Committee for a workers' International

Italy 1920: When workers seized the factories

September marks the 90th anniversary of a mass movement of factory occupations in Italy which put the continuation of capitalism in question. Yet the September movement failed to overthrow the capitalists’ rule and its demise paved the way for the rise of fascism.

Turkey: 12 September 2010 - 30th anniversary of the military coup

For the Turkish and Kurdish working class and the left, September 12 is above all a day of remembrance of one of the heaviest blows against the workers in recent history.

History: 70th anniversary of the assasination of Leon Trotsky

Coming mass revolts will see workers and youth look to Trotsky’s ideas

Review: The Tragedy of the Chinese Revolution by Harold Isaacs

The Chinese revolution of 1925-27 represented one of the most gigantic and splendid movements in human history.

History: The great anti-poll tax victory

History: Thatcher's enemy within - 25 years after the end of the miners' strike

1984-85 miners’ strike: Most of Britain’s 180,000 miners had been on strike to save their pits, their communities and trade unionism.

Women's day 2010: Still fighting for equality

100 years of International Women’s Day

Women's day 2010: The history of International Women's Day

In 1910 Clara Zetkin, a German Marxist, proposed that the second Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen organise an International Working Women’s Day.