Category: International

Central African Republic: France intervenes yet again in an African country Vast wealth should be taken into common, democratic ownership Leila Messaoudi, Gauche Revolutionnaire (CWI in France) On Thursday 5th December 2013 French President Hollande announced the deployment of French troops to the Central African Republic, under UN mandate, to reinforce the local military presence. This is the 40th time

Mandela’s Legacy Heroically leading ANC to power but struggle tragically into dead end Weizmann Hamilton and Thamsanqa Dumezweni, DSM (CWI South Africa) Nelson Mandela This article was originally published on the website of Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) (CWI South Africa). It is a tribute on Mandela by Workers and Socialist Party (WASP), a new workers party in South Africa which

Report of 2013 CWI Summer School: Building Marxist forces In an Era of Global Capitalist Decay By Kola Ibrahim This year’s CWI Summer School has come and gone, but the tremendous effects it has on the consciousness, understanding and comradely feeling of participants will stay for a very long time. Just like others before it, the 2013 Summer School offered

South Africa One year after the Marikana massacre Both capitalists and working class prepare for unforeseen turmoil Liv Shange, DSM (CWI South Africa) On August 16, 2012, at Marikana, a bloody line was drawn in South Africa’s political sand when police in cold blood shot dead 34 workers and wounded 78. The few seconds of the massacre that were shown

Tunisia Mass explosion of anger at second political killing of a left leader Leaflet of CWI supporters calls for general strike to bring down the government Supporters of the CWI in Tunisia The assassination of Mohamed Brahmi, MP for El Shaab (People’s Movement), has triggered a new mass movement of workers and youth in Tunisia. Under mass pressure, the main

Egypt: State crackdown against Muslim Brotherhood leaves over 80 dead Bloody repression can be turned against striking workers and youth Niall Mulholland, from The Socialist, weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales) The Egyptian state’s bloody crackdown against Muslim Brotherhood supporters continues, leaving hundreds dead and injured. At least 83 died during last Saturday’s police massacre of

Congo: A history of capitalist looting Since 1997, wars have claimed six million lives in the Congo, where life expectancy is 46 years. Yet this horrific situation receives little media attention in the west. Per-Ĺke Westerlund, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden), first published in Socialism Today Per-Ĺke Westerlund reviews a book which lays a good foundation for a greater understanding of

Egypt Polarisation grows – No trust in the generals Robert Bechert, Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) The stormy and bloody developments since the removal and arrest of President Morsi by the military mark a new, challenging and dangerous stage in the unfolding Egyptian revolution. Despite the huge, unprecedented mass mobilisation against Morsi the absence of an independent, socialist based

Egypt: Huge protests demand the fall of Mursi No to the generals’ intervention! For a workers’ government! David Johnson, Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales, sister organisation of the DSM) Egypt protest 1 July 2013 Mohammed Mursi’s first anniversary as president of Egypt was marked by even bigger demonstrations than brought about the downfall of Hosni Mubarak in January 2011.

South Africa: Socialist activist threatened with deportation An injury to one is an injury to all Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI South Africa) correspondents South African authorities have made a vicious attack and unwarranted attack on Liv Shange, an organiser of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) – the South African section of the Committee for a Workers’ International and sister organisation

Britain No to terrorism! No to racism! No to war! Statement on Woolwich killing Greenwich Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales), London The unprovoked, barbaric and vicious murder of an unarmed soldier in Woolwich yesterday (May 22) is a horrific event which must have been profoundly traumatic for the people who witnessed it, and, of course, an appalling tragedy for

Britain Margaret Thatcher dies Thatcher’s bitter legacy Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) general secretary On the occasion of Former British Premier Thatcher’s death, we republish this May 2009 article from Socialism Today, the monthly magazine of the Socialist Party, the CWI in England and Wales. It graphically illustrates the primitive, brutal, class warfare against the rights and

South Africa Workers and Socialist launch making waves within the combative SA working class Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in South Africa) reporters Launch of the Workers and Socialist Party (WASP), South Africa, Friday 22 March 20, photo S. Figg This year’s launch of the Workers & Socialist Party (WASP) was the direct outcome of the struggles of the mineworkers of

South Africa: Democratic Socialist Movement national conference Hardening solid gold Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI in South Africa) http://www.socialistsouthafrica.co.za About 60 delegates and visitors from across South Africa’s platinum and gold mines, townships and villages, gathered on 9-11 February in Benoni, east of Johannesburg, for the Democratic Socialist Movement’s national conference. At the end of a weekend of discussing the lessons

South African workers support DSM/CWI Hundreds-strong meeting hears speeches from visiting CWI members By Sean Figg, Johannesburg Hundreds of striking municipal workers meeting in a Pretoria park loudly cheered, sang and toyi-toyied after hearing speeches from visiting CWI members Peter Taaffe and Alec Thraves. The strikers waved CWI flags and constantly interrupted the speakers with repeated applause after offers of

Egypt: Mass demonstrations and brutal state repression Only the organized working class can show a way forward Aysha Zaki, Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) Following the second anniversary of the 25th January Revolution, Egyptian streets have witnessed days of mass demonstrations and riots. State forces have brutally repressed many protesters. Last Monday, the army was deployed to try to

South Africa: Battle for control of mining sector Statement on the retrenchment threats by Anglo America n Platinum and Harmony Gold Weizmann Hamilton, Democratic Socialist Movement (CWI South Africa) The agreement by Anglo American Platinum to place a moratorium on their retrenchments cannot be trusted. The moratorium is for sixty days only and the conditions they have cited as making

Sahel: No to the war in Mali! Imperialist intervention will deepen crisis and instability Cedric Gerome, Committee for a Workers’ International January’s four day-long hostage crisis at the major ‘In Amenas’ gas facility in South East Algeria and its bloody outcome sent shockwaves out internationally as it was seen to mark a widening of the on-going conflict in Mali. In