This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. With right-wing politicians, like Hungarian premier, Viktor Orbán, not slow to blame ‘foreigners’ for the coronavirus crisis, the looming world downturn could provide new opportunities for the far right to develop. The continuing murderous activity in Europe and furtherContinue reading “The danger of the far right today”
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Coronavirus plunges capitalism into global turmoil -The need for a socialist alternative
This statement from the International Secretariat of the Committee for a Workers’ International was originally published on socialistworld.net, the website of the CWI. The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has plunged world capitalism and society into an entirely new era of turmoil and upheaval. In country after country, as the pandemic has taken hold, itContinue reading “Coronavirus plunges capitalism into global turmoil -The need for a socialist alternative”
Coronavirus: Socialist planning, not capitalist chaos!
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. A newly spreading virus is a danger that can befall any society. The question facing the world today, however, is what kind of society can best meet such a challenge. As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, capitalism is being exposedContinue reading “Coronavirus: Socialist planning, not capitalist chaos!”
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: International cooperation needed, not capitalist competition
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Nine weeks after the first Covid-19 coronavirus patient was identified in Wuhan it had spread to 98 countries. This is much faster than the 2003 Sars coronavirus outbreak, which eventually spread to 37 countries. However, so far Covid-19 isContinue reading “Coronavirus: International cooperation needed, not capitalist competition”
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”
China: Coronavirus crisis shakes regime
World-wide the number of dead and infected from the Coronavirus appears to have reached a peak. But fears persist that large numbers could still die because of the impossibility of knowing before the symptoms develop that someone is carrying the virus.
Is there still time to stop catastrophic climate change? A socialist response
A widely-reviewed recent book by David Wallace-Wells, ‘The Uninhabitable Earth – A story of the future, presents a grim picture of the future consequences of continuing global warming. But the real story of the future is that socialist change can stop catastrophic climate change.
Lebanon: Mass protests and riots of rage against corrupt, sectarian administration
Last year, a mass, non-sectarian protest movement in Lebanon arose over the burdens of crippling taxes, a lack of services, high unemployment, and government corruption. The daily protests and street blockades forced the resignation of the prime minister, Saad Hariri.
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