China
Zhou Yongkang: Has Xi caught a ‘tiger’?
Politically explosive investigation of former security czar marks a new phase of internal power struggle
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
According to international media reports, including articles by Reuters and The New York Times, former Polit...
China
Cameron ‘kowtows’ to Chinese dictatorship
Western capitalist leaders put business before lofty ‘principles’
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
David Cameron, like many other Western leaders visiting China, abandoned any pretence of defending ‘democracy’ or ‘human rights’ in order to secure...
International
South Africa: Mandela’s legacy
Heroically leading ANC to power but struggle tragically into dead end
Weizmann Hamilton and Thamsanqa Dumezweni, DSM (CWI South Africa)
The Democratic Socialist Movement offers condolences to the Mandela family and all those in South Africa and...
International
Venezuela: a deepening crisis
The Venezuelan economy faces runaway inflation, speculation and severe food shortages. At the same time, capitalist forces are increasingly emboldened by the growing divisions in the government.
Johan Rivas, Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI Venezuel...
China
China’s anti-corruption campaign leads to fewer prosecutions
Xi Jinping’s pledge to catch ‘tigers’ as well as ‘flies’ fails to live up to the media hype
Tommy Zheng, chinaworker.info
Statistics just released from the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP), which oversees criminal investigations and prosecu...
International
US: Victory for socialist in Seattle!
“Earth-shattering consequences” in the US and internationally
An interview with Kshama Sawant. Sarah Wrack, from The Socialist (weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party, England & Wales)
The evening of 15 November will go down as marking an ...
China
China’s Third Plenum: More market, more dictatorship
Xi Jinping’s shift from dictatorship-by-committee to new ‘paramount leader’ is a high-risk strategy
Editorial statement from chinaworker.info
“More market, less freedom, and much more power to Xi Jinping” – this was the verdict of Beijing-based...
China
Family of China’s ex-premier Wen Jiabao in new financial scandal
China’s censors block more overseas websites to limit fallout from “JPMorgan affair”
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
The family of China’s ex-premier Wen Jiabao is once again the focus of a financial scandal – this time concerning fat payouts fr...
International
Philippines: Typhoon Haiyan destruction aggravated by capitalism
Thousands killed and 11 million affected by the strongest storm ever
Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong)
Typhoon Haiyan (‘Yolanda’ in the Philippines) has caused destruction on a massive scale. This storm was three times more powerful t...
International
Socialist Alternative election campaigns create shock waves
Strongest showing by socialists in decades - Opportunities for working-class politics must be seized
Bryan Koulouris, Socialist Alternative
Two Socialist Alternative candidates sent historic shock waves through the United States on 6 November. ...
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“China’s rise” – an outdated view
New Cold War: Capitalist East and West are both in decline
Editorial, issue 75 of Socialist magazine (China magazine published by ISA in China, Hong ...
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