Thousands march in Heilongjiang province • Oppose job cuts, oppose repression – workers need their own democratic trade union!
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Revisiting Animal Farm
Allegory of the terrible betrayal of the Russian revolution Andy Ford reviews George Orwell’s influential story, 70 years since it was first published in 1945
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China: Twin meetings, mass layoffs and failed reforms
A panel of socialists give their views on what’s happening in China
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Marxism and the Environment
Marxism is often mistakenly accused of taking the environment for granted – in the pursuit of the economic growth needed to alleviate poverty and want. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. Drawing on the works of Marx and Engels, and the experience of the first years of the […]
China
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Mineworkers’ protests shake Chinese leaders
Thousands march in Heilongjiang province • Oppose job cuts, oppose repression – workers need...
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China: Twin meetings, mass layoffs and failed reforms
A panel of socialists give their views on what’s happening in China (more…)
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Q & A: Riot in Hong Kong
Where do socialists stand? (more…)
- China: Crisis set to deepen in Year of the Monkey
- China: Strikes surge as jobs disappear
- China fears spread across global markets
Hong Kong
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Q & A: Riot in Hong Kong
Where do socialists stand? (more…)
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Hong Kong: New Year riot in Mong Kok
Police violence must be condemned (more…)
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China’s arrest of Peter Dahlin marks ominous new stage in crackdown
“China is entering a dark night of repression and detentions under Xi Jinping” – Chinese activist...
- Hong Kong protest: Against Alibaba’s acquisition of SCMP
- Hong Kong: Protesters call for release of Guangdong labour activists
- Hong Kong: Great result for socialist election campaign
Taiwan
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Taiwan: Support insurance workers’ strike
Nan Shan Insurance workers on strike since 9 December for pension rights and against contract labour...
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CWI’s 2nd congress for China and Hong Kong a big success
Discussions on perspectives for Hong Kong’s democracy struggle and the crisis in China (more…)
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Is China heading for a new Tiananmen?
26th anniversary of the Beijing massacre on June 4, 1989, is also a warning of revolutionary shocks...
- Taiwan: Kuomintang’s landslide election defeat redraws the political map
- Obama’s TPP: Taking neo-liberalism to a new level
- Taiwan: Thousands march against Ma’s nuclear policy
International
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Japan: Five years after the Fukushima disaster
Former Prime Minister says government was on verge of evacuating 50 million people and declaring...
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Japan: Social and political unease after “twenty lost years”
Weakness of opposition is Prime Minister Abe’s only strength Carl Simmons, Kokusai Rentai (CWI...
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Spain: Elections mark shift to the Left
No government majority as Podemos partially recovers (more…)
- China fears spread across global markets
- China’s arrest of Peter Dahlin marks ominous new stage in crackdown
- China’s ‘red alert’ sums up climate crisis
Theory & History
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Revisiting Animal Farm
Allegory of the terrible betrayal of the Russian revolution Andy Ford reviews George Orwell’s...
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Marxism and the Environment
Marxism is often mistakenly accused of taking the environment for granted – in the pursuit of...
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Unpacking the rucksack – Identity politics and the struggle against oppression
In the search for a way to fight against discrimination and oppression, many young people in particular...
- Indonesia 1965: 50 years since anti-communist massacres
- Socialism: Past or future?
- How the war machine was stopped: 40 years since the Vietnam War