Workers’ struggles intensify across the world
The CWI extends socialist and revolutionary greetings on May Day 2006, to all workers and youth and to the oppressed peoples of the world! This 1 May will see hundreds of thousands of US workers and youth, the majority from an immigrant background, take part in demonstrations, as part of a general strike against a proposed law to clamp down on immigration. (more…)

The SP office at Trades Hall in Melbourne was packed this afternoon as a diverse gathering of public housing tenants, labour movement activists and home-owning residents discussed the ideas and principles of our campaign. We also discussed the language we use to get our ideas across. More than half the meeting volunteered to join our election committee.

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Despite the spin from Washington, London and Canberra, an internal report from the US embassy and military command in Baghdad shows that Iraq’s ‘political, economic and security situation’ in six of the country’s 18 provinces is “serious” and “critical” in one. Only in three Kurdish-controlled areas in the north is the situation described as “stable”. (more…)

Brilliant SP pamphlet on the State now available on line. The articles in this pamphlet originally appeared in the ‘Militant’, the former paper of the Socialist Party England and Wales.
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Nepal?s 18 day-long general strike and protest movement receded on Tuesday 25 April as the dictator, King Gyanendra, reinstated Parliament which he dissolved in 2002 and promised new elections to a Constituent Assembly.

By Khalid Bhatti, Socialist Movement Pakistan (more…)

Weeks of heroic struggle by the people of Nepal have forced the tyrannical King Gyanendra to make new concession, in a desperate bid to cling to power.

By Per-Ã…ke Westerlund, CWI Sweden (more…)

On Tuesday, 25 April, a suicide bomber attacked the car in which the top Sri Lankan army commander was travelling. Eight people were killed and the commander, Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, was seriously injured. Three others are in a critical condition and at least twenty three were wounded. The bomber, assumed to be from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, penetrated deep into the Army headquarters complex.

By Senan, Socialist Party England and Wales (more…)

This is Springsteen?s only album of recorded songs of other artist?s songs but honours 87 year old Pete Seeger, political activist, protest singer and populariser of America’s folk heritage. It?s like Springsteen is saying ?Hey they aint my songs.? But listen to the story.

Reveiwed By John Gowland, Socialist Party Perth (more…)

1926 General Strike - Workers taste power by Peter Taaffe

This May sees the eightieth anniversary of the 1926 General Strike in Britain - the most important and earth-shattering moment in the history of the British working class. (more…)

In a move clearly timed to strengthen his hand before this week?s meeting with US president George Bush, China?s president Hu Jintao hosted a second high profile meeting with leaders of Taiwan?s opposition Kuomintang (Nationalist) party over Easter weekend.

By Vincent Kolo, CWI, Hong Kong (more…)