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Hong Kong: Thousands again hit the streets for democracy

Right-wing pan democrats floating new “compromise” proposals Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI) in Hong Kong The demonstration on Sunday 1 February from Hong Kong’s Victoria Park was the first mass mobilisation since the epic Umbrella Revolution. T...

Greece: Syriza comes to power as old ruling parties collapse

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...

Britain endorses Hong Kong’s fake election plan

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...

Greece: Towards a Syriza government?

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...

China’s GDP slowest since 1990

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...

France: Mass struggle needed to resist terrorism and racism

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...

France: Millions march for solidarity

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 ...

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...

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Can ‘future industries’ lead China’s economy out of crisis?  

Zhu Gong, chinaworker.info 2026 marks the opening year of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030). During the ‘Two Sessions’ (parallel NPC and...

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