Popular Front’s alliance with ‘Nidaa Tounes’ provokes big turmoil on the left
Serge Jordan, CWI
In the aftermath of the cold murder of the left Nasserite leader Mohamed Brahmi on 25 July, a cascade of mass protests shook every corner of Tunisia...
Regime risks internal earthquake, as power struggle sharpens
Sally Tang Mei-Ching and Vincent Kolo
The outcome of the five-day trial of former top Chinese politician Bo Xilai in August wasn’t what Chinese leaders intended – in that it further e...
Shi Tao’s case exposes multinational IT-companies’ cooperation with Chinese regime
chinaworker.info
China has released jailed poet and author Shi Tao, who was imprisoned in 2005 based on information provided by US internet giant Yahoo. The case...
New leaders facing economic and political crisis
Pasha, Socialist Action (CWI Hong Kong)
China has entered a period of crisis. Even its leaders recognise this. The new president, Xi Jinping, admitted that the current crisis could threaten the C...
Increasing sectarianism threatens revolution’s future - Workers’ independent action urgently needed
Robert Bechert, CWI
Millions across the world, and especially in the Middle East, have been shocked by the killing of hundreds of mainly unarmed...
Capitalist ‘free trade’ deals mean lower wages and job insecurity on both sides of the Strait
James Langdon, CWI Taiwan
Taiwan and China have signed a services trade agreement, opening up various industries to cross-strait investment. Like 2010...
Workers, Communities and trade unionists unify their struggle
Meschak Komani, first published by WASP
On Wednesday August 3rd the Sefateng Stadium in Atok was filled with revolutionary worker songs. More than 700 people had come to the stadiu...
United Socialist Party makes election challenge
USP (CWI in Sri Lanka) statement
On the evening of 1 August, government troops opened fire on a peaceful protest against the poisoning of water supplies in Waliweriya, 20 miles north of Sri Lanka’...
Seattle Gives Green Light to Oust Richard Conlin from City Hall
Kshama Sawant Campaign for Seattle City Council / Socialist Alternative (CWI supporters in the US)
Seattle voters sent a clear message to an out-of-touch political establishment ...
Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba and Latin America
Laura Fitzgerald, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland)
Johan Rivas, CWI activist in Venezuela, introduced a discussion on Latin America at this year’s CWI Summer School. He noted the opening of a new perio...
