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Reject the bosses’ EU! For a Europe of working people - a voluntary socialist federation Sascha Stanicic, Sozialistische Alternative (CWI in Germany) Not for a long time has an event caused such controversial and, in parts, emotionally charged ...

Fierce clashes as protesters defy crackdown on China’s “democracy village” chinaworker.info reporters Wukan in southern China is described as a “war zone” after up to 1,000 heavily armed police descended on the village this week, raiding houses...

Snowden went underground with refugees in Hong Kong including Socialist Action member Vanessa Pasha, Socialist Action (CWI) in Hong Kong Heroic generosity by Hong Kong refugees, women and men who are viciously discriminated and smeared as ‘...

Legco elections see record turnout and big swing towards ‘radical’ newcomers Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI) in Hong Kong Voters in the Legco (Legislative Council) elections held on 4 September – widely seen as the most important since the 1997 ...

Can government statistics be trusted? Pete Dickinson, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) Earlier this year the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics announced that coal consumption in the country fell for the second year running.This ...

Support Jill Stein Joshua Koritz, Socialist Alternative, USA Fueled by anger at massive inequality and a “recovery” that leaves the 99% behind, Bernie Sanders showed that it is possible to run a nationally viable campaign without taking corpora...

Report on Australia’s offshore camps answers the lies of Hong Kong’s racist politicians David Hundorf, Socialist Action There is extreme abuse in Australia’s privately run offshore refugee camps, especially on the Pacific island nation of Nauru...

Political motives behind ‘David versus Goliath’ trial Socialist Action reporters (CWI in Hong Kong) CWI member Sally Tang Mei-ching will appear in court on 1 September in a case brought by the MTR, Hong Kong’s seventh largest corporation by mar...

A short history of the Olympics: Rather than the Olympic movement’s self-professed ideals of ‘internationalism’ and ‘fair play’, the Games are about two at first sight contradictory forces: nationalistic flag-waving and capitalist globalisation Vi...

Chinese methods against Marxists copied by Belgian authorities CWI reporters At this moment there is an international summer school organized by the Active Left Students in Leuven, Belgium. Socialists from all over Europe and from outside Europ...