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An unmistakeable message from Will Hutton’s important book is that China is heading for revolution, although the author merely predicts serious ‘convulsions’. Liked this article? We need your support to improve our work. Please become [...]
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The 300-year anniversary of the Scottish parliament voting itself out of existence by agreeing a union with England in January 1707 passed with very little formal celebration – save the minting of a commemorative £2 [...]
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Protest letters and solidarity messages still needed Liked this article? We need your support to improve our work. Please become a Patron! and support our work
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Delegates at the Sinn Fein Ard Fheis in Dublin on 28 January voted by an overwhelming majority to back a leadership motion to support the police and judicial system in Northern Ireland. Liked this article? [...]
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London lobbies on Wednesday 31 January: Stop the killings! Put Mervyn Silva on trial! Hands off Siritunga Jaysuriya! Liked this article? We need your support to improve our work. Please become a Patron! and support [...]
Biden’s campaign was on track to crash and burn after his debate with Trump. [...]
Britain’s Far-Right Riots – Political Alternative Needed
by Editorial from Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) in Spotlight on Britain
One month after Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party was ‘swept to power’ by a paltry 20% of the electorate – the lowest support base of any government since the introduction of universal male suffrage in 1918 – violent protests and riots, instigated by far-right groups, broke out across the country. [...]
CHINA | China, Mao and the Markets
by Hannah Sell, CWI International Secretariat in Spotlight on China
Originally published in Socialism Today, monthly magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales). ‘Mao [...]
Mpox Exposes Continuing Global Pandemic Vulnerability
by Jon Dale, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) in Public Health
The latest outbreak of mpox virus is exposing once again global vulnerability to new pandemics. This outbreak had been largely ignored by politicians and media in wealthy countries when it remained confined to Africa. Since 2022, 40 874 cases and 1,512 deaths have been reported across fifteen African states. [...]