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Socialism and national rights

Peter Taaffe is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales). Ukraine, Israel/Palestine and other countries  The bloody conflict in Ukraine, alongside the slaughter of the Palestinian people in Gaza, has brought the issue of the ‘national question’ once more forcefully onto the political agenda. How can we open a road to […]

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War on Gaza

Shahar Ben Horin is a member of Socialist Struggle Movement (ISA in Israel-Palestine). Mass action needed to stop bloodshed Whole families burnt alive. Parents with children. Shajaiya neighbourhood in Gaza is complete rubble. Over 1,100 Palestinians’ lives have ended since 8 July, as ruthless inferno has rained down on this besieged, impoverished, and highly populated […]

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China: The great slowdown

Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. Signs that the mammoth property bubble is finally bursting belie Beijing’s upbeat GDP data On July 16 the Chinese government released its GDP figures for the second quarter, causing global financial markets to heave a collective sigh of relief as 7.5 percent growth was announced. This figure (Beijing’s […]

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World War One: 100 years since the great slaughter

Tony Saunois is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Ten million killed and more than ten million seriously injured The first world war began 100 years ago, unleashing slaughter on an unprecedented scale. This anniversary has featured prominently in the capitalist media. Most fail, however, to explain why millions of working-class people […]

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Confrontation between workers and police at a 1934 Minneapolis strike

Revolutionary Teamsters

Alan Jones and Ty Moore are members of Socialist Alternative in the US. Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the 1934 Minneapolis Strikes This year marks the 80th anniversary of one of the greatest labor revolts in U.S. history: the strikes of the Minneapolis Teamsters in 1934. Led by socialists, this historic strike opened an era […]

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Argentina: Return to turmoil

Danny Byrne is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Debt crisis is back – the class struggle and tasks for the Left Over a decade has passed since the Argentinian financial crash of 2000-2002, which led to one of history’s biggest sovereign defaults. The dominant narrative has it that the ensuing period […]

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World capitalism fails working people

Kevin Parslow is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales). “Capitalism has no solution to the crisis of its system – that is official. The OECD, one of the main economic agencies of capitalism, confirms this in its latest report on prospects for the next 45 years.” Peter Taaffe’s introduction to […]

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