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Iran: ‘Charter’ of independent unions & civil organizations a step forward, but consistent anti-capitalist, socialist approach required
Lukas Zöbelein, Sozialistische Organisation Solidarität (CWI Germany) Early March saw demonstrations across Iran in protest at the apparent chemical attacks against female students that have taken place since last November. This seems to be an organised attempt to intimidate young women who have been at the forefront of the mass opposition the regime has faced…
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Sri Lanka: Is the ‘National People’s Movement’ a viable mass alternative?
Siritunga Jayasuriya, United Socialist Party (CWI Sri Lanka) “Go Home Gota” was the slogan with which a new wave of mass struggle started in Sri Lanka in April last year. This struggle then developed into a massive popular uprising, including huge strikes, that by July 2022 had spread across the country. Eventually, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa…
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Ukraine war: Roots of the conflict
One year on from the outbreak of the brutal war in Ukraine HANNAH SELL reviews Ukraine and Russia: From Civilized Divorce to Uncivil War, a book that looks back at roots of the current conflict. Republished from socialismtoday.org. A year ago, on 24 February 2022, the world awoke to discover that the Russian president Vladimir…
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Marxism, intersectionality, and fighting women’s oppression today
To commemorate International Women’s Day (8 March) we are publishing an article written for Solidarität, the newspaper of the German section of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI). Chris Thomas ‘Woman, life, freedom’, ‘Black lives matter’, ‘#Metoo’, ‘Ni una menos’ – protests against shared oppression have been a salient feature of the post-2008 ‘Great…
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Capitalist society convulsed and in turmoil: new challenges and tasks for Marxists and the working class
The following document was agreed by the International Executive Committee of the CWI, 23-27 January 2023 Capitalist society is convulsed and in turmoil. Marxists and the working class face one of the most challenging periods in history. It is essential that we analyse the processes unfolding and face up to the theoretical and programmatic challenges…
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Centenary of Irish ‘Free State’ – bloody counter revolution carried through
6 December marked the formal centenary of the creation of the ‘Free State’ in Ireland, comprising 26 of the 32 counties on the island, following the Anglo-Irish Treaty. One of the first actions of the new right-wing, militarised bourgeois state was the killing of imprisoned opposition republican figures, including Liam Mellows. Mellows was a leading…
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Iranian regime increases repression – step up international solidarity with the street protests and strikes!
This article by Lukas Zöbelein, Sozialistische Organisation Solidarität (CWI Germany), is republished here from socialistworld.net The revolutionary youth movement in Iran has been going on for well over two months. In these 11 weeks, more than 18,000 people have been arrested and more than 400 murdered by the regime. Now a three day strike has…
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Afghanistan: ‘Woman – revolution – freedom!’
Below is a statement by the Afghan Socialist Assembly on the International Day of Combating Violence Against Women, held on 25 November. The Afghan Socialist Assembly, a group of socialist activists in Afghanistan, lost a comrade to Taliban attacks, last week, as reported on socialistworld.net, as part of a wider attack from the Taliban. The…
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Malaysian general election results in a hung parliament
This article by Yuva Balan, Socialist Alternatif (CWI Malaysia), analyses the recent general election in Malaysia The general election in Malaysia resulted in no coalition being able to form a government with a simple majority. For the first time in its history, Malaysia has a hung parliament, with rival coalitions claiming to have enough support…
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