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North Korea: Nuclear stand-off – dangerous escalation of Washington and Pyongyang conflict

September 11, 2017Niall Mulholland

Niall Mulholland is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The North Korean bomb test on 3 September, the most powerful yet, and the bellicose reaction of the US, underlines the volatile and dangerous situation in the peninsula and entire region. The huge blast in the north of the country was felt in […]

Russian Revolution: May and June 1917

June 19, 2017Niall Mulholland

Niall Mulholland is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. May and June: Provisional Government weak but revolutionary movement not yet able to take power The situation is one of dual power: the weakness of the Provisional Government is becoming increasingly clear; the revolutionary movement not yet able to take control. Right-wing social […]

Russian Revolution: January 1917 – On the eve of revolution

January 20, 2017Niall Mulholland

Niall Mulholland is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The month of January 1917 began with more setbacks for the Russian army, as the great imperialist slaughter or World War One drew closer to an end. On the Romanian front troops retreated. Morale in the Russian army was extremely low. One and […]

When Khrushchev Denounced Stalin

April 6, 2016Niall Mulholland

Niall Mulholland is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Sixty years ago Nikita Khrushchev stunned Communist Party members around the world with a speech attacking Stalin, the then recently deceased dictator deified as the Soviet Union’s ‘great leader’. It sparked revolt against the rotten regimes in Russia and eastern Europe. Ultimately, it […]

Greece: Mass abstention dominates general election

September 24, 2015Niall Mulholland

Niall Mulholland (CWI) spoke to Andreas Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI Greece). Mass socialist alternative needs to be built On 20 September, Syriza (Coalition of the Radical Left) was returned to power in a snap general election and is set to share power again with the right-wing Independent Greeks. Syriza’s leader, Alexis Tsipras, claims he has a […]

Iraq: Isis jihadists capture more territory

July 9, 2014Niall Mulholland

Niall Mulholland is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Only organized, united working class can end war and social misery 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 jihadist force has seized a border […]

Ukraine: Crimea breaks away to join Russia

March 22, 2014Niall Mulholland

Niall Mulholland is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Tensions between powers worsen Crimea’s 16 March referendum saw an overwhelming majority vote in favour of joining Russia. According to the claimed official result, 96.77% voted ‘for’ integration and turnout was 83.1%. Tens of thousands celebrated in Simferopol, the capital of Crimea. On […]

Ukraine: Yanukovich deposed

February 27, 2014Niall Mulholland

Niall Mulholland is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Pro-western, right wing regime consolidates power The latest developments in the Ukraine saw the dramatic overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovich and his flight from Kiev. Mass discontent at grinding poverty and a corrupt, brutal regime finally erupted into a revolt in Kiev and […]