Ruth Coppinger elected to the Irish parliament
Socialistworld.net and staff reporters
The Socialist Party (CWI) in Ireland has won a significant success with the election of Ruth Coppinger in a by-election to the Dáil, the Irish parliament. Rut...
Interview with CWI secretary, Tony Saunois
This article first appeared in sozialismus.info, the theoretical magazine of the CWI in Germany (Sozialistische Alternative).
This year is the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Committee for a Wo...
The ANC victory, WASP and the EFF.
By Weizman Hamilton, General Secretary of WASP
The African National Congress has been re-elected with 62% of the vote. This represents a marginal decline with the shedding of a few hundred thousand votes i...
Massive police repression after thousands march against waste plant in Zhejiang province
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
In March, to great fan fare, Premier Li Keqiang promised to launch a “war on pollution.” But after this weekend’s chaotic an...
NGO activist seized during Dongguan shoe workers’ mass strike • To fight for unpaid social insurance contributions is not a crime!
Socialist Action reporters in Hong Kong
Protesters gathered outside the Central Government’s Liaison Office in Ho...
What’s behind the growing support for Maoism and other left ideas among young people?
chinaworker.info reporters
There has been a resurgence of left ideologies in China in recent years, despite the regime’s periodic crackdowns on left websites ...
Pending case against former security czar Zhou Yongkang risks dangerous splits in CCP
Editorial from Socialist《社会主义者》magazine (issue 26)
As Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign gathers momentum it is clear the power struggle within China’s rul...
Lin Dong was arrested on 22 April for supporting Dongguan’s massive Yue Yuen strike
chinaworker.info
HONG KONG: Members of Socialist Action (CWI) and LSD legislator ‘Long Hair’ Leung Kwok-hung protested at Adidas, Nike and Timberland stores in ...
Beijing finds sports shoe manufacturer guilty of “wrongdoing” while local government, police and company bosses coordinate a crackdown
chinworker.info reporters
It is one of the biggest strikes in China for decades and has attracted internation...
Echoes of ‘sunflower movement’ as thousands stage ‘occupy’ protests in Taipei
CWI Taiwan reporters
There seems to be no respite for Taiwan’s beleaguered president Ma Ying-jeou. Tens of thousands of people took part in a two-day protest in Taipe...
