Sri Lanka is going through an unprecedented crisis, not only because of the murder of Foreign Minister Kadirgarmar last week, but also the failure of the capitalist government to meet the present challenges.
By Siritunga Jayasuriya, United Socialist Party (CWI Sri Lanka)

Committee for a Workers International (CWI) held a School this year from 2-7 August in Gent, Belgium. There was a plenary session on Asia - a new area of capitalist conflict and class struggle. Below is Ravie Chandren’s contribution on Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Thailand) on the need for Revolutionary Parties and a [...]

A group of CWI members from Chile, Austria, England and Wales has made a very successful intervention into the world youth festival which is taking place in Caracas, Venezuela. Many young people consider themselves as socialists and are eager to discuss how and if the Bolivarian revolution can achieve socialism and thereby sustainably improve the [...]

Gate Gourmet, a catering company supplying British Airways, sacked up to 800 predominantly Asian workers at a few minutes notice at one of their sites at Heathrow on Wednesday 10 August.
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By Ken Smith, Socialist Party England & Wales

On Thursday June 30th all 4 Scottish Socialist Party representatives present in the Scottish Parliament stood up in protest at the repeated failure of the First Minister Jack McConnell to give an assurance of the right to peacefull protest at the G8 summit in Gleneagles, as agreed by the Scottish Parliament in a motion passed [...]

Last week a heavy cloud of pollution engulfed parts of Malaysia.
The Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) carried the following article and press statement on their web-site at: www.parti-sosialis.org
By R Mohanarani, Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM)

Over 350 members and friends of the CWI from all over the world gathered in Gent/Belgium to discuss the current world situation and the tasks of the CWI in building a strong world party for socialism which will play a vital role in bringing an end to this inhuman, profit-hungry and exploitative system of capitalism.
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The 2005 SP National Conference is being held against a backdrop of heightened class polarization over the IR counter-reforms of the Howard government. Only a few weeks ago 250,000 workers mobilized in rallies or at mass meetings. This was almost immediately reflected in a drop in support for the Government in opinion polls.

THE national convention of the AFL-CIO trade union confederation in Chicago on 25 July, on the 50th anniversary of its foundation, saw it split into two blocs.
By Philip Locker, Socialist Alternative, (CWI US)

The Corporation, based on the book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan, is a film which shows some shocking realities to viewers, examining both pro and anti-corporation attitudes through interviews and features.
Review by Aideen McMullen