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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. [...]

The Struggle for a Revolutionary Party Today

by Tony Saunois, CWI Secretary in Spotlight on Revolutionary Tactics & Strategy

The protracted crisis of global capitalism which is developing at an increasing speed and tempo accompanies an unprecedented crisis in leadership and, partially, the organisation of the working class. [...]

CWI Summer School 2024

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CWI Summer School Success

At the end of July, the CWI’s five-day European summer school took place in Berlin with over 140 comrades from England & Wales, Ireland, Scotland, the US, France, Austria and Germany. Over five days, political […]

CWI’s Fiftieth Anniversary

NIGERIA | Defend Democratic Rights – High Commission Protest, London, UK

The Long-Term Crisis of Nigerian Capitalism – Lessons for Today

Nigeria

Nigeria’s 2012 Uprising

When Strikes and protests nearly swept a capitalist regime out of power Ten years ago, instead of the festivities that often herald the New Year, Nigerian working people and youth started the year 2012 at […]

Germany | Understanding and Combatting the Rise of the AfD

How can the AfD be stopped?

What do the mass demonstrations against the AfD mean and how can the movement continue? An impressive wave of protests has developed in recent weeks against the strengthening of the AfD (see here). However, in [...]
Features - Germany

After the Solingen Terrorist Attack

Resist racist propaganda and the restriction of democratic rights The terrorist attack that took place last week in Solingen, Germany, is shocking. Three people were killed at a town festival and eight were injured, some […]

Sri Lanka | The 2022 Aragalaya Struggle & Beyond

Historic Crimes of the Chauvinistic Left

Spotlight on Sri Lanka
Part 1 Indian military intervention and emergence of political confusion One evening in 1988, when encroaching darkness seemed momentarily halted, in the gentle embrace of the emerging moonlight, a car was driving towards Palali airport. [...]
Features - Sri Lanka

IMF Deal is Not a Solution

Restart decisive struggle against government attacks! On 20 March, the IMF announced a $3 billion bailout (over 4 years) for Sri Lanka. However, this deal is nowhere near enough to solve the deep crisis that […]

The Class Struggle in Europe

The War in Ukraine

Features - The War in Ukraine

Ukraine Forces Invade Kursk Region

In a dramatic twist to the Russia-Ukraine war, Kyiv ordered its armed forces into the Kursk region of Russia on the 6th of August. This marks the first serious incursion into Russian territory since the […]

Uprisings & Revolutions in the Neo-Colonial World

The Crisis of the World Capitalist Economy

Featured

What Causes Inflation?

“We understand better now how little we understand about inflation,”[i] commented Jerome Powell, Chair of the US Federal Reserve (the Fed), when inflation reached its highest level since the late 1970s in 2022. At the […]

Features - World Economy

The End of Golden Eras

The new lease of life that world capitalism experienced after the collapse of the Stalinist states of Russia and Eastern Europe from the late 1980s has definitively run its course. Whatever the immediate perspectives are […]

Documents of the CWI’s International Executive Committee 2024

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