Karl Debbaut, the co-ordinator of the International Socialist Resistance (the international CWI led youth socialist movement) is set to be jailed as a result of an incident at an anti-war rally earlier this year in London. (more…)

MP Joe Higgins and councillor Clare Daly sent to Mountjoy Prison today!
Their ‘crime’ is defending the poor in the fight against the Bin Tax! This afternoon a Dublin court summarily meted out one month prison sentences on Socialist Party MP Joe Higgins and Socialist Party councillor Clare Daly. Court costs, possibly reaching €30,000 have also been awarded against them. (more…)

On Saturday 20th September at 3pm at the Provincial Hotel (cnr Brunswick/Johnston Sts) the UNITE campaign is announcing which shops, bars, restaurants and coffee shops on Brunswick St have confirmed their decent treatment of their casual staff and are therefore getting the sticker of approval (see below) for their shop. (more…)

Many casual workers don’t know they have some basic minimum legal rights. Your basic six legal rights if you work casual or part-time are as follows: (more…)

Let’s stop the rip off of casuals!
UNITE is a new campaign fighting for the rights of casual workers, starting with a campaign on Brunswick St, Fitzroy. We are asking employers if they: (more…)

Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna strongly condems the horrific murder of Sweden’s Foreign Minister Anna Lindh.

Executive Committee of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden) (more…)

The other “9/11″. Tony Saunois, secretary of the CWI, explains how this tragedy unfolded and the lessons for today. Article from September 1998 edition of Socialism Today.
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Written by Leon Trotsky in the wake of the German Revolution of 1923. Trotsky discusses this defeat and the role played by Stalin and the Communist International. Draws similarites between their mistakes and those make by Zinoviev and Kamenev in the weeks prior to the Russian Revolution in October 1917. Click here

The Guardian’s Larry Elliott deconstructs the optimism of the capitalist media re perspectives for the world economy (more…)

BUILDING sites in Perth are to grind to a halt as unionists strike over safety. Unionists at sites, including the Perth Convention Centre, Whitford City shopping centre and the Woodside Tower, voted yesterday to strike on Monday.
By Jerry Pratley, WA construction worker (more…)