World relations: Open splits at G7 jamboree

Robert Bechert is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. G7 failure, penalty tariffs reflect capitalist world disorder Trump’s claims of success after his Singapore meeting with Kim Jong-un were in complete contrast to the downbeat mood amongst most of the other leaders who had been with him at the preceding G7 summit […]

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China: Trump’s trade war draws closer

Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. The world has moved closer to a trade war on multiple fronts as Trump’s administration rolls out its aggressive ‘America First’ trade policies, taking aim at both close US allies and major rivals. On 1 June, the US implemented its long threatened tariffs of 25 percent on steel […]

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Tax Amazon Movement Wins in Seattle!

Keely Mullen and Calvin Priest are members of Socialist Alternative in the US. On May 14, the Seattle City Council passed a historic tax on Amazon and other big corporations to fund permanently affordable, publicly owned housing. The driving force behind this victory was the strength of our #TaxAmazon movement. Under the leadership of housing […]

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Students protesting in Paris 1968

1968: year of revolution

Peter Taaffe is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales). Factory and university occupations in France. US civil rights and rage at the Vietnam war. Upheavals in Italy, Pakistan and Northern Ireland. Revolt in Stalinist Czechoslovakia. Repression in Mexico. Events in 1968 sent shockwaves around the world. Some years stand out […]

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US: Teacher Revolt Shakes the Establishment

Alan Jones is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Militant strikes and mass demonstrations of tens of thousands of teachers, students and community supporters have spread like a wildfire across the states of West Virginia, Kentucky, Arizona, and Oklahoma since the end of February in the U.S. Other teacher actions, demonstrations, and one-day […]

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