History & Anniversaries Archives

100 years since Titanic tragedy: Prestige and profits still put before safety

April 15, 2012 Nick Chaffey and Perry McMillan, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk">Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)</a>, first published in the Socialist

Sinking of the Titanic on 15 April 1912, with the loss of over 1,500 lives, remains one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building alternative socialist […]

Paris commune 1871: When workers “stormed heaven”

March 18, 2012 Niall Mulholland, CWI

Heroic few weeks when working class took power Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building alternative socialist media Socialistworld.net provides a unique analysis and perspective of world events. Socialistworld.net also plays a […]

Bangladesh: The birth of Bangladesh

December 26, 2011 Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan, first published in <a href="http://www.socialismtoday.org/">Socialism Today</a>

Forty years ago, Bangladesh became an independent state, breaking away from Pakistan. Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building alternative socialist media Socialistworld.net provides a unique analysis and perspective of world events. […]

US: “Sound before the fury of the oppressed”!

September 17, 2011 Eljeer Hawkins, Socialist Alternative, Harlem, New York

40th anniversary of Attica Prison Uprising Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building alternative socialist media Socialistworld.net provides a unique analysis and perspective of world events. Socialistworld.net also plays a crucial role […]

Britain 1931: Coalition, cutbacks and crisis

September 15, 2011 Hannah Sell, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales), first published in Socialism Today

While no historical period is identical with Britain now, the tumultuous events that shook the country 80 years ago – combining the great depression, a ‘grand coalition’ government wielding the axe, and a damaging currency […]

Chile: The other ‘9/11′

September 10, 2011 Tony Saunois, CWI

1973 bloody coup against Popular Unity government – Lessons for today Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building alternative socialist media Socialistworld.net provides a unique analysis and perspective of world events. Socialistworld.net […]

US: 75th anniversary of 1936 auto sit down strikes

August 21, 2011 By John Gallup, Seattle, <a href="http://www.socialistalternative.org">Socialist Alternative (CWI supporters in the US)</a>

When workers shut down GM Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building alternative socialist media Socialistworld.net provides a unique analysis and perspective of world events. Socialistworld.net also plays a crucial role in […]

20 years on: Attempted putsch in the Soviet Union

August 20, 2011 Clare Doyle, International Secretariat of the CWI

Attempted Stalinist counter-revolution speeds up capitalist counter-revolution Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building alternative socialist media Socialistworld.net provides a unique analysis and perspective of world events. Socialistworld.net also plays a crucial […]

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention – Book Review

July 20, 2011 Eljeer Hawkins, Harlem, New York, Socialist Alternative (CWI supporters in the US)

In the hearts and minds of workers particularly black workers, the poor, and youth across the world, Malcolm X remains an icon of revolutionary spirit and commitment to justice, freedom, and liberty for the most […]

Paris commune 1871: When workers “stormed heaven”

May 9, 2011 Niall Mulholland, CWI

140th anniversary – Heroic few weeks when working class took power Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building alternative socialist media Socialistworld.net provides a unique analysis and perspective of world events. Socialistworld.net […]