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Left parties fail to form government – Syriza goes into coalition with populist right Independent Greeks Interview with Andros Payiatsos from Xekinima (CWI Greece) What is the importance of the Greek election results? We can describe the res...

Former colonial power kowtows to Beijing’s economic muscle Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info After last autumn’s ‘youthquake’ in the shape of the Umbrella Revolution there are few people on the planet who do not know that Hong Kong’s so-called ‘de...

General elections on 25 January Interview with Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI in Greece) At the end of last year a constitutional crisis arose in austerity-ridden Greece with the failure to elect a president. This triggered an early general el...

The Chinese economy has decelerated by 30 percent in the past five years chinaworker.info reporters The release this week of official 2014 GDP data confirmed expectations that China’s economy recorded its slowest pace in 24 years. Most economic...

Statement distributed by Gauche Revolutionnaire (CWI in France) on 10-11 January demonstrations throughout France No restriction on freedom of expression ! We must not let ourselves be divided ! No to racism ! No unity with Valls-Merkel-Rajo...

Unity against racism and capitalism! Gauche Revolutionnaire (CWI in France) Nearly four million people marched in the streets of France on the weekend of 10-11 January to express their disgust and their grief against the attacks in Paris which ...

A fighting democratic movement must be created to continue and build upon this historic “first round”  Editorial from Socialist magazine《社會主義者》issue 30 (Jan-Feb 2015) After almost three months that transformed the outlook of hundreds of thousan...

China’s economic slowdown already being felt throughout world economy Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info “The most important number in the world, for the past 30 years and next five years, is China’s growth rate,” declared BBC Economics Editor Robe...

Taiwan’s ‘Sunflower Movement’ and democracy protests in Hong Kong fuel massive rejection of ruling party Vincent Kolo and CWI Taiwan reporters The term “political earthquake” has been widely used to describe Taiwan’s mayoral and local elections...

From Ferguson to Staten Island Eljeer Hawkins, Socialist Alternative A Staten Island, New York, grand jury announced last week that it will not indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo for the illegal chokehold death of father of six and Staten Is...