Philip Locker and Tom Crean are members of Socialist Alternative in the US. People in the US and around the world awoke today to one of the most shocking political upsets in living memory with the election of Donald Trump as president. It was the culmination of an election cycle when ordinary Americans rose up […]
Continue ReadingHannah Sell is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales). Now let’s finish the job Jeremy Corbyn appears to be on course to be re-elected as Labour leader in September. But the bitter right-wing struggle against him shows there can be no compromise with the representatives of capitalism in the Labour […]
Continue ReadingKshama Sawant is a Seattle City Councilmember and a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Since the June 7 California primary, the historic upheaval that coalesced around Bernie Sanders’ campaign has continued to defy the demands of the political establishment, but has also increasingly turned into a search for the way forward. After a powerful, […]
Continue ReadingAndré Ferrari is a member of Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (CWI in Brazil). The impeachment process and historic crisis of the PT (Workers’ Party) By André Ferrari, LSR (‘Freedom, Socialism and Revolution’ – CWI Brazil) A new stage in the class struggle has opened in Brazil. The country is living through the deepest economic and […]
Continue ReadingThe EU referendum has brought into the open stark divisions within the Tory party, raising the real prospect of a split. This crisis of capitalist political representation is being played out as the fate of the Corbyn insurgency within the Labour Party is still unresolved. In extracts from a statement discussed at the Socialist Party’s […]
Continue ReadingTony Saunois is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Bernie Sanders campaign – an opportunity to build a new party of the 99% The US Presidential election campaign represents a turning point in US society and the struggles of the working class, the middle class, young people and all those exploited by […]
Continue ReadingCillian Gillespie and Ruth Coppinger (Member of Isrish Parliament) are members of the Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland). Political crisis looms Here we publish an article posted originally on the Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) website, following our party’s successful campaign which saw 3 CWI members – Paul Murphy, Ruth Coppinger and Mick Barry – […]
Continue ReadingPaul Murphy is a member of Irish Parliament and the Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland). The election of the Syriza government in February 2015 was greeted with enthusiastic support by working class people in Greece and across Europe, only to turn into bitter disappointment after its capitulation to the Troika in July. As inequality and […]
Continue Reading#OutsourcingMustFall campaign becomes point of reference for the working class Across South Africa protests and strikes by workers and students are continuing across the higher education sector. Protests at the University of the Free State (UFS) grabbed headlines on Monday night when protesting black workers and black students were attacked by white rugby supporters at […]
Continue ReadingDanny Byrne is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Reprinted from the February 2016 issue of Socialism Today. December’s elections broke the hold of the two main capitalist parties for the first time since the Franco dictatorship. The high vote for representatives of workers’ and social movements, and the recovery of the […]
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