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Hong Kong politics transformed by ‘Umbrella Revolution’

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: Hard landing in 2015?

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: Kuomintang’s landslide election defeat redraws the political map

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...

US: An Uprising Against Police Violence

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...

Philippines ‘economic miracle’ – a neo-liberal nightmare for the masses

Forced evictions, poverty wages and repression is the reality for millions By a CWI correspondent in Philippines There is a lot of hype about a Philippines ‘economic miracle’ and high GDP growth rates during the current Benigno Aquino presidenc...

Middle East: Repel Islamic State and imperialism

For democratic workers’ defence and Kurdish self-determination Paula Mitchell (edited version of an article in this week’s Socialist,paper of the Socialist Party – CWI England & Wales) The plight of Kurds and others living in Kobane, in the...

Vital lessons of Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella Revolution’

Mass struggle needs genuine internal democracy and a fighting working class programme to defeat the CCP dictatorship chinaworker.info The epic ‘Umbrella Revolution’ has raged for seven weeks, now holding out for longer even than the historic Ti...

Scotland: The independence referendum and the struggle against capitalism

Lessons for the workers' movement internationally The independence referendum in Scotland on September 18 became a mass electoral revolt against the austerity policies of British capitalism and the right-wing Cameron government. The Committee for ...

Ireland: Byelection triumph marks turning point in anti-austerity struggle

Paul Murphy wins parliamentary seat as 100,000 march against water charges Eddie McCabe, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) 12 October 2014 will be a day that’s remembered for years to come in Ireland. An estimated 100,000 marched in Dublin again...

Britain: 100,000 attend TUC’s pay rise demo

Calls for local government strike action to be reinstated Socialist Party Reporters, London Trade union contingents from all the major unions - and smaller ones - lined up along the Embankment, in central London, to march as part of the TUC’s 1...

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Middle East: A Regional War Spiralling Out of Control

Danny Byrne, ISA International Political Committee (This article was first published on 4 March 2026) The working class must enter the stage, against...

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