Are Kiwi Workers Really 'Better Off With Labour'?
By Tim Bowen, CWI New Zealand Its time for the trade union movement and anti-capitalist left to stop bailing out capitalist politicians and fight for a real socialist alternative! Within...
Indonesia: No choice in presidential election
Two months after the April 5 elections for the Indonesian legislature, Indonesians again went to the polls to directly elect the president. Like the previous elections ordinary Indonesians were left...
USA: 10 reasons why John Kerry doesn?t deserve your vote
By Felicia Mello and Jessica Johnston, in Justice, the newspaper of our US party Socialist Alternative Although President Bush's approval ratings have reached an all-time low, John Kerry has gained...
Papua New Guinea: A socialist analysis
AUSTRALIA DEPLOYS TROOPS TO PNG As early as August, Australian troops will be deployed to PNG. It represents the latest advance by Australia as an infant imperialist power, as foreign...
Iraq: White House tries its creature Saddam
Saddam Hussein appeared in court on 1 July and was charged with a list of crimes (more…)
Revolutionary socialists and the Venezuelan Revolution
Analyses the current critical conjuncture of the Venezuelan Revolution; takes up the uncritical analsis of President Chevas by some left groups; and offers a socialist programme for the Venezuelan working...
The reasons behind the Iraq invasion
OIL, MONEY, POWER AND THE US ADMINISTRATION IN IRAQ Military victory over the Baathists was never in question; in three weeks the United States invaded, brought down the regime and...
Is China heading for a crash?
Rapid economic development over 20 years led some commentators to claim China could deliver sustained global growth. But it has started to falter, and risks becoming a destabilising factor in...
Britain: Respect and the June elections
The ISO in Australia are linked to the SWP in Britain, who have moved away from the Socialist Alliance towards the new 'Respect' organisation. This excellent analysis of Respect and...
Elections: Gains for Irish Socialist Party overlooked
In the run-up to Irish SP MP Joe Higgins' August tour of Australia, here is an analysis of the excellent SP results in the recent local and Euro elections in...
Iraq: A transition to discontent?
ONE REASON for Labour in Britain getting 'a good kicking' in the 10 June elections was opposition to Blair's war and occupation of Iraq. (more…)
CWI wins first Council seat in Germany
SAV (CWI in Germany) wins first Councillor in Rostock. Christine Lehnert will be the first directly elected Trotskyist Councillor in Germany for decades. And in Belgium Linkse Socialistiche Partij(LSP)/Mouvement pour...
Imperialism, Racism and Resistance in New Zealand/Aotearoa
Labour appeals to the spirit of "national unity" while waging war on workers at home and abroad. These days Don Brash isn't the only politician wrapping himself in the New...
Iraq invasion: A mistake the US will never recover from
It is said that certain Amazon Indian tribes have developed a wonderfully simple technique of capturing monkeys, high in protein and highly prized. The cage is constructed with a nut...
Iraq: 'Democracy' arranged
It is the US presidential election campaign which is governing US policy half a world away in Iraq. (more…)
Ronald Reagan dead: Hero of the Right
Ronald Reagan, the B-movie actor who became the 40th president of the USA (1981-88) has died aged 93. Wall Street will stay closed for Reagan?s state funeral, a salute to...
Australian imperialists steal East Timorese resources
Australia is getting its payback for sending troops to East Timor in 1999... In 1999 John Howard sent Australian troops to East Timor, allegedly to protect the masses from the...
Iraq after 30 June: Old occupation, new face
The occupation of Iraq has developed into a deepening crisis for US imperialism and President Bush. The present headache concerns the new Iraqi government due to take office from 30...