Zimbabwe’s Crisis Deepens: Mass protests and brutal repression

Leonard Chiwoniso Mhute and Sodindwa Malandelilanga are members of CWI Zimbabwe. On 16 August, the regime in Zimbabwe brutally attacked street demonstrations against the country’s seemingly endless economic and political crisis. The ruling elite fears a protest revolt such as in Sudan, having clearly seen the strength of the masses in action in the three […]

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World Economic Crisis

This resolution was unanimously agreed at August meeting of CWI’s International Executive Committee. We are rapidly approaching a decisive turning point in world relations with a slowdown in the world economy increasingly pointing towards a deeper downturn, including the possibility of a 2008-9 type financial crash. Such a development would find capitalism far less prepared […]

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Socialist Alternative councilwoman Kshama Sawant leads a protest march in Seattle, WA

Seattle and the Socialist Surge in the U.S.

Ty Moore is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Seattle’s Socialist City Councilmember, Kshama Sawant, is in the midst of a major fight for re-election. U.S. elections are long and expensive compared to most of the world. Seattle city elections are in two parts: a primary that runs through August 6 and then […]

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Canada: Looking Ahead

This article is from the document on Canada agreed unanimously at Socialist Alternative’s recent conference. SNC-Lavalin has dominated Federal politics this year. While the media has concentrated on the claimed undermining of the attorney general’s independence, it reveals the normal workings of government, constantly acting to support big business. In return, big business gives generously […]

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Charting Japan’s decline

Robin Clapp is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales). Still the world’s third largest economy in total GDP terms, Japan is stagnating – hit by prolonged economic stagnation, political inertia and rising social alienation. Peak Japan: the end of great ambitions, Brad Glosserman, 2019reviews a comprehensive guide to Japan’s rise […]

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