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Tony Saunois

@chetony

Secretary CWI @CWISocialist | Author of 'Che Guevara Symbol of Struggle' |Chile - how and why they crushed the revolution @UKLabour NEC member 1978-81.

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Joined September 2009
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Review of ‘The Fall of the West – How They Really Lost It’ by Owen Jones: socialistworld.net/2026/11/0…
Review of ‘The Fall of the West – How They Really Lost It’ by Owen Jones | Committee for a Workers...

Review of ‘The Fall of the West – How They Really Lost It’ by Owen Jones | Committee for a Workers...

Some weeks ago, leaving the cinema having been to see ‘Odyssey’, directed by Christopher Nola, one word flashed into my mind: “superficial”. The film was full of epic battle scenes and high drama....

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Europe in revolt. Unite Workers and youth in struggles across borders Fight for a European wide 24-hour General Strike and protest.: socialistworld.net/2026/11/0…
Europe in revolt. Unite Workers and youth in struggles across borders Fight for a European wide...

Europe in revolt. Unite Workers and youth in struggles across borders Fight for a European wide...

The CWI is publishing the proposal for a 24-hour general strike and protest with a view to it being discussed by trade unionists, workers and young people, with a view to unifying the struggles...

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Europe in revolt. Unite Workers and youth in truggles across borders Fight for a European wide 24-hour General Strike and protest.: socialistworld.net/2026/11/0…
Europe in revolt. Unite Workers and youth in struggles across borders Fight for a European wide...

Europe in revolt. Unite Workers and youth in struggles across borders Fight for a European wide...

The CWI is publishing the proposal for a 24-hour general strike and protest with a view to it being discussed by trade unionists, workers and young people, with a view to unifying the struggles...

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China, the duck-billed platypus: The processes leading to the current Chinese state: socialistworld.net/2026/08/1…
China, the duck-billed platypus: The processes leading to the current Chinese state | Committee for...

China, the duck-billed platypus: The processes leading to the current Chinese state | Committee for...

The following article is a contribution to the CWI discussion on the character of the Chinese regime, state and economy, and is based on an introduction by Tony Saunois to a plenary session at the...

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IMF’s Latest Report and Prescriptions Mean More Suffering and Poverty for Nigerians: socialistworld.net/2026/08/1…
IMF’s Latest Report and Prescriptions Mean More Suffering and Poverty for Nigerians | Committee for...

IMF’s Latest Report and Prescriptions Mean More Suffering and Poverty for Nigerians | Committee for...

Though couched in a diplomatic tone that leaves room for manipulation, the July 1st statement by the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) representative in Nigeria that over $8 billion, equal to 2% of...

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Mad Max Materialism: Žižek’s quantum ghost story  : socialistworld.net/2026/08/1…
Mad Max Materialism: Žižek's quantum ghost story | Committee for a Workers International

Mad Max Materialism: Žižek's quantum ghost story   | Committee for a Workers International

The following book review formed part of the discussion at a commission on Marxist philosophy, introduced by TU Senan, at the recent CWI summer school (CWI Summer School 2026 – a vibrant forum for...

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Latin America’s class struggle intensifies: socialistworld.net/2026/07/0…
Latin America's class struggle intensifies | Committee for a Workers International

Latin America's class struggle intensifies | Committee for a Workers International

There is practically no country on the American continent that is stable: Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, and Colombia — in all of them today there is great political and social instabili...

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Marie-José Douet (Dadou) 1946 – 2026: A life of a revolutionary Marxist: socialistworld.net/2026/06/3…
Marie-José Douet (Dadou) 1946 - 2026: A life of a revolutionary Marxist | Committee for a Workers...

Marie-José Douet (Dadou) 1946 - 2026: A life of a revolutionary Marxist | Committee for a Workers...

Our comrade Marie-José Douet — known as Dadou — passed away on May 13 at the age of 79. Her funeral service took place on May 26, just a month ago. Since her death, we [...]

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Behind the barricades: Pakistan-administered Kashmir’s uprising is rooted in decades of broken promises: socialistworld.net/2026/07/0…
Behind the barricades: Pakistan-administered Kashmir's uprising is rooted in decades of broken...

Behind the barricades: Pakistan-administered Kashmir's uprising is rooted in decades of broken...

As Pakistan-administered Kashmir once again grinds to a halt under strikes and security crackdowns, the current unrest is best understood not as a sudden eruption, but as the latest chapter in a...

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Turkey Denies Entry to Anti-War Activists: socialistworld.net/2026/07/0…
Turkey Denies Entry to Anti-War Activists | Committee for a Workers International

Turkey Denies Entry to Anti-War Activists | Committee for a Workers International

Solidarity with Chiara, Christoph, Alessio, Stella Marie and Jan! At the invitation of the Workers’ Party of Turkey (TIP), Sol members Chiara Stenger and Christoph Farwig, like many other socialists...

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Trade unionists respond to the recent racist violence [Watch video]: socialistworld.net/2026/06/1…
Trade unionists respond to the recent racist violence [Watch video] | Committee for a Workers...

Trade unionists respond to the recent racist violence [Watch video] | Committee for a Workers...

Watch Carmel Gates, General Secretary of NIPSA and a Militant Left (CWI Ireland) supporter, and Padraig Mulholland, Assistant General Secretary of NIPSA and a Militant Left supporter, respond to the...

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Bolivia: The power of the masses once again displayed: socialistworld.net/2026/06/1…
BOLIVIA | Power of the Masses Once Again Displayed | Committee for a Workers International

BOLIVIA | Power of the Masses Once Again Displayed | Committee for a Workers International

Popular self-organization, government crisis, and the challenges of a new stage of struggle Bolivia is experiencing one of the most intense and contradictory periods in its recent history. Less than...

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VIDEO | CWI Attacks Pro-Capitalist Policies for Inflaming Xenophobia: socialistworld.net/2026/06/0…
VIDEO | CWI Attacks Pro-Capitalist Policies for Inflaming Xenophobia | Committee for a Workers...

VIDEO | CWI Attacks Pro-Capitalist Policies for Inflaming Xenophobia | Committee for a Workers...

Weizmann Hamiliton of the Marxist Workers Party, the CWI’s South African affiliate, attacks President Ramaphosa’s pro-capitalist policies on the SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation) 7 June...

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VIDEO | CWI Addresses NIPSA Trade Union Conference: socialistworld.net/2026/06/0…
VIDEO | CWI Addresses NIPSA Trade Union Conference | Committee for a Workers International

VIDEO | CWI Addresses NIPSA Trade Union Conference | Committee for a Workers International

A very militant and combative annual delegate conference of the Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance took place in Northern Ireland from 26 to 28 May. The CWI was invited as one of the guest...

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VIDEO | CWI Addresses NIPSA Trade Union Conference: socialistworld.net/2026/06/0…
VIDEO | CWI Addresses NIPSA Trade Union Conference | Committee for a Workers International

VIDEO | CWI Addresses NIPSA Trade Union Conference | Committee for a Workers International

A very militant and combative annual delegate conference of the Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance took place in Northern Ireland from 26 to 28 May. The CWI was invited as one of the guest...

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CWI attends fourth ‘Internationalist’ meeting: socialistworld.net/2026/05/2…
CWI attends fourth ‘Internationalist’ meeting | Committee for a Workers International

CWI attends fourth ‘Internationalist’ meeting | Committee for a Workers International

Between May 15th-17th, representatives of over 30 revolutionary organisations – Trotskyist, Leninist and one anarcho-syndicalist – from around the world, met in Paris, France, at an ‘Internationali...

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Wave of Working Class Unrest in India: socialistworld.net/2026/05/0…
Wave of Working Class Unrest in India | Committee for a Workers International

Wave of Working Class Unrest in India | Committee for a Workers International

A growing wave of unrest is beginning to sweep across the Indian working class, reflecting worsening living conditions and intensifying contradictions within the capitalist system. This trend has...

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Cuba – Threatened with counter revolution : socialistworld.net/2026/05/0…
CUBA | Threatened with Counter-Revolution | Committee for a Workers International

CUBA | Threatened with Counter-Revolution  | Committee for a Workers International

“I do believe I’ll be having the honour of taking Cuba, I think I can do anything I want with it” proclaimed the autocratic Donald Trump in another of his imperial declarations. This followed his...

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What We Fight For: socialistworld.net/2026/05/0…
What We Fight For | Committee for a Workers International

What We Fight For | Committee for a Workers International

En español Tasks for Revolutionaries and the Role of the CWI This document should be read alongside articles on the CWI website, socialistworld.net, and ‘What We Stand For’ statements and campaigning...

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MAY DAY 2026 | Greetings from the CWI: socialistworld.net/2026/05/0…
MAY DAY 2026 | Greetings from the CWI | Committee for a Workers International

MAY DAY 2026 | Greetings from the CWI | Committee for a Workers International

The CWI salutes the workers, young people and poor of the world on May Day 2026. We stand in solidarity with all the struggles challenging capitalism and the countless ways the profit system blights...

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