Turkey – Attempted coup failed

No to military rule, no to Erdogan’s rule! For a workers’ alternative!  Sosyalist Alternatif (CWI in Turkey)  On the night of 15th July, a section of middle-ranking generals, ex-generals and colonels of the Turkish army tried to seize power by military means and overthrow the AKP government and President Erdogan. At the time of the attempted […]

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Syria: The accelerating catastrophe

Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden). Will there be ’Geneva II’ negotiations? The western imperialist powers have changed their current focus on Syria from war to negotiations. The aim now is to convene a Geneva II conference before the end of the year. On the ground in Syria, fighting and […]

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Turkey: “Warlike violence” to crush the movement

Kai Stein is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International.  New layer of workers, youth and poor has entered the scene with the promise: “This is just the beginning – the struggle continues”  “Warlike violence” – that’s how ‘Taksim Solidarity’ the committee coordinating 127 groups in protest against Turkey’s prime minister Erdogan described […]

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