Scandal-ridden prime minister launches crackdown on dissent
Opposition weak and divided Recently, the National Front (BN) government in Malaysia won comfortably in two by-elections and in a state election in Sarawak. This is in spite of the fact that the prime minister, Najib Razak, and his party, UMNO (United Malay National Organization – the dominant party in the BN coalition), have been […]
Iowa results reveal crisis of establishment politics – Sanders and Clinton tie
“It’s too late for establishment politics, establishment economics!” Joshua Koritz, Socialist Alternative (CWI in the US) The results are in. Iowa Democrats and Republicans went to the caucuses yesterday and rejected the establishment’s picks. The Democratic caucuses were so close that neither candidate won a majority of the vote. The New York Times reports that […]
Workers strike at Contitech-IMAS factory
Solidarity campaign needed! Xekinima (CWI Greece) Reporters The IMAS factory, located in Volos, Greece, is owned by the German multination Continental / Contitech and produces conveyor belts and belt monitoring systems for mines (seehttp://www.contitech.de/pages/branchen/bergbau/bergbau_en.html). Continental’s main field is vehicle tires but its activity covers dozens of industrial products, mainly for the car/vehicle industry. Continental is […]
World relations, economy and the class struggle
There has been a profound change in the world situation and world relations since the CWI’s last World Congress in 2010 CWI International Secretariat The following is an edited version of a draft document on world perspectives, , that will be discussed at the January 2016 World Congress of the Committee for a Workers’ International […]
Devastating outbreak of Zika virus
Another healthcare system failure Isabel Keppler, LSR (CWI Brazil) The devastating outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in the Americas, just six months before the Olympic Games in Brazil, has once again exposed the failings of governments and the big pharmaceutical companies to protect public health. On 28 October 2015 the Ministry of Health in […]
