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12 January 2022
War criminal Tony Blair knighted
On New Year's Eve, Buckingham Palace announced that former Labour prime minister Tony Blair would be rewarded with the Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter by the Queen
6 January 2022
Blair knighted for services to the rich and powerful
Tony Blair has joined current Labour leader Keir Starmer in being knighted, rewarded for his services to the bosses' establishment
15 September 2021
Nuclear Folly: A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile crisis in 1962 is far from underrepresented in books and media. But 'Nuclear Folly' uses fresh material provided by newly declassified files from the KGB archive, shedding light on
8 September 2021
Libya - ten years after Gaddafi's overthrow
While the US, British and other western governments lick their wounds following their ignoble retreat from Afghanistan, after 20 failed years of 'nation building', another 'failed state', Libya, marks ten years since the West helped overthrow the Gadaffi dictatorship
8 September 2021
Keep fascists out of Portland: Build a mass movement to fight the right
The danger of violent far-right hate groups has not disappeared along with Donald Trump. In Portland, Maine, members of the Proud Boys - a white supremacist hate group - have been meeting in Mathew's
23 June 2021
Are Biden's immigration policies a break with Trump's?
In the fourth article of our continuing series on the new Biden administration, the Independent Socialist Group (CWI, USA) critically examines the new president's immigration policies.
16 June 2021
Will Biden's new foreign policy change the direction of US imperialism?
Biden's first international meetings and visit to Europe as US president were certainly different from Trump's visits, but how much in substance has really changed?
12 May 2021
Is Biden offering a new 'New Deal'?
In the first in our series looking at the policies of US Democratic President Joe Biden, Robin Clapp analyses the various economic and social stimulus packages Biden has announced since he was first elected.
7 April 2021
Brazil: Bolsonaro regime plunges into a deeper crisis
Ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic, Brazil's far-right government has been plunged into a deeper, far-reaching political crisis
10 March 2021
150th anniversary of Rosa Luxemburg's birth
A revolutionary life, exuding passion and determination: Rosa Luxemburg was born in Poland on 5 March 1871 - the year of the Paris Commune. In her short lifetime she experienced three major revolutions and participated in the most important debates among socialists
24 February 2021
Nigeria: Abbey Trotsky on trial for assisting workers' struggle
Socialist Party members protested outside the Nigerian Embassy in central London on 22 February to protest against the 'show trial' of Abbey Trotsky - a leading member of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM - CWI in Nigeria) - that was taking place that day
17 February 2021
The film 'Dear Comrades', produced by the Russian film-maker Andrei Konchalevsky, came out last year and won the Special Jury Prize at the 2020 Venice Film Festival.
27 January 2021
Biden, Labour, and the need for a new mass workers' party
There is undoubtedly widespread relief among workers and young people that Trump has gone. However, the lavish praise Starmer and co. are heaping on Biden is yet another indication of their desperation to show they can be relied on to defend the interests of the elite.
20 January 2021
USA in crisis - the need for a socialist alternative
The period running up to Joe Biden's inauguration was marked by unparalleled turmoil and crisis.
20 January 2021
Trump Twitter ban: only independent workers' voice can defeat right
First the election, now his Twitter account - it's bad news all round for bigot-in-chief Donald Trump
13 January 2021
How should socialists respond to the 6 January attacks on Capitol Hill?
Police in DC showed some sympathy to the pro-Trump protesters and refused to seriously restrain the partially armed crowd
8 January 2021
US in crisis - need for a mass workers' party and socialist programme
In unprecedented scenes, US capitalism plunged into a deeper crisis on Wednesday as thousands of Trump supporters stormed the congress on Capitol Hill, urged on by Trump.
6 January 2021
Why is the Covid vaccine roll out so slow? Government bureaucracy delaying the recruitment of vaccinators, and foul-ups in the private manufacturing and supply are to blame.
16 December 2020
What a year! The Covid pandemic, the worst recession in living memory, the Black Lives Matter movement, the US presidential election, the Brexit debacle, growing class inequalities...
9 December 2020
Trump's election defeat has sharply posed the question: What happens next?
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