This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Coronavirus continues to spread in the United States, with new confirmed cases in West Virginia completing the virus’ spread to all 50 states and three U.S. territories. As the crisis seems to plateau in China, the number of confirmedContinue reading “Coronavirus crisis deepens in USA, challenging neoliberal business as usual”
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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!”
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”
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.
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.
Socialist Party of Nigeria and seventy three other political parties de-registered – An assault on the right of political representation
The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) vehemently condemns and rejects the action and decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to deregister the SPN and other seventy-three political parties, allegedly for failing to win elective posts or obtain 25% of any election in 2019 elections. This action of the INEC is undemocratic and represents an assault on the rights of working people for political representation.
Britain: ‘Post-Brexit’ era of crisis ahead
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Brexit Day has been and gone. Now Johnson is promising the “dawn of a new era”. According to the Tories’ optimistic script, a ‘Brexit bounce’ will mean more investment, more jobs and more money to ‘level up’ spending andContinue reading “Britain: ‘Post-Brexit’ era of crisis ahead”
Israel/Palestine: Trump ‘peace plan’ promises further conflict
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The recent ‘deal’ announced by US President Donald Trump, and enthusiastically endorsed by Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was billed as a ‘Middle East peace plan’. But as the Economist journal wrote: “As a blueprint for a two-state solutionContinue reading “Israel/Palestine: Trump ‘peace plan’ promises further conflict”
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