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COVID-19: Capitalism Driving Africa Into the Abyss

April 14, 2020 Serge Jordan

Serge Jordan is a member of International Socialist Alternative. Capitalism and Imperialism in the dock The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the profound social inequalities prevailing under modern capitalism. Nowhere more than in Africa. The Global Health Security (GHS) Index is a measured assessment of 195 countries’ capacity and readiness to face outbreaks […]

Afghanistan: 18 years of war – still far from peace

September 19, 2019 Per Olsson

Per Olsson is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden). After nearly 18 years of devastating war in Afghanistan, the US government has concluded a preliminary settlement with the Taliban which, as a first step, will mean sending home 5,400 US soldiers within 135 days. In exchange, the Taliban is said to have promised […]

China: ‘Belt and Road’ – Imperialism with Chinese characteristics

February 26, 2018 Vincent Kolo

Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. The Chinese dictatorship’s massive infrastructure plan is the spearhead for its whole economic and geopolitical strategy. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has assumed increasing importance for the regime of China’s ‘strongman’ Xi Jinping. The BRI, also known as OBOR (One Belt One Road), is “the world’s biggest […]

Venezuela: Imperialist offensive sharpens following Assembly elections

August 4, 2017 Socialismo Revolucionario, Izquierda Revolucionaria (CWI in Venezuela)

Only the working class taking power from capitalists and bureaucrats can defeat reaction On 30 July elections were held to elect members of the “National Constituent Assembly” (ANC). In the days prior to the election, US imperialism and the MUD (the coalition which unites the right and far-right in Venezuela) backed a campaign of threats […]

Iraq: Only united action can stop sectarian war

August 20, 2014 Robert Bechert

Robert Bechert is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Iraqis and Kurds must not trust imperialist ‘helpers’ Millions of working people around the world have been shocked at the rapid advance of the extreme religious fundamentalists of ‘Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIS) who have now proclaimed the foundation of […]

Iraq: Oil war’s bloody legacy

June 18, 2014 Judy Beishon

Judy Beishon is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales). Escalating sectarian conflict threatens to draw in surrounding countries At the time of Bush and Blair’s catastrophic and criminal invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Socialist Party and Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) warned it could lead to the break-up […]