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From Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales). It has been a tale of woes and anguish in Nigeria as the government, led by Bola Tinubu, has continued to unleash multiple [...]
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Lough Neagh is a freshwater lake in Northern Ireland and is the largest lake on the island of Ireland and in the United Kingdom. According to Northern Ireland Water, it supplies 40.7% of Northern Ireland’s drinking water. Lough Neagh is also home [...]
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In the presidential election held on September 21, 2024, Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidency by receiving 5,740,179 votes, or 42.3 percent. He will go down in history as the president who failed to secure [...]
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Socialist change and planning needed to combat climate change After weeks of heatwaves with temperatures reaching up to 35°Celsius, a flood wave is currently moving through southern Poland. Regions in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, [...]
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Sri Lanka’s presidential election held last Saturday resulted in electing Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the ninth executive president of the country. He polled 5,634,915 votes as against his nearest rival Sajith Premadasa who polled 4,363,035 [...]
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. [...]