Category: CWI Statements

CWI Statements, World Perspectives
“All changed, changed utterly” – A New Era of Class Struggle & Capitalist Crisis
Statement by the International Secretariat of the CWI 8 June 2020 The words of W.B Yeats, from his poem ‘Easter 1916’, sum up the current world situation: “All changed, changed utterly.”…
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15 June, 2020
Coronavirus, CWI Statements
New Era of Capitalist Turmoil & Social Upheaval Opens
Although there are important differences, the main historical point of reference for the current crisis is the Great Depression in the 1930s. This crisis is developing against an entirely different historical background to that which existed in the 1930s and post 1945 capitalist boom.
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18 May, 2020
Coronavirus, CWI Statements
Covid-19 and Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa
By any standard, sub-Saharan Africa, as a whole, is a massive weak link for imperialism and the local capitalist classes. The over one billion population are at a turning point, facing old and new threats to health and life.
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4 May, 2020
Coronavirus, CWI Statements
Global Pandemic, Capitalist Crisis & Bitter Class Polarisation in the US
A historic weakening of US imperialism following recent decline, and a strengthening of China, are set to shape a new balance in world relations. US imperialism emerged from the 1930s depression in a far -strengthened position. It will emerge from this crisis weakened and increasingly challenged by China. A new period of international relations is…
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23 April, 2020
Coronavirus, CWI Statements
Coronavirus Plunges Capitalism into Global Turmoil
The Need for a Socialist Alternative. Statement from International Secretariat of the Committee for a Workers International – 23 March 2020
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25 March, 2020