review: Joshua – Teenager vs. Superpower

Prize-winning documentary of young democracy activist offers sympathy, but no solutions Reviewed by Adam N. Lee, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) This documentary by US screenwriter and director Joe Piscatella profiles 20-year old Hong K...

20 years since the Asian financial crisis

Capitalism is preparing new catastrophes chinaworker.info reporters Twenty years ago the so-called ‘tiger economies’ of East Asia went into meltdown. The 1997 Asian Crisis narrowly missed dragging the world financial system into crisis, whi...

China’s power struggle: How strong is Xi Jinping’s hand?

19th Congress and internal power struggle • We reply to a letter from a reader To chinaworker.info: In the CCP’s internal power struggle, to what extent has Xi Jinping got the upper hand over his enemies? Xi has been conducting a personnel reshuf...

Hong Kong: Socialist Action is a growing force

Success in recruiting migrants, women and youth in 2017 Dikang, Socialist Action Socialist Action is a growing force. While we are not a large organisation – yet – we are having a bigger impact and doing our part in laying the ground for a powe...

Snowden refugees face new setback in Hong Kong

Heroes who sheltered the American whistle-blower have become victims of Hong Kong’s racist asylum regime Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) A group of seven Hong Kong refugees, known worldwide due to their connection to US whistle-...

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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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