Category Archives: Issues & Struggles

How can Trump be ousted from the White House

This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Written on 09/03/2020 for The Socialist – Weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales). Sanders faces uphill struggle to win Democratic Party nomination. Working class must have an independent political voice. The turmoil in the USContinue reading “How can Trump be ousted from the White House”

Coronavirus infects world economy

This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The biggest one-day fall in stock markets since the financial crisis; an oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia; and the fastest drop in the cost of oil for 30 years. The impact of coronavirus on an alreadyContinue reading “Coronavirus infects world economy”

Socialists debate identity politics

This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Featured article from February 2020 Socialism Today (Monthly journal of the Socialist PArty- CWI England & Wales. The relationship between fighting women’s oppression, identity politics, and the struggle for socialism is a feature of many debates in the workers’Continue reading “Socialists debate identity politics”

Coronavirus exposes capitalism’s healthcare weaknesses

This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International, by Steve Score. Tragedies like the deaths from novel coronavirus, over 400 at the time of writing, are never just ‘natural disasters’. They are not isolated from society. They are impacted by capitalism and also have an effect onContinue reading “Coronavirus exposes capitalism’s healthcare weaknesses”

Coronavirus: capitalism limits response to viral outbreaks

This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International, by Jon Dale. For the third time in 20 years, a new virus has spread from animals to humans. It began on 29 December in Wuhan, a Chinese city of eleven million, probably crossing to humans at a liveContinue reading “Coronavirus: capitalism limits response to viral outbreaks”

Big Pharma: End profiteering from health

This article was originally published on socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International, by Adam Goulcher. The issue of allowing US corporations access to the NHS and the affect this could have on the cost of drugs has featured prominently during the election campaign. Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, recently announced thatContinue reading “Big Pharma: End profiteering from health”

Amazon bosses defeated in Seattle; Kshama Sawant re-elected

This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International, by Robert Bechert. The attempt by bosses of Amazon and other companies to effectively buy control of Seattle city council was defeated by a city-wide reaction against their takeover attempt. Despite the big business dominated Seattle Chamber of CommerceContinue reading “Amazon bosses defeated in Seattle; Kshama Sawant re-elected”

Workers at US General Motors take strike action

This post was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Around 48,000 General Motors workers are on strike nationwide in the United States for the sixth day. The United Auto Workers union walked out of all 55 US plants on 15 September, for the first time since Obama bailedContinue reading “Workers at US General Motors take strike action”

Socialist change not climate change!

This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Even an entire society, a nation or all simultaneously existing societies taken together are not owners of the earth, they are simply its possessors, its beneficiaries, and have to bequeath it in an improved state to succeeding generations, asContinue reading “Socialist change not climate change!”