This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. On 22nd August South Korea gave Japan notice that it would not be extending the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA). The 2016 agreement allowed for the direct sharing of military intelligence between Japan, the Republic of KoreaContinue reading “South Korea and Japan trade dispute threatens ‘alliance’”
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Violence against women in South Africa: How should organised workers respond?
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International, by the Marxist Workers Party, the South African branch of the CWI. The rape and murder of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana was the final spark that lit a new wave of protests demanding an end to violence against women.Continue reading “Violence against women in South Africa: How should organised workers respond?”
Chile 1973: The other ‘9/11’ – The bloody coup against the Popular Unity government
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York in 2001 was not the first ‘9/11’. In Chile on 11 September 1973, a bloody coup, led by General Pinochet and backed by the US administration, overthrew the democraticallyContinue reading “Chile 1973: The other ‘9/11’ – The bloody coup against the Popular Unity government”
West Papua: Mass demonstrations erupt against Indonesian repression
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The Indonesian government has sent more than 3,700 police and military forces into West Papua following nearly three weeks of protests and mass demonstrations in the region. These were triggered when the Indonesian National Army (TNI) and right-wing vigilantesContinue reading “West Papua: Mass demonstrations erupt against Indonesian repression”
Rebuilding the CWI, Lessons and tasks
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Following an intense and polarized factional struggle in the last 12 months an international conference was convened by the International Secretariat in London in July 2019. This very successful and optimistic meeting agreed to re-constitute the CWI. The conferenceContinue reading “Rebuilding the CWI, Lessons and tasks”
World Perspectives: Marxist analysis of tumultuous events and key tasks for the workers’ movement
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The following world perspectives document was discussed, amended and passed by delegates and visitors at an international conference, held in London from July 22-25 2019, to reconstitute the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI). Global events have, of course,Continue reading “World Perspectives: Marxist analysis of tumultuous events and key tasks for the workers’ movement”
What lies behind the US-China trade war?
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Last week, US President Donald Trump announced that under the rarely invoked International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and seventy of its affiliated companies are set to be added to the ‘Entity List’. This effectivelyContinue reading “What lies behind the US-China trade war?”
The striking relevance of Leon Trotsky’s ‘Theory of Permanent Revolution’
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The revolutionary movements shaking Sudan and Algeria, and mass upheavals in other parts of the neo-colonial world, underlines the relevance of Leon Trotsky’s ‘Theory of Permanent Revolution’. This is particularly the case for the international workers’ movement and revolutionaryContinue reading “The striking relevance of Leon Trotsky’s ‘Theory of Permanent Revolution’”
100 years since founding of Communist International; 90 years since Trotsky’s expulsion from Soviet Union
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. This week saw two important historical anniversaries – the first conference of the Communist (Third) International, held on 6 March 1919, established to help organise Marxist revolutionary forces on an international basis and, after years of defeats of revolutionaryContinue reading “100 years since founding of Communist International; 90 years since Trotsky’s expulsion from Soviet Union”
New recession fear stalks the world economy
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. 2018 marked ten years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers bank which plunged the world economy into the deepest economic recession since the 1930s. The financial virus spread quickly, causing production and trade to seize up. Only swift coordinatedContinue reading “New recession fear stalks the world economy”
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