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Imperialist tensions escalate as world economy teeters

In a special report that scrutinised the increasingly tense breakdown in geopolitical and economic relations between the United States and China, the Economist sombrely concluded on 18 May that the world has entered "a new kind of cold war."

Notts child abuse scandal: Socialist Party demands action programme to prevent future cases

The decades-long Nottinghamshire child abuse scandal and cover-up shows the need to fight public service cuts and for a society that values people, not private profit.

Stop the latest Tory attack on our pensions

Pensioners are under attack. The Centre for Social Justice, a right-wing think tank, is proposing that pensioners should in effect work until they drop.

Workers' movement must launch a campaign for a general election

On 3 September parliament returns from its long summer holiday, sitting for less than two weeks before it breaks again for the party conference season.

Amazon fires: Big business is destroying the environment

The Amazon rainforest in Brazil is battling massive forest fires. They are so extensive they can be seen from space.

The 'national unity' threat to Corbynism

A rising sense of panic is gripping the strategists of British capitalism as the 31 October Brexit deadline draws ever closer

General election looms... Capitalists in chaos: Fight for socialism

Despite the historic crisis for British capitalism represented by a looming Brexit with no reliable party to represent it, so far the chaotic Tory government farce has rumbled on.

Tory bribes don't hide destruction of NHS

In 2010 every Tory candidate in our county, Gloucestershire, received a donation from a hedge fund manager with interests in private healthcare, yet at the same time there was a Cameron-led election campaign pledging full support to the NHS.

Boot out Boris and all the Tory toffs - fight for socialist policies for the 99% not the 0.1%

What should be done when the Tories are in historic crisis?

Tories look in wrong place for climate solutions

Extreme heat caused misery for those stuck in blisteringly hot workplaces as well as thousands of stranded passengers, as our poorly funded infrastructure ground to a halt

Build a working-class movement to force an election

Johnson is keen to present himself as a representative of ordinary people - but his policy announcements are anti-worker through and through

Lib Dems: little bosses' party elects eager pro-austerity leader

Jo Swinson has eagerly put her hand up for austerity, privatisation, fracking, war and the bosses' European Union

Labour promises to end council privatisation: councils must do that now!

Labour needs to send a clear message to the working class, because that is not what we see in our workplaces and communities

Fighting Universal Credit

The Tories sold Universal Credit as a public money-saving scheme, combining several benefits into one. In reality the 'savings' were to come from reducing payouts.

CWI refounded with determination and confidence

On Sunday 21 July a special conference of the Socialist Party voted overwhelmingly to sponsor an international conference to reconstitute the Committee for a Workers' International

Boris, Brexit and British capitalism

Editorial of the Socialist: Boris Johnson's victory in the Tory leadership election will probably turn out to be the most predictable political event of 2019

Socialist Party conference reaffirms the CWI's historic approach

On Sunday 21 July a special conference of the Socialist Party voted overwhelmingly to sponsor an international conference to reconstitute the Committee for a Workers' International

Stop Boris - General election now

Boris Johnson, the Eton-educated millionaire and Trump wannabe, seems to be heading to Number 10, put there by around a hundred thousand members of the Tory Party, less than 0.35% of the electorate.

Them & Us

It's one world for the super-rich and another world for us.

Fraudsters thrive and claimants suffer in despicable Universal Credit scam

Thousands of people on Universal Credit have been left up to £1,500 worse off following a criminal scam where fraudsters obtain personal details of vulnerable claimants.