The coronavirus pandemic has infected hundreds of thousands and taken the lives of thousands. Most scientific and medical experts warn that the situation is bound
The collapse on the world’s stock exchanges on 9 March was the largest since the beginning of the global capitalist crisis in 2008. The fall on the US stock market
///Economy
Per Olsson || Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna — ISA in Sweden
The novel coronavirus which causes the disease covid-19 is still spreading rapidly, with 90,000 confirmed cases and over 3,000 deaths. The epidemic is now advancing more quickly outside China than
“They are lying, we know they are lying. They also know that we know they are lying, and yet they are still lying.” This online comment from a resident of
The ‘phase one’ trade agreement signed by the US and China on 15 January does not mark the end of their almost two-year trade war. Even as a truce this
In the late 1980’s, popular movements calling for the independence of the three Baltic states played a significant role in the movement that led to the collapse of the USSR.
///Economy, Workers Struggle & Trade Unions
James Clement || Socialist Alternative (CWI Majority in England and Wales)
On 29th November, masses of young people across the world will take strike action to demand urgent action to deal with a climate crisis which seems to be escalating on
///Economy, Environment
Christian Bunke || Socialist Left Party CWI in Austria
In May of this year, Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff rate on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports to the US. This brings to $250 billion the tariffs placed
///Economy, Theory
Cillian Gillespie || Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland)
There is nothing in this deal that could not have been achieved a year ago, without the punishing economic costs both sides have inflicted upon each other. The existing tariffs
The trade war itself began when Japan removed South Korea from its ‘white list’ of 27 countries who have preferential access to exports; South Korea had been a member since
///Economy, Japan, South Korea
James Clement || Socialist Alternative (CWI publication in England & Wales)
Although formally the Prime Minister is the non-party Giuseppe Conte, in reality Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right Lega and Minister of the Interior is widely recognized as the undisputed
///Economy, Italy, Politics & Elections
Giuliano Brunetti || Resistenze Internazionale (CWI in Italy)
We are rapidly approaching a decisive turning point in world relations with a slowdown in the world economy increasingly pointing towards a deeper downturn, including the possibility of a 2008–9
