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The New Cold War heats up

Tom Crean, Socialist Alternative (ISA in the United States) (This article was first published on 29 August 2023) The last few years have seen a sharp rise in geopolitical tension centered on the US and China. This is being widely described as a New...

China’s economy in the grip of ‘Japanification’

Property collapse deepens while concerns rise over slow and limited government intervention Editorial from issue 71 Socialist《社会主义者》magazine, the magazine of ISA in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan China’s economic crisis entered a new more dangero...

How strong is Xi’s alliance with Russia? 

Short-lived Wagner revolt puts China-Russia partnership under spotlight Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info After the short-lived Wagner revolt in Russia on June 24, Xi Jinping’s regime reaffirmed its support for Putin, describing Russia as Ch...

China’s economy: What happened to the rebound?

Guizhou province’s distress signal opens new front in country’s debt meltdown Editorial, issue 70 of Socialist magazine (ISA's magazine in China) China’s economy suffered a disastrous 2022. Xi Jinping, months into his unprecedented third term as ...

Balloon saga intensifies US-China Cold War

On 4 February the US air force shot down a Chinese high-altitude balloon that had passed over its territory and the “balloon crisis” became a fact chinaworker.info reporters This article is translated from the Chinese magazine of ISA The Chinese g...

China: Terrified of more protests, dictatorship targets young women protesters

The CCP is terrified of radicalizing young women Elan Axelbank, Socialist Alternative (ISA in England, Wales and Scotland) (This article was first published on 16 February 2023) The protests triggered by China’s brutal zero-Covid policy late last ...

China: From Zero to Max COVID

Over 1 million could die in coming waves • Unplanned exit from Zero COVID policy reveals a system in deep crisis Editorial from《社会主义者》(Socialist) magazine of ISA in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan As the Chinese New Year approaches, China is again ...

China: The collapse of Xi Jinping’s Zero COVID policy

Sudden chaotic exit from hardline pandemic controls leaves cities grappling with explosive COVID surge Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info In response to a wave of anti-government protests in late November the Chinese dictatorship (CCP) has pivoted abru...

Protests [Mostly] Suppressed In China But Crucially, Continue Outside

Read below for an update on where the movement stands in China, followed by a selection of reports from solidarity demonstrations across the world and ISA’s involvement. Elan Axelbank, Socialist Alternative (ISA in England, Wales & Scotland) In...

Solidarity with mass protests in China

Free the arrested • End Zero Covid • End dictatorship! Leaflet from chinaworker.info for global solidarity demos with China's mass protests The mass protests of November 2022 have changed China. Whatever happens in coming weeks, everybody now knows...

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Stalin’s “Socialism In One Country”—A Century of Disaster

March 11, 2026 Leon Pinsky, Sociaist Alternative (ISA in the US) A century ago, from December 18-31 of 1925, the 14th Congress of the Communist Part...

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