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Review: The Mauritian directed by Kevin Macdonald

By Robert Ruane This is the harrowing, inspirational and true story of a prisoner who spent 14 years in Guantánamo Bay without a single charge against him and while experiencing extremely inhuman treatment. The director Kevin Macdonald splits the film into three

Jul 28, 2021

World News

Tunisia: No to Saïed’s “Palace Coup”

By Serge Jordan, International Socialist Alternative Just over ten years since the popular uprising forced Tunisian dictator Ben Ali from power, new convulsions are rocking the country. Now the President has dismissed the government and frozen Parliament for 30 days. Late on

Jul 28, 2021

Environment·News & Analysis

Climate catastrophe: A socialist world is needed- now more than ever

The following is an extract from a speech given by Socialist Party member, Haritha Olaganathan at “The Rally for a Socialist World” (link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPdWsEuUIzw) organised by International Socialist Alternative. I’m really looking forward to the mobilisation in Glasgow in November [protests

Jul 27, 2021

News & Analysis

The pollution of Ireland’s waterways: How can it be stopped?

By Conor Burke Ireland’s waterways form a complex network of rivers, lakes and streams that stretches from one end of the island to the other. Similar to the human body, there are the larger arteries such as the Shannon, the Corrib, the

Jul 26, 2021

Theory & History

US: How did the working class win the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

By Tamar Wilson, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) The Black working class, minority communities, and American poor were under consistent economic assault prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but have now entered a state of emergency in this sustained

Jul 24, 2021

News & Analysis·The North

North: Don’t let the Tories whitewash the Troubles!

By Kevin Henry The Tory government is attempting to end all prosecutions for incidents related to the Troubles – as well as civil cases and inquests – through the unilateral imposition of a ‘statute of limitations’. This has provoked serious anger among

Jul 22, 2021

World News

Pegasus scandal: Big brother threat to our democratic rights and privacy

As the world continues to be ravaged by the pandemic and the signs of climate catastrophe are becoming all too apparent, a new bombshell dominated global media on 19 July. The Guardian, alongside 16 other media outlets, reported on a major new

Jul 21, 2021

World News

Unprecedented floods in Europe: Solidarity as the last line of defence

PSL (Left Socialist Party)-reporters in Liège, our sister organisation Belgium On Friday, the provisional death toll from the floods and extreme weather in Wallonia, the southern part of Belgium, rose to 18. Apocalyptic images followed one another without interruption. The only constant

Jul 20, 2021

World News

Food Riots in South Africa — Build organised working-Class struggle against the criminal capitalist class!

By Workers and Socialist Party (WASP–our sister organisation in South Africa) South Africa is currently engulfed in food riots. Scenes from KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), Gauteng, Eastern Cape, and the North West have shown masses of people rushing to secure what little they can

Jul 19, 2021

News & Analysis

Pathways to Precarity – new government scheme announced

By Catherine Finnegan The government announced a new Pathways to Work strategy this week aiming to get 75,000 long-term unemployed people back to work as part of the post-pandemic economic recovery. One aspect of this strategy is the Work Placement Experience Programme

Jul 18, 2021

Solidarity

Review: The Mauritian directed by Kevin Macdonald

Tunisia: No to Saïed’s “Palace Coup”

Climate catastrophe: A socialist world is needed- now more than ever

The pollution of Ireland’s waterways: How can it be stopped?

US: How did the working class win the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

North: Don’t let the Tories whitewash the Troubles!

Pegasus scandal: Big brother threat to our democratic rights and privacy

Unprecedented floods in Europe: Solidarity as the last line of defence

Food Riots in South Africa — Build organised working-Class struggle against the criminal capitalist class!

Pathways to Precarity – new government scheme announced

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden