Hundreds gather to witness socialist’s historic inauguration Below we publish the text of today’s speech by Kshama Sawant, newly elected Seattle city councillor from Socialist Alternative (CWI in USA). A video of the speech can be see here (starting 29 minutes in). My brothers and sisters, Thank you for your presence here today. This city […]
Continue ReadingThis Sunday’s demonstration in Kärrtorp, south Stockholm, was the largest anti-racist demonstration ever in Sweden. 20,000 gathered at the sports ground in response to a recent attack from armed Nazis. During November, a violent Nazi organization (Swedish Resistance Movement, SMR) increased their activity in the area. Swastikas were painted everywhere, several immigrants were assaulted and […]
Continue ReadingNational Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) decides to cut ties with the ANC In what will go down in history as the most important trade union congress since the founding of Cosatu in 1985 delegates at the special congress of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa have taken the bold and historic decision to […]
Continue ReadingWeizmann Hamilton and Tinovimbanashe Gwenyaya are members of the Workers’ and Socialist Party (CWI in South Africa). Heroically leading ANC to power but struggle tragically into dead end The Democratic Socialist Movement offers condolences to the Mandela family and all those in South Africa and internationally who are mourning the passing of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. […]
Continue ReadingAn interview with Kshama Sawant from The Socialist (weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party, England & Wales). The evening of 15 November will go down as marking an historic step in re-building a socialist movement in the US, the world’s leading capitalist nation. Kshama Sawant, candidate of Socialist Alternative (co-thinkers of the CWI in the […]
Continue ReadingNicolas Croes is a member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). “It is already 10 past midnight” On Friday the 15th of November, 700 Belgian activists boarded a train to Warsaw specially chartered by “Climat et Justice Sociale” (Climate and Social Justice) to join a demonstration on the margins […]
Continue ReadingHassan Taiwo Soweta is National Youth Leader, SPN. Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) holds inaugural convention “Today we are beginning a new chapter in the history of Nigeria; a chapter that will be dominated by the political struggle of the working masses to take power and begin to take control of the destiny of this […]
Continue ReadingTu Senan is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. With the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) taking place from 10 to 17 November all eyes are on Sri Lanka With the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) taking place from 10 to 17 November all eyes are on Sri Lanka. In […]
Continue ReadingDikang is a member of Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong). Thousands killed and 11 million affected by strongest storm ever Typhoon Haiyan (‘Yolanda’ in the Philippines) has caused destruction on a massive scale. This storm was three times more powerful than Hurricane Katrina, which killed 1,400 people in the United States in 2005. Winds […]
Continue ReadingAngel Morano is a member of Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain). Debate centres on question of EU following massive human chain in favour of independence on 11 September On 11 September (la Diada, Catalan national holiday), up to 1.6 million Catalans took part in a massive human chain from one end of Catalonia to the […]
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