Withdrawal calls reveal lack of strategy, writes James Turley In times of severe economic crisis, the basic living conditions of masses of people are thrown into disarray. Entire states go bankrupt, leaving millions vulnerable to redundancy, poverty and worse. In these conditions, people inevitably fight back - in however disorganised, however haphazard a fashion. In the present ...
Ben Lewis welcomes the initiative of Communist Workers of Iran and offers some fraternal criticisms We welcome the political platform of the Communist Workers of Iran (CWI). We have proofed and edited the English text and are publishing it in the hope that, at a time when the Iranian masses are on the move once more, ...
Iranian workers are on the offensive, reports Chris Strafford 2010 has begun the way 2009 ended in the Islamic Republic of Iran, with millions protesting in cities and towns across the country. But the dangers facing the Iranian people have undoubtedly increased over the last few weeks. Further sanctions are being put in place, and Obama is ...
These videos were recorded at our dayschool in Manchester on October 17th, 'Fighting for Marxism on campus'. Click here for a report of the school. Cat Rylance: Internationalism Chris Strafford on 'CS: Who we are and what we fight for'
Saturday October 17 2009 Manchester University Student Union, Oxford Road Meeting Room 1, 10am - 6pm Capitalism is in its deepest crisis since the 1930s. The world is at an historic turning point. The crisis comes at an enormous human cost – soaring unemployment, house repossessions, wage cuts and attacks on basic services and social security provision. The ...
Communist Students greets the mass demonstrations and bravery of the people on the streets of Iran with hope and solidarity. The mass actions are a testament to the revolutionary élan of the youth, worker’s and women’s movements, who over the last three decades have struggled and suffered at the hands of the theocratic state. The ...
No straightforward ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to open borders at Sheffield No2EU meeting, reports Mohsen Sabbagh On Thursday May 28 members of the Socialist Party in England and Wales held a public meeting for No2EU’s European election campaign in Sheffield. Heading the No2EU list for Yorkshire and Humberside is Keith Gibson, a GMB militant who was involved in ...
The most recent advancements made by the Sri Lankan government, in that country’s 30 year civil war, have evidenced sheer brutality. Whilst the official target of the government’s campaign is the notorious rebel group the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), this has frequently operated as a smokescreen for institutional persecution of the islands Tamil ...
Struggles in Iran Bulletin - 23/4/2009 Below is a collection of some of the struggles that are going on within Iran at this time. As the situation is constantly changing we hope to keep as many people up to date with bulletins when we can get them out. There are many practical things you can do ...
- We at the Student Co-ordination Meeting of April 18: -Welcome the brave action and militancy of nearly 40 campuses across the country - debunking the myth that students are passive, cynical and apolitical. -Recognise that it is incumbent upon revolutionaries to deepen and politicise the outrage against this onslaught - crucially by struggling for a new ...
Twenty students at Noushirvan University in Babol were prevented from entering the campus, insulted, and beaten by the University Guards and plainclothes security officers who met them in front of the campus on 13 April 2009. Students at Noushirvan University started an unlimited sit in on 11 April 2009, after they were threatened by university authorities ...
Internationalism must be a principle which we make concrete, writes Dave Isaacson The level of repression against radical activists and voices of opposition to the Islamic Republic in Iran has increased in the recent weeks. Activists from the students’, women’s and workers’ movements, as well as those from national and religious minorities, have all suffered violent ...
James Turley writes that we need an internationalist response to the capitalist crisis When the present economic crisis first began to bite, the bourgeois press - and the left - used up a lot of ink discussing how deep it would turn out to be. Would it be as bad as the 1997 Asian financial collapse, ...