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Hong Kong refugee protest camp going strong after 120 days Socialist Action member Nate Norman interviewed Nino Ibrahim from Togo who has been a refugee in Hong Kong for over 9 years. How long have you been living in Hong Kong? Next Febr...

Only organised, united working class can end war and social misery Niall Mulholland, CWI The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) continues to make territorial gains, controlling much of western Iraq along the border with Syria. The Sunni ...

Battle-lines hardening as masses push for democracy while government steps up repression Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info This year’s ‘7.1’ (July 1) anti-government demonstration in Hong Kong was massive, one of the biggest protests in East Asia ...

How Socialists Built a Winning Movement Socialist Alternative Seattle is the first major city to pass a $15/hr minimum wage. 100,000 workers will be lifted out of poverty, and millions will be inspired all over the country and around the world....

17 years since the handover the city’s wealth gap wider than ever Dave Hundorf Teng is 78 years old and collects waste paper, which she has being doing for the past 14 years. For her hard labour, amid choking fumes in one of Mong Kok’s busiest ...

1989 massacre apologists accuse Socialist Action (CWI) and radical legislator ‘Long Hair’ of ‘violence’ Dikang, Socialist Action in Hong Kong The pro-Beijing newspaper, Ta Kung Pao, ran a front-page attack on pro-democracy legislator Leung Kwok-h...

Against corruption, wasteful spending and police brutality Dave Hundorf, chinaworker.info On Friday 13 June supporters of Socialist Action (CWI) in Hong Kong protested at the city’s Brazilian consulate. The protest was one of many around the wo...

Gains for the far right but some successes for genuine Left Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist Party (CWI in England and Wales) The long-predicted ’earthquake’ - the electoral "triumph" of the far right and their allies - took pla...

Socialist Party wins a second TD and Anti Austerity Alliance 14 councillors Danny Byrne, CWI Ireland was no exception to the general rejection of pro-austerity governments in the European elections. Three sets of elections took place on 23 May:...

180,000 attend ‘6.4’ anniversary protest • Rival protest events show political polarisation Nate Norman and Jaco Lam, Socialist Action (CWI Hong Kong) On the 25th anniversary of the Beijing massacre, Hong Kong’s candlelight vigil commemorating ...