Category Archives: World Events

Solidaridad Internacional con el levantamiento social en Colombia

Por Socialismo Revolucionario, nuestra sección hermana en Chile. Comité por una Internacional de los Trabajadores, CIT. Desde el Comité por una Internacional de los Trabajadores, respaldamos el levantamiento social de los trabajadores y la juventud de Colombia, y condenamos al gobierno de Iván Duque que ha desatado el terrorismo de Estado contra su pueblo queContinue reading “Solidaridad Internacional con el levantamiento social en Colombia”

18 March 1871 – “the Paris Commune as government”

This article was originally published by socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Today, 18 March, is the anniversary of what is regarded as the start of “the 1871 Paris Commune as government”. An insurrection of workers took place to prevent the French army from seizing the cannons of the city’s NationalContinue reading “18 March 1871 – “the Paris Commune as government””

ISG Statement on Biden’s Inauguration

January 20th, 2021 marked the inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden. After the past four years of vicious attacks on organized labor, immigrants, people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, and women, and 10 months of unending capitalist crisis in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people will breathe a sigh of relief at Donald TrumpContinue reading “ISG Statement on Biden’s Inauguration”

Vaccines Alone Will Not End the COVID-19 Crisis

by Jai Chavis As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to increase and hospitals continue to be understaffed and overwhelmed by patients with coronavirus complications, it is clear that the pandemic is far from over. The recent flurry of reports says that at least three major pharmaceutical companies based in the US and UK have highlyContinue reading “Vaccines Alone Will Not End the COVID-19 Crisis”

A Socialist Response to Pro-Trump Riot in DC

On January 6th, the Congress of the United States formally certified the results of the Electoral College, which Joe Biden won. On the same day, President Trump gave a speech to a rally outside the White House, where he continued to claim victory in the 2020 election. This speech was one part of the largerContinue reading “A Socialist Response to Pro-Trump Riot in DC”

Millions join general strike, as India’s working class flexes its muscles

This article was originally published by the Committee for a Worker’s International (CWI) by Jagadesh G Chandra, New Socialist Alternative (CWI India) Despite the widespread repression under the blatantly right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party-Modi regime, the all-India general strike on 26 November, involving more than 250 million workers (the Joint Committee of Trade Unions- JCTU claimedContinue reading “Millions join general strike, as India’s working class flexes its muscles”

Poland: Tens of thousands protest against Constitutional Court abortion ruling

By Christine Thomas The following is a statement was originally published on socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International, on October 14, 2020 Tens of thousands of women have taken to the streets of Poland in an uprising against living in a “female hell”. The Constitutional Court has effectively banned abortion, by rulingContinue reading “Poland: Tens of thousands protest against Constitutional Court abortion ruling”

CWI: Azerbaijan and Armenia in armed conflict over Nagorno Karabakh

Covid-19 has disproportionately hit disabled people. This is one of the effects of capitalist society, which is disabling and puts profit before lives, including the people it disables. Around one-fifth of the population of England and Wales has its “activities limited because of a health problem or disability” to some degree. But this group has represented almost three-fifths of official Covid deaths! The current economic crisis and its threat of further austerity will only make this worse.