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Hong Kong: A socialist election campaign

Socialist Action’s 2011 District Council election campaign resulted in new recruits, experience and publicity for a socialist alternative Dikang, Socialist Action We republish this article from 29 November 2011 about that year’s District Counci...

Britain: What lies behind UKIP?

Its Tory-oriented anti-immigration, anti-EU rhetoric has been adapted to a right-wing populism aimed at winning voters fed up with the political establishment Hannah Sell, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) The UK Independence Party (...

Demand release of arrested Chinese women activists

Has the commemoration of International Women’s Day also now been outlawed in China? Sally Tang Mei-Ching, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) The Chinese dictatorship celebrated International Women’s Day by arresting women activists, a move tha...

Following the Palestinian national football team – “more than a game”

Palestine’s team does not even have a national stadium – It’s twice been reduced to rubble by the Israeli army J M Roy, Socialist Action (CWI Hong Kong) Following the Palestine National Football Team around the country in a major tournament mig...

Is ‘Podemos’ the Spanish Syriza?

Dangers of “moderation” and domestication Danny Byrne, CWI Greece’s election of a Syriza-led government has encouraged anti-austerity Left forces throughout crisis-ravaged Europe and beyond. Nowhere is this more the case then in Spain, where a ...

China’s NPC meets with the super-rich in the spotlight

More than a third of China’s top 100 billionaires sit in the national ‘parliament’ David Hundorf, chinaworker.info China’s ornamental ‘parliament’ the National People’s Congress (NPC) opens its annual session on Thursday in Beijing. The meeting...

Fight discrimination and violence against women

International Women’s Day leaflet from Socialist Action (CWI supporters) in Hong Kong Fight against discrimination and violence against women For equal pay and strong public services Socialist Action will join thousands of others fighting fo...

International Women’s Day in Hong Kong

Women of different nationalities are out on the streets protesting for women’s rights. Socialist Action reporters International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on 8 March, is a day to commemorate the struggle of women for their rights. ...

China: Capitalism is pushing back women’s rights

Wage gap has widened and sex discrimination in the job market is rampant Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info China Central Television’s gala to celebrate the Lunar New Year is reportedly the most watched television programme in the world. It is broa...

Hong Kong: Another pro-rich budget

The Hong Kong government is hoarding cash for an eventual bailout of bankers and speculators as financial storms gather in mainland China Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) There was a strong sense of déjà vu about the budget presented...

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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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