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China: Economic crisis can only be resolved through working-class struggle
The rise of China – now the major economic and geopolitical challenger to US imperialism – plays a defining role…
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Scotland’s drug death pandemic, an indictment of capitalist inaction
By Lynda McEwan 18 months after the SNP government declared a public health emergency to tackle shocking drug deaths in Scotland,…
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Governments failing on Covid, jobs and livelihoods
Socialist Party Scotland statement The latest announcement by the Scottish government of a so-called ‘circuit breaker’, with new Covid restrictions…
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Britain’s fragile Covid equilibrium is coming to an end
The editorial from the October 2020 edition of Socialism Today, issue No.242 It is now over six months since the…
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Capitalism’s Covid crisis shows socialism is vital
Socialist Party Scotland editorial statement – September 2020 Scotland is in deep recession. Despite a slight return to growth as…
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Tory splits widen as multiple crises engulf Johnson government
Editorial from the Socialist, the paper of the Socialist Party England and Wales This government is “the blind leading the…
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Can a Universal Basic Income help stave off the looming economic crisis?
Jimmy Haddow, Socialist Party Scotland national committee The Coronavirus pandemic has brought large parts of the capitalist economy to a…
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Committee for a Workers International
Economic catastrophe spurs state intervention and workers’ resistance
Statement from the International Secretariat of the Committee for a Workers’ International Presently, there is no escape from the impact…
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Coronavirus crisis sparks workers’ strikes and protests
Jens Jaschik, Sozialistische Organisation Solidaritaet (CWI), Germany Even during a global pandemic, profit is the top priority for capitalists. On…
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2018: Capitalist turmoil will continue
By Peter Taaffe, general secretary Socialist Party England and Wales “Biggest fall in living standards for a generation.” “Sharp…
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